Sustainability Initiative

NTNU Sustainable Process

Under the trend of globalization, universities are actively recruiting students internationally to create an environment for cross-cultural learning and international academic development. Due to barriers such as distance, politics, and language, universities developed independently in the past. Now with the help of communication technologies, universities are engaged in cross-border and cross-field higher education networks.

The NTNU has actively promoted environmental education, closely linked with the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and is implemented through teaching & research, university social responsibility, international connections and campus management, making the university a diverse, inclusive and resilient.

Institute of Environmental Education

The NTNU has actively promoted environmental education since 1970s. In 1993, it established the first environmental education research institute in Taiwan. In 2022, the Ministry of Education approved its renaming to the “Graduate Institute of Sustainability Management and Environmental Education” starting from the 2023 academic year.

1993年

Green University

Since 2000, the NTNU Graduate Institute of Environmental Education has led the Ministry of Education’s Green School Partnership Program, and in 2013, initiated the Taiwan Green University Alliance with 52 universities nationwide.

2013年

Committee for Sustainable Development

In 2019, the “NTNU Committee for Sustainable Development” was established, and sustainable development has been listed as a key development goal in NTNU “2020-2025 University Development Plan”,.

2019年

Sustainable Development Office

In August 2020, it continued to establish the Sustainable Development Center to be dedicated to integrating the university’s teaching & curriculum, learning & living, environmental resources management and policy & administration to achieve sustainable development of society, economy and environment.

2020年

Carbon Neutral Claim

NTNU aims to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve complete carbon neutrality by 2048 through net-zero green life, energy efficiency, low-carbon emission electricity, and green energy.