Hotel Information for Tainan, Taiwan
NCKU Zenda Suites
http://www.zendasuites.com.tw/
Zenda Suites is located next to National Cheng
Kung University
main campus and is within 5 minutes walking distance to the Medical College.
Zenda Suites was just opened in November, 2008.
Shangri-La's
Far Eastern Plaza Hotel
http://www.shangri-la.com/en/property/tainan/fareasternplaza
Shangri-La's
Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Tainan is Shangri-La
Hotels and Resorts' second luxury property in Taiwan. Located in the heart of
downtown Tainan, it is the finest international
deluxe Tainan luxury hotel in southern Taiwan.
This luxury Tainan
hotel provides guests with first-rate facilities and services, as well as
signature Shangri-La hospitality.
Hotel Tainan
http://www.hotel-tainan.com.tw/English/
Hotel Tainan located in the prime district of Tainan. The hotel is
right across the street from the Tainan railway
station and within walking distance to several bus stations, post office, Shing-Kuang Mitsukoshi, Focus Department Stores and Min-Zu
Shopping Center. National Cheng
Kung University
and Central Park are also within 1-mile
radius. It is extremely convenient for both business and vacation travelers.
Restaurants in the hotel have been
certified from the highest national health bureau, HACCP, with praise for its
"No Smoking" Policy. Hotel Tainan routinely renovates its guest room,
ensuring a comfortable stay at all times.
Visa
Requirement
No visa is needed for the Canadian
passport holders to visit Taiwan if the visit is less than 3 months.
No visa is needed for the US passport
holders to visit Taiwan if the visit is less than 30 days.
A person with the China (PRC)
passport needs to go to the nearby Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (Links: Los Angeles, New York, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, and San Francisco, etc) to apply for visa.
Tainan City Introduction
Tainan is the oldest city
in Taiwan,
and the fourth largest. It was here that Taiwan’s
modern history began and it is here that much of its traditional culture
continues to thrive. Outside Dutch-built forts, lively night markets sell
dishes exclusive to the region. Inside hundreds-of-years-old temples, people bobui (toss divination sticks)
to determine the best course of action, just as their ancestors did when the
temple first opened. The only difference is that today, people then jump into
their cars and head to air-conditioned homes.
But
no-one seems worried by the dichotomy. Modernity is embraced in Tainan as much as the
past is respected. There are shopping malls, luxury hotels, sharp-looking
cafés and trendy bars. But there is also an approved NT3-billion-dollar budget
for reviving and restoring the old harbour area of Anping and its trove of historical sights. Tainan
has industries producing metals, textiles and machinery, a few old masters
working on traditional crafts, as well as a new science park that promises to
bring the city into the avant-garde of Taiwan’s
hi-tech revolution.
You
can visit Tainan any time of year, though we
love winter when it’s warm (in the high twenties on average) and dry, and few
tourists are about (try and find all those conditions in Beijing).
Traditional festival days are of course a great time to come, as are the
birthdays of temple gods. Give yourself at least a couple of days here to see
the sights and observe the local culture.
Taken
from (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/taiwan/southern-taiwan/tainan-city)
National Cheng Kung University Introduction
National Cheng Kung University is named after “Cheng
Kung Cheng”, the national hero of the Ming Dynasty, who is known as Koxinga in Taiwan.
“Cheng Kung” also means “success （成功）” in Chinese.
On an attractive
campus that combines classical Western architecture and an Eastern atmosphere
within a modern urban setting, NCKU students from Taiwan and overseas pursue
new knowledge together. NCKU has a highly-regarded Chinese Language
Center, which is an ideal
place for foreigners to learn Chinese and also offers international students a
chance to enroll in specialized academic programs. International students are
very welcomed at NCKU. Join us and make your dreams come true at NCKU!
NCKU
Is A Research-Oriented
Comprehensive University
with Integrated Academic Fields
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) was established in 1931 in Tainan. It is renowned
for its engineering, technology, architectural design and medicine teaching and
research. NCKU is one of Taiwan’s
leading integrated research type universities. It has nine colleges covering
the fields of Liberal Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Electrical Engineering &
Computer Science, Management, Medicine, Social Sciences and Bioscience &
Biotechnology. NCKU has around 80 departments and graduate institutes, 60
research centers, a national-level medical center, and has over 1300
outstanding members of the faculty.
NCKU
Is A Top-Tier
University Selected by
MOE
In October 2005, the Ministry of Education
(MOE) of Taiwan appointed
NCKU as one of the two universities to receive extra funds for “Aim for the Top-Tier University and Elite Research Center
Development Plan” and subsidized NCKU with 1.7 billion NT dollars for its
excellent academic performance and potential for the past 3 years. NCKU graduates
have been voted “Industry’s most favorite” every year since 1993.
NCKU
Is An International
University with A
Multi-Cultural Campus
NCKU has excellent support for international
students, such as the “Buddy-Buddy Program”, which is designed to facilitate
international students as they adapt to life in Taiwan and the “Host Family
Program” which pairs up foreign students with local families. Through these
programs, students will be able to have a better understanding of the local
culture and customs.
NCKU provides a free Tutoring Program for
certain courses at the undergraduate level and also provides free Chinese
language courses for international students in order to have an in-depth
understanding of the local life and culture!
NCKU
Faculty & Students
NCKU is committed to enhancing its
reputation through abundant resources, strong alumni support, and cooperative
ventures with the Southern Taiwan Science Park. To meet teaching needs, NCKU
has been staffed with qualified faculty and equipped with modern facilities.
At present, there are about 23,000 students,
more than 1,000 faculty members and more than 2,000 staff and assistants at
NCKU. Of these students, nearly 600 hail from over 60 countries all over the
world and are studying degree programs at NCKU to learn and experience a new
life here.
There
are presently over 200 student associations, including the Vietnamese Student
Association, Indonesian Student Union in Tainan-
Taiwan,
encouraging students to be active on campus. The University also encourages
students to take advantage of the cross disciplinary studies.
NCKU
International Degree Students Facts & Figures
NCKU currently has 558 international
students spanning 5 continents and 65 countries enrolled in degree-seeking
programs. The chart below indicates the nationalities of our international
students as of October 2009.
* These statistics are not inclusive of Overseas Chinese students, exchange
students and the students who study at the Chinese language courses only.
*Top 12 Distribution of Nationalities：
1 Indonesia: 83
people
2 Malaysia: 63 people
3 Vietnam: 63 people
4 U.S.A.: 37 people
5 Mongolia: 33 people
6 Canada: 32 people
7 Thailand: 27 people
8 Japan: 23 people
9 Paraguay: 22 people
10 Panama: 19 people
11 S. Korea:
15 people
12 Philippines: 10 people
NCKU
Campuses
The total area of the University is about
188 hectares, including the Cheng-Kung, Kuang-Fu, Sheng-Li, Chien-Kuo, Tzu-Chiang, Ching-Yeh, and Li-Hsing Campuses.
The Kuei-Jen and An-Nan Campuses are near Tainan City
and designated for research and academic areas usage. NCKU is one of the most
spacious and beautiful university campuses in Taiwan.
NCKU Main Library
In June 2001, the newly built Main Library
opened, providing an abundance of technological and professional resources.
It’s location within the Cheng-Kung Campus, surrounded by lush greenery, makes
it an ideal sanctuary. The Main Library boasts a total collection of 2 million
volumes, more than 18,000 kinds of periodicals and more than 46,000 audiovisual
materials in a wide range of fields. The library is the preferred place for
students, professors and citizens to study and learn.
NCKU Museum
NCKU Museum established in 2007, is the first museum owned
by a national university in Taiwan.
The NCKU Museum aims integrate the main museum, a
campus environment museum, and departmental and college museums, essentially
transforming our entire university into one big museum.
First Class Medical Center
NCKU Medical Center
is the first class medical center within a comprehensive university in Taiwan; it has
outstanding faculty and abundant research resources, and provides outstanding
medical training, patient care, and leading research in the region.
Research
Centers
NCKU founded the primary Research and
Service Headquarters in 1996, which was consists of 59 self-supported research
centers, and bridges the University, Government, and Industries through
contracted research or services to solve problems, to provide professional
testing/analysis, or to develop advanced technologies.
NCKU Chinese Language Center
NCKU Chinese Language Center (CLC) was
established in the fall of 1982. It offers courses in Chinese language and
other aspects of Chinese culture at beginning, basic, intermediate and advanced
levels. Besides the free Chinese language courses for international students,
students can further pursue the language program by directly contacting the Chinese Language Center
for an application. For more information about the courses and fees please
visit: http://kclc.ncku.edu.tw/langcenter/
Taken from
(http://admissions.oia.ncku.edu.tw/en/node/1179)