Introduction
Taiwan International Graduate Program
Academia Sinica has established the Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) in collaboration with a consortium of several key research universities in Taiwan. The purpose of the program is to develop the research manpower pool in those modern multidisciplinary fields that are important in the future economical and social development and to enhance the innovative potential and academic standards of research in these and related fields.
TIGP will offer Ph.D. programs in only selected disciplines to be agreed upon between Academia Sinica and these research universities. It is the intent of the Program to offer Ph.D. education programs only in inter-disciplinary areas in the physical sciences, applied sciences, engineering, biological and agricultural sciences, health and medical sciences, and humanities and social sciences.
Academia Sinica assumes principal oversight of the academic options of the Program, and provides the intellectual leadership, the research resources, and the research and physical facilities. Qualified faculty members of the participating research universities are involved in various programs as affiliated faculties of the Program, and participate in the teaching of courses, supervision of research, and mentoring of the international graduate students.
Nano Science and Technology Program
The TIGP Nano Science and Technology Program is an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program led by Academia Sinica in partnership with National Taiwan University and National Tsing Hua University. It trains students to work across physics, applied materials science, device engineering, computation, and biotechnology at the nanometer scale.
Faculty research interests span quantum materials, two-dimensional systems, nanoelectronics, spintronics, nanophotonics, optoelectronics, advanced imaging, energy materials, catalysis, batteries, sustainable chemistry, biosensing, biomedical microdevices, surface/interface science, nanofabrication, electron microscopy, synchrotron methods, and multiscale theory and simulation.
Students enter one of two sub-programs: the physics-oriented track registered through National Taiwan University, or the engineering-oriented track registered through National Tsing Hua University. Students build an individual research path by combining coursework, laboratory rotation, and thesis supervision with affiliated faculty across the participating institutions.
Academic Structure
The program emphasizes research training and developing one's self-reliance and self-confidence for independent work. In the Nano Science and Technology Program, faculty members will take turns to serve as mentors for entering students until the students have chosen their thesis advisors, which should take place within the first two semesters after their admission into the graduate program.
The program adopts a team-teaching system, where each faculty member teaches the subject according to his or her expertise. Courses offered include some traditional core courses, elective courses, and special topics, as listed in the Course Program section. In keeping up with the international stature of the program, all courses will be offered in English.