Former Presidents
Prof. Jeffrey J. P. Tsai
Term of Presidency
School-Founding President (2001~2004)
Experience
- Fellow, IEEE, AAAS, and SDPS
- Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Professor, Tulane University
- Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University
- Chair Professor, China Medical University
- Visiting Professor, Stanford University
- Vice President, Mid-America Chinese Science and Technology Association
- Chairman, IEEE Computer Society Multimedia Computing Technical Committee
- Advisor, Institute for Information Industry
- Computer Scientist, Air Force Research Lab., U.S.A.
Major Achievements of School Running
- Ideas: forward-looking & excellent teaching, localized & international research, and community-oriented & high-quality service
- Founding Taichung College of Health Science and Management (former name of AU)
- Founding 17 departments, 10 master-degree programs, 5 continuing-education master-degree programs, and 5 degree programs of 2-year colleges
- Establishing 3 colleges (Health Science, Management, and Computer Science)
- Constructing open garden-like campus and Greek-/Roman-style buildings
- Constructing Management, Health-science, & Computer-science Buildings and 1st & 2nd Dormitories
- Promoting international exchanges and laying the foundations of an international university
Prof. Wen-Hsiang Tsai
Term of Presidency
2nd-term President (2004~2007)
Experience
- Vice President, National Chiao Tung University
- Dean of Academic Affairs, National Chiao Tung University
- Dean of General Affairs, National Chiao Tung University
- Chairman and Director, Department of Information Science, National Chiao Tung University
- Academic Award by Ministry of Education
- Distinguished Research Award by National Science Council (7 times)
- Life-time Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University
Major Achievements of School Running
- Ideas: creative professors, skillful students, elegant campus, and academic school
- Founding Taichung College of Health Science and Management (former name of AU)
- Promoting the school from the college level to a university
- Being ranked No. 1 in the 3rd group of schools in 2008 university accreditation by the Ministry of Education
- Establishing 3 Ph. D. programs (Computer Sci., Health Sci., and Bioinformatics)
- Extending the school scale to include 21 departments, 16 master-degree programs, and 6 continuation-education master-degree programs
- Adding two colleges (Humanities and Social Sci., Creative Design)
- Obtaining large-scale projects of teaching excellence from the Ministry of Education
- Constructing the Gymnasium, the 3rd and 4th Dormitories, and the Administration Building
Prof. Horng-Jinh Chang
Term of Presidency
3rd-term President (2007~2010)
Experience
- President, Tamkang University
- Chair, Private University Association of Taiwan
- Education Revolution Committee, Ministry of Education
- Higher Education Evaluation Committee, Ministry of Education
- Chair, Board of Trustees, International Cooperation Foundation for Higher Education
Major Achievements of School Running
- Ideas: conducting full internationalization, seeking excellency in teaching and research, creating plans of innovation and incubation, and carrying out collaboration between industry and school
- All departments passed accreditation by the Ministry of Education (MOE)
- Adding two Ph. D. programs (business administration, and digital media design)
- Obtaining projects of teaching excellence given by the MOE for 3 consecutive years
- Campus environment won a national medal of architecture
- Physical education was evaluated by the MOE to be of the 1st class
- Moral-charactereducation was evaluated by the MOE to be of the 1st class
- Achieving a 100% rate of undergraduate student recruiting
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