The Division of Parasitology was founded in 1965 under the Institute of Microbiology. At first only an M.S. program was established; in 1986 the Ph.D. program was established. To date, we have had 95 M.S. and 6Ph.D. graduates. Many of the M.S. graduates continued further studies and are working in academic or research Institutes in Taiwan and abroad.
The graduate program of the Department of Parasitology is currently a division under the Graduate Institute of Microbiology. If the proposal to establish an independent Institute of Parasitology is approved, we could recruit more teaching staff. Several qualified teaching staff with respective specialties and good research experience will be appointed. The subjects of Molecular Parasitology, Parasite Immunology, Vector-Borne Diseases, AIDS Related Opportunistic Infections, and Host-Parasite interaction together with Medical Malacology and Medical Entomology, will be emphasized. The educational programs of the new Graduate Institute of Parasitology will broaden the teaching curriculum and provide better research facilities for research scientists.
