Department Features
Integrates knowledge from history, geography, and anthropology, focusing on teaching and research in cultural and natural resources within a local or regional framework.
Utilizes the cultural heritage of Tainan as an excellent condition for teaching and research in cultural and natural resources, aiming to achieve the goal of “deepening learning” through “local enhancement” course activities.
Emphasizes the construction of professional knowledge, the cultivation of practical skills, and the orientation of diverse thinking, training talents in areas such as in-depth guided tours, resource investigation and analysis, and research in natural and cultural history.
Differences and Similarities with Related Departments
The department engages in interdisciplinary integrative research in line with academic trends. With the recent boom in Taiwan’s tourism industry and the increasing demand for tour guides, the department aims to cultivate students’ abilities and competitiveness in tourism interpretation, cultural activity investigation, documentation, and planning.
The department emphasizes “localized” research, focusing on Tainan’s rich heritage, historical buildings, traditional crafts, folk activities, and natural ecology, conducting research and promotion of cultural assets and tourism resources.
Scholarship Information for Undergraduate Admission
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Teacher Training Scholarship
Students entering our department can participate in the teacher training selection process upon admission, qualifying them as teacher candidates.
Applicants for this scholarship must have teacher candidate status at our university, with a monthly stipend of NT$8,000. Priority for selection will be given to economically disadvantaged and regionally disadvantaged students who meet the selection criteria, with 30% of the total approved quota allocated for these students. If there are insufficient applicants, the remaining quota may be used for non-disadvantaged student selection. This scholarship cannot be combined with the government-funded scholarships or the university’s freshman admission scholarships; however, low-income student scholarships are not included in this restriction.
Incentive Grants
Freshman Admission Incentive Grant (Daytime University Division): Contact extension 212.
In the “University Designated Subject Examination,” those with the highest scores who are admitted to our university based on their top ten choices, and who achieve the minimum required scores in all subjects, are eligible for rewards.
For “University Selection Admission” (limited to applicants), students who score 70 or above in the subject ability test are eligible.
Awards are available for students from affiliated high schools, students with exceptional athletic performance, and those admitted through the Star Plan; please check online for details.
Awarded students will receive NT$50,000 per semester, up to a maximum of eight semesters.
International Student Incentive Grant (Daytime University and Graduate Division): Contact extension 212 or 231.
Full Assistance Students: Exempt from all tuition and fees, free accommodation, and a monthly living allowance (NT$6,000 for undergraduates, NT$8,000 for master’s students, NT$10,000 for doctoral students).
Partial Assistance Students: Exempt from all tuition and fees, free accommodation, but no living allowance provided.
Half Tuition and Fees: Tuition and miscellaneous fees will be charged according to the rates for domestic students.
Outstanding Academic Performance Incentives: Contact extension 212. Awards are given to the top three students in each class at all undergraduate levels, with NT$3,000 for first place, NT$2,000 for second, and NT$1,000 for third.
Various Fee Reduction Measures
Tuition and Fee Reduction and Financial Aid: Contact extension 322. Scholarships available include those from the Music Education Alumni Association, Principal Zhu Huisen Scholarship, Mr. Chen Zhaogun Scholarship, alumni scholarships from Mao Lianwang and Zheng Meihe, Mr. Wu Qingshan Scholarship, Alumni Association Scholarship, Mr. Yu Yongkui Scholarship, Ms. Chen Lyu Aqin Scholarship, Han Tai Technology Company Scholarship, Da Yi Transportation Company Scholarship, Dong Yang Industrial Company Scholarship, and Hong Jin Yi Foreign Language Scholarship.
Website: https://www2.nutn.edu.tw/gac320/2016site/tuition.html
Student Loan Services: Contact extension 324.
Website: https://www2.nutn.edu.tw/gac320/2016site/loans.html
Exchange Student Scholarship
Contact extension 856.
Our university offers a one-semester to one-year exchange program for students to sister schools abroad, including institutions in the United States, France, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Mainland China, along with exchange student scholarships.
Related website:Selection Guidelines for National Tainan University Exchange Student Scholarships.
