President's Message

The vision for the development of National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) is to continuously deepen the connection between academic achievements and sustainable development goals through three main axes: “Internationalization,” “Social Impact,” and “Inheritance and Innovation,” with “Comprehensive Smart Innovation, Internationalization, Cross-Domain Integration, and Industry-Academia Collaboration” as its core. The university will actively fulfill its social responsibility by actively participating in social responsibility projects, guided by the spirit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and connecting the needs of society and industry with the university’s R&D capabilities through diverse industry-academia collaboration models. This will promote the translation and application of academic achievements, and the university will actively participate in social responsibility projects to help promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and demonstrate its social responsibility.

Since 2012, NTNU has participated in international higher education sustainability assessments, including STARS, THE Social Impact, and QS ESG. By reviewing its sustainability actions and data, the university has re-examined and optimized its policies, integrating sustainability into university administration and teaching research, making it a consensus in university development. Instead of top-down decision-making, sustainable development is implemented in the teaching, learning, and daily lives of teachers and students through systems, practical actions, and communication. The “Warm Sunshine Sustainability Festival” is a prime example, entirely student-led and fully supported by the university. It includes lectures on various sustainability topics, a no-package market, and hands-on workshops, truly integrating sustainability into daily life, community, and practice.

Since 2021, the Office of Sustainability Development has published annual reports for 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, showcasing NTNU’s achievements in implementing 17 sustainability goals. NTNU has committed to a carbon neutrality goal of “reducing carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2048.” This year, the university completed a third-party certified campus-wide greenhouse gas inventory and, in line with the government’s 2050 net-zero emissions target, has launched a campus-wide net-zero green living initiative, starting with lifestyle transformation.

With sustainable development at its core, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) balances academic excellence, social responsibility, and talent cultivation and is committed to setting a new benchmark for sustainable governance in higher education.