2024-05-182024-05-18https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/714725About the Institute Our Institute’s motto is “rooted in Taiwan, crossing the Taiwan Strait, encompassing East Asia, surveying the globe” (立足臺灣、跨越兩岸、環顧東亞、放眼全球). The Graduate Institute of National Development at National Taiwan University was established in 1974. The Institute’s original mission was to strengthen academic research on the Three People’s Principles and to integrate Dr. Sun Yat-Sen’s teachings with academic research in the humanities and social sciences. In 1977, it transitioned from an independent graduate school to a sub-faculty within the College of Law. In 1985, responsibility for teaching courses on the Three People’s Principles was transferred to the Institute from the Office of Academic Affairs. The Institute was integrated within the College of Social Sciences in 1999 and established the Executive Master’s Program in National Development. In response to global trends and transformations in Taiwan’s society, the official name was changed to the Graduate Institute of National Development on August 1, 2000. The Institute continued to conduct instruction and research in the areas of politics, economics, society, law, and cross-Strait relations. In 2011, the Institute’s curriculum was streamlined and reorganized into three major research fields: Contemporary Taiwan, Mainland China and Cross- Strait Relations, and Globalization and Development. In addition, through cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, a Culture and Civilization research field was established within the PhD program. In 2013, this research field was renamed East Asian Culture and Thought and was added to the master’s degree program curriculum. In addition to strengthening theoretical and practical investigation of contemporary national policy-making, the Institute continues to emphasize inter-disciplinary research integrating the humanities and social sciences and to cultivate experts able to analyze and solve problems from a comprehensive perspective. Under the motto “rooted in Taiwan, crossing the Taiwan Strait, encompassing East Asia, surveying the globe,” we are currently the only domestic academic institution engaged in national development research capable of applying a multi-dimensional and integrated approach to the study of Taiwan’s development.走進臺灣大學國家發展研究所，幾個碩士班學生在研究室裡放著搖滾樂念書，也有人安靜地盯著電腦螢幕。學生們臥虎藏龍，各有不同的知識背景，不只有來自社會科學領域的學生。 在職專班學生更有現任的政務官員、立委或媒體人士，還有跨領域就讀的醫生與教師，來源非常多元。 在少子化浪潮下，國發所（簡稱）招收碩士班學生反而成長，在職專班的報名更是熱門。國發所除了訓練學生國家發展的基本知識，更關注台灣的政治、經濟、社會及國族認同等議題。 國發所的教學領域分為四個組別，當代臺灣、大陸與兩岸關係、東亞文化與思想、及全球化與發展。國發所認為這四個組別就像四個同心圓，可以「立足台灣、跨越兩岸、環顧東亞、放眼世界。」 與政治、經濟、社會、法律等碩士班不同的是，國發所同時涵蓋這幾個領域的知識，並朝向更實務的面向進行研究，探討當下的國家問題。國發所希望藉由跨領域的知識整合，培養學生探索國家如何發展的基本能力，也希望能深化學生對於社會問題的探討能力。因此，學生在畢業後，就業方向十分多元，遍及各領域。 國發所認為自己最重要的任務便是教學與研究，所內二十四名擁有各領域專才的老師，可以給予學生豐富的專業知識。國發所對博士班學生的學術能力訓練更是嚴格，除了發表期刊論文外，更要求選修一門外所必修，以培養跨領域思維在國際交流上，國發所每年都會到不同的國家進行學術交流與訪問，除了國際著名大學外，亦曾到蒙古、希臘國會，越南、日本市政廳等地進行交流座談。他們認為，讀萬卷書亦當行萬里路，實際探訪各國的政經與社會情況，更能了解當地國家發展的狀況，並提供臺灣參考。Academic Institute