The Japanese Government founded National Taiwan University in 1928 under the name of "Taihaku Imperial University". Upon the restoration of Taiwan to the Republic of China after the Second World War, the Government took over Taihaku Imperial University and renamed it as "National Taiwan University" on November 15, 1945. In 1964, the master degree was initiated and the deparment was subdivided into Silviculture, Forest Management, Forest Industry and Forest Botany in 1967. In 1974, the Ph.D., program was added. The subdivision of Forest Botany was renamed as Resource Conservation in 1987 and subdivision of Forest Management was renamed as Resource Management in 1991. In response to the global change of forestry education and the trend of environmental conservation, the department changed the name into "School of Forestry and Resource Conservation" in 2003 and devided the program into four divisions as Forest Biology, Forest Environment, Biology Material, and Forest Conservation and Management.
Academic Activities
Seminars and symposia are conducted on a non-periodical basis. Scholars and other specialists from abroad may be invited to attend such meetings to exchange ideas and information on the latest developments in forestry research and technology.
School of Forestry and Resource Conservation publishes the Journal of the NTU Experimental Forest and other cooperative research reports. Each year, School of Forestry and Resource Conservation receives a total of about 20 research grants from the National Science Council, the Council of Agriculture, the Forestry Bureau, the Tourism Bureau and other governmental agencies.