The Only University Recipient Nationwide Dean Hsu Ho-Chieh of Tunghai University Wins the Ministry of Education’s Outstanding Arts Education Teaching Award
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- Date : 2025-12-24
Professor Hsu Ho-Chieh, Dean of the College of Creative Design and Arts at Tunghai University, has been awarded the 2024 (Year 114) 12th Ministry of Education Arts Education Contribution Award – Outstanding Teaching Award. He is the only university professor nationwide to receive this honor this year, and this also marks the first time Tunghai University has received this highest distinction in arts education. Tunghai University President Chang Kuo-En stated, “When I served as President of NTNU, I made the unconventional decision to appoint Professor Hsu Ho-Chieh—who comes from an arts background—as Vice President for General Affairs. He led the construction of NTNU’s Art Museum, which later won the National Excellent Construction Award. Seeing Dean Hsu receive the nation’s highest arts education honor today as a member of Tunghai fills me with pride.”
Professor Hsu Ho-Chieh, Dean of the College of Creative Design and Arts at Tunghai University, received the “114th Year, 12th Ministry of Education Award for Contributions to Arts Education – Outstanding Teaching Award,” becoming the only university professor nationwide to receive this honor this year.
Professor Hsu Ho-Chieh, currently seconded from National Taiwan Normal University to Tunghai University, has led the College of Creative Design and Arts in promoting curriculum reform, deepening interdisciplinary teaching, and strengthening industry–academia collaboration. He personally introduced AI into branding and visual design education, launching innovative courses such as “Brand Design and AI Applications,” and driving digital transformation in teaching methods and competencies across all five departments. His initiatives have enabled students to achieve outstanding results in competitions domestically and internationally, embodying the educational spirit of “art creating influence.”
With more than 30 years dedicated to art and design education, Professor Hsu currently serves as President of the Taiwan International Watercolor Society and Honorary President of the Graphic Design Association of the R.O.C. He led the nation’s first cross-university innovative program, “Arts & Culture Flagship Program,” connecting NTNU, NCCU, and NTUST. The program trained 180 interdisciplinary cultural and creative talents, produced more than 30 brand projects, and secured over ten patents, establishing a teaching model with substantial industry impact. He also curated the educational platform for the 2016 Taipei World Design Capital, bringing design thinking into K–12 education and campus revitalization, thereby advancing aesthetic education at its roots.
In university governance and public art construction, Professor Hsu was the first professor with a fine arts background to serve as Vice President for General Affairs at NTNU. He actively promoted public aesthetics and the upgrading of cultural facilities, leading the construction of the university’s first art museum—a cultural venue with an international perspective—which won the “National Excellent Construction Award – Best Planning and Design Category,” setting a benchmark for cultural development in Taiwanese universities.
When serving as president of National Taiwan Normal University, Chang Kuo-En, President of Tunghai University, went against prevailing opinions to appoint Professor Hsu Ho-Chieh, who has an arts background, as Director of General Affairs, leading to the construction of an art museum that later won the National Outstanding Construction Award.
In addition, he has led multiple national and international landmark projects, including the “MANN in Colors” Historical Reconstruction Project with the National Archaeological Museum of Naples in Italy, planning for Taipei World Design Capital, and visual reinterpretation of artworks for the National Palace Museum. His creative contributions have been widely recognized by the professional community.
Most recently, Professor Hsu served as principal investigator, collaborating with the Institute for Information Industry, Beautiful Light Technology, and Shanw Design to create the “2025 Taiwan Lantern Festival 3D Holographic Projection Wishing Tree.” The project stood out among more than 100,000 entries from 112 countries, winning the Gold Award in Concept Design – Exhibition & Events at the 2025 MUSE Design Awards in the United States, and later receiving the Gold Award at the 2025 London Design Awards in September. These achievements demonstrate his continuous ascent on the international stage.
President Chang Kuo-En stated that Dean Hsu’s recognition by the Ministry of Education not only affirms his exceptional achievements but also symbolizes national-level trust in Tunghai University’s creative and arts education capacity. He recalled the period when he recruited Professor Hsu as NTNU’s Vice President for General Affairs—how Professor Hsu, with his artistic background, brought vitality and creativity, while also showing strong decision-making and administrative efficiency. He helped revitalize the NTNU campus, and oversaw the construction of the NTNU Art Museum and the 3,000-bed student dormitory in the Gongguan campus. Notably, the NTNU Art Museum later won the National Excellent Construction Award and became a new landmark in Taipei.
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Dean Hsu Ho-Chieh led the Tunghai University EMBA program on a desert road run in the Dunhuang Gobi Desert, where the team won four major awards.
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