The list of National Taiwan University people includes alumni and prominent faculty and staff.
Nobel Prize Laureate
Wolf Prize Laureates
Turing Award Laureate
University chancellors
Sciences and Engineering
- Wu-Chung Hsiang (é Â
æÂ¦å¿ ): Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Princeton University
- Tai-Ping Liu (Ã¥ÂÂ太平): Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Stanford University
- Sun-Yung Alice Chang (å¼µèÂÂ容): Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, member of the US National Academy of Sciences
- Fan Chung (éÂÂè³èÂÂ): Professor of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego
- C. F. Jeff Wu (å³建ç¦Â): Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics and Professor in the H. Milton School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech
- Ching-Li Chai (ç¿ÂæÂ¬ç«Â): Professor of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania
- Chang-Shou Lin (æÂÂé·壽): mathematician, Academician of Academia Sinica
- Shen Chun-shan (æ²ÂÃ¥ÂÂå±±): physicist, former President of National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, politician, writer, Go player, bridge player
- Leroy Chang (å¼µç«Âç¶±): physicist, member of the US National Academy of Sciences, Academician of Academia Sinica
- Yuen-Ron Shen (æ²ÂÃ¥Â
Â壤): physicist, member of the US National Academy of Sciences
- Nai-Chang Yeh (èÂÂä¹Â裳): physicist, Professor of Physics at Caltech
- Chu Kwo-Ray (æÂ±åÂÂçÂÂ): physicist, Academician of Academia Sinica
- Louis Lee (æÂÂç¾Â
æ¬Â): space physicist, member of the US National Academy of Engineering
- Larry Hsien Ping Lang (éÂÂå¸平): Chair professor of finance at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Ruey-Shiung Lin (æÂÂçÂÂéÂÂ): Professor Emeritus of Public health, National Taiwan University
- Jiun-Huei Proty Wu: physics professor and Deputy Vice President for International Affairs, National Taiwan University
- Vincent Chang: President and Vice-Chancellor of BRAC University
- Wen Chi Chen (鳿ÂÂç¦): president and CEO of VIA Technologies
- Cindy (Hsin-Liu) Kao (é«ÂæÂ°ç¶ ): Researcher and founder of Cornell University's Hybrid Body Lab
- Min H. Kao (é«Âæ°Âç°): co-founder of Garmin Corporation, the GPS manufacturer
- Barry Lam (æÂÂç¾éÂÂ): co-maker of the first computer in Taiwan, founder and chair of Quanta Computer
- Rick Tsai (è¡åÂÂè¡Â): president and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
- Benjamin Hsiao (BS, Chemical Engineering 1980) : Chief Research Officer and Vice-President for Research at Stony Brook University, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Chemical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Chun-Hway Hsueh: ISI high-cited researcher in materials science; Distinguished R&D Staff, Metals & Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Jin Au Kong (Ã¥ÂÂéÂÂçÂÂ): Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Lee Si-Chen (æÂÂ壿¶Â): semiconductor researcher; IEEE Fellow, 2002; Professor of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University; former President of NTU
- Winnie Li (æÂÂæÂÂå¿): Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University, Chern Prize (ICCM) recipient
- Chang-Shou Lin (æÂÂé·壽): Director, Taida Institute of Mathematical Sciences (TIMS), Fellow of Academia Sinica
- Ching-Liang Lin (Chinese: æÂÂæ¸Â
Ã¥ÂÂ; 1931âÂÂ2019): Professor of Physics, National Taiwan University
- Tai-Ping Liu (Ã¥ÂÂ太平): Director, Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica
- Ho-Kwang Mao (æ¯Âæ²³åÂ
Â): Balzan Prize, 2005; Gregori Aminoff Prize, 2005; Roebling Medal, 2005; Staff, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
- Chiang-Chung Mei (æ¢Â
å¼·ä¸Â): Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Teresa H. Meng (Ã¥ÂÂæÂ·ç¸Â): Reid Weaver Dennis Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University; Founder of Atheros Communications, Inc.
- Shen-su Sun (å«賢éÂÂ¥): geochemist
- Simon Min Sze (æÂ½æÂÂ): pioneer in MOSFET; IEEE J J Ebers Award, 1991
- Chenming Calvin Hu (è¡æÂ£æÂÂ):pioneer in FinFET; Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the electronic engineering and computer science department of the University of California, Berkeley.
- Tsay Ting-kuei (è¡ä¸Âè²´), Professor of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University since 1990
- C.F. Jeff Wu (å³建ç¦Â): Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics, Georgia Institute of Technology; Member, National Academy of Engineering, USA
- Horng-Tzer Yau (å§Â鴻澤): MacArthur Fellowship, 2000; Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University
- Nai-Chang Yeh (èÂÂä¹Â裳): Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology
- Tsuhan Chen: Former Deputy President Research and Technology, National University of Singapore
- Yuan Taur: Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of California, San Diego.
- Phillip C.-Y. Sheu:Professor of electrical engineering, computer science and biomedical engineering at the University of California, Irvine.
- Keh-Chyuan Tsai (), Professor of Civil Engineering, International Member of US National Academy of Engineering, former Director of NCREE
- Yin T. Hsieh (è¬Âè±é¸), agronomist
Life sciences
- Chuan-Chiung Chang (å¼µå³ç±): co-discoverer of bungarotoxin; Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University
- Ding-Shinn Chen, M.D. (é³å®Âä¿¡): authority on hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma; Dean, NTU College of Medicine; Foreign Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA
- Lan-Bo Chen (é³è¯åÂÂ): Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
- Pei-Jer Chen, M.D. (é³å¹å²): authority on hepatitis D virus; Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Research Scholar; Professor of Medicine, NTU
- Wei-Jao Chen, M.D. (é³ç¶ÂæÂÂ): President, NTU, 1993âÂÂ2005; pioneer in surgical separation of ischiopagus tripus conjoined twins
- Yuan-Tsong Chen, M.D. (é³å£å´Â): inventor of Myozyme, the first EMEA- and U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment for Pompe disease (approved in 2006); Director, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica; former Chief and professor, the Pediatrics Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center
- Shu Chien, M.D. (é¢çÂ
¦): University Professor, University of California; President, the American Physiological Society, 1990âÂÂ1; President Elect, the Biomedical Engineering Society, USA, 2005-6
- Fushih Pan, PhD: Plastic Surgeon, Developer of the MIRA Procedure
- Su-Ming Hsu, M.D. (許ä¸ÂæÂÂ): ISI highly cited researcher in clinical medicine (cited more than 10,000 times between 1981 and 1992); Professor of Pathology, NTU
- Lily Y. Jan (èÂÂÃ¥Â
¾Â¼): Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
- Yuh Nung Jan (詹è£Âè¾²): Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, Professor of Molecular Physiology, University of California, San Francisco
- George Kuo, Co-discoverer of Hepatitis C
- Michael M. C. Lai, M.D. (è³´æÂÂè©Â): President, National Cheng Kung University, 2007âÂÂ2011; Vice President, Academia Sinica, 2003âÂÂ2007; Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, 1990âÂÂ2003
- Chen-Yuan Lee, M.D. (æÂÂ鮿ºÂ): co-discoverer of bungarotoxin; Redi Award, 1976; Former President, International Society on Toxinology
- Ming T. Tsuang, M.D. (èÂÂæÂÂå²): University Professor, University of California; Director, Institute of Behavioral Genomics, University of California, San Diego; Director, Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics
- James C. Wang (çÂÂå¬): discoverer of topoisomerase; Chair (1983âÂÂ1985) and Professor (1977âÂÂ2005), Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
- Tsay Yi-fang: Distinguished fellow at Academia Sinica's Institute of Molecular Biology
Politics
- Tsai Ing-wen (è¡è±æÂÂ): President of Republic of China (Taiwan), 2016âÂÂ2024
- Ma Ying-jeou (馬è±ä¹Â): President of Republic of China (Taiwan), 2008âÂÂ2016
- Chen Shui-bian (é³水æÂÂ): President of Republic of China (Taiwan), 2000âÂÂ2008; lawyer
- Lee Teng-hui (æÂÂç»è¼Â): President of Republic of China (Taiwan), 1988âÂÂ2000; agricultural economist
- Lai Ching-te (è³´æ¸Â
å¾·), M.D.: President of Republic of China (Taiwan), 2024âÂÂ; Vice President of Republic of China (Taiwan), 2020âÂÂ2024
- Wu Den-yih (å³æÂ¦ç¾©): Vice President of Republic of China (Taiwan), 2012âÂÂ2016
- Lu, Annette (Ã¥ÂÂç§Âè®): feminist, Vice President of Republic of China (Taiwan), 2000âÂÂ2008
- Lien Chan (é£æÂ°): Vice President of Republic of China (Taiwan), 1996âÂÂ2000
- Su Tseng-chang (èÂÂè²ÂæÂÂ): Premier of Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Chang San-cheng (å¼µåÂÂæÂ¿): engineer, Premier of Republic of China (Taiwan), 2016-2016
- Sean Chen (é³å²): Premier of Republic of China (Taiwan), 2012-2013; banker
- Frank Hsieh (è¬Âé·廷): Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan; Premier of Republic of China (Taiwan), 2005âÂÂ2006
- Hsu Tzong-Li (許å®ÂÃ¥ÂÂ): Chief Justice and President of Judicial Yuan; Professor, Department of Law, National Taiwan University
- Lin Yang-kang (æÂÂæ´Â港): Chief Justice and President of Judicial Yuan, R.O.C., 1987âÂÂ1994
- Chang Po-ya (å¼µåÂÂéÂÂ
), M.P.H.: President of Control Yuan, 2014âÂÂ2020; Minister of Health, 1979âÂÂ1986
- Fredrick Chien (é¢復): diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs, R.O.C., 1990-1996; President of Control Yuan 1999âÂÂ2005
- General Chen Chao-min, M.B.A. (é³èÂÂæÂÂ): Minister of National Defense
- Chen Ding-nan (é³å®ÂÃ¥ÂÂ): Minister of Justice, 2000âÂÂ2005
- Huang Kuo-chang (é»ÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂ): lawyer, social activist, legislator
- Chen, Sisy (鳿ÂÂèÂÂ): writer, talk show host
- Chang Chau-hsiung, M.D. (å¼µæÂÂéÂÂ): Vice-chair of People First Party, 2000âÂÂ, 1st President of Chang Gung University
- Joe Hung (æ´ªåÂ¥æÂÂ): journalist (Central News Agency), translator and diplomat, Representative of Taiwan to Italy, 1993âÂÂ2000
- Kao Chia-yu (é«ÂÃ¥ÂÂçÂÂ): Councillor of the 11th to 13th Taipei City Council; 14th President of NTU Student Association
- Lin Yi-hsiung (æÂÂ義éÂÂ): chairman, Democratic Progressive Party, 1998âÂÂ2000
- Li Ao (æÂÂæÂÂ): A writer, social commentator, historian, independent scholar and politician in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- Peng Ming-min (å½ÂæÂÂæÂÂ): former chair and professor, Department of Political Science, NTU; political activist for Taiwan independence
- Shen Fu-hsiung, M.D. (æ²Âå¯ÂéÂÂ): Member, Legislative Yuan, R.O.C., 1992âÂÂ2004; former associate professor, University of Washington, Seattle; former director, Hemodialysis Unit, Seattle Veterans Administration Hospital
- Chen Changwen: president of Red Cross Society of the Republic of China and the secretary of Straits Exchange Foundation.
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Sun Kang-i (å«康å®Â): Malcolm G. Chace '56 Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature, Yale University (1966-68 Graduate Institute of Foreign Languages, completed all the course requirements except for the M.A. thesis)
- David Schaberg: professor, Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles (1986-1988 Elective Student, Dept. of Chinese Literature)
- Li Yih-yuan (æÂÂ亦åÂÂ): Academician of Academia Sinica; professor, Dept. of Anthropology, NTU (B.A. Anthropology 1953)
- Kwang-chih Chang (å¼µåÂ
Âç´): pioneer in Chinese archaeology in the US; vice president of Academia Sinica; member of the US National Academy of Sciences; professor of anthropology, Harvard University (B.A. anthropology 1954)
- Chen Chi-nan (é³åÂ
¶åÂÂ): Professor, National Taipei University of Arts; former director of National Palace Museum; former minister of Council for Cultural Affairs (M.A. Anthropology 1975)
- Pang-hsin Ting (ä¸Âé¦æÂ°): Professor Emeritus of Chinese Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley; Academician of Academia Sinica (B.A. Chinese, 1959; M.A. Chinese 1963)
- Cho-yun Hsu (許å޲): Academician of Academia Sinica; Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology, University of Pittsburgh (B.A. History 1953; M.A. History 1956)
- Liu Ts'ui-jung (Ã¥ÂÂ翠溶): Academician and former vice president of Academia Sinica (B.A. History 1953; M.A. History 1956)
- Jing-shen Tao (é¶æÂÂçÂÂ): Academician of Academia Sinica; Professor Emeritus of Chinese history, University of Arizona (B.A. History 1956; M.A. History 1959)
- Tu Cheng-sheng (æÂÂæÂ£åÂÂ): Academician of Academia Sinica; former Minister of Education; former director of National Palace Museum (B.A. History 1970; M.A. History 1974)
- Shih Shou-chien (ç³å®Âè¬Â): Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica; Academician of Academia Sinica; former director of National Palace Museum (B.A. History 1973, M.A. History 1977)
- Chin-Shing Huang (é»Âé²èÂÂ): academician and vice president of Academia Sinica (B.A. History 1973; M.A. History 1975)
- Wu Mi-cha (å³å¯Âå¯Â): Director of National Palace Museum (B.A. History 1978)
- Roel Sterckx: Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science and Civilization at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Clare College
- Wai-lim Yip (èÂÂç¶Âå»Â): poet; Professor Emeritus of Chinese and Comparative Literature at University of California, San Diego (B.A. Foreign Languages and Literature)
- Leo Ou-fan Lee (æÂÂæÂÂ梵): Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature, Harvard University; Academician of Academia Sinica (B.A. Foreign Languages and Literature 1961)
- David Der-wei Wang (çÂÂå¾·å¨Â): literary critic and historian, Edward C. Henderson Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Harvard University, Academician of Academia Sinica (B.A. Foreign Languages and Literature 1976)
- I, Lo-fen (è¡£èÂ¥è¬): Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, Nanyang Technological University (B.A. Chinese, M.A. 1989, PhD. 1994)
- Yu Kwang-chung (ä½ÂÃ¥Â
Âä¸Â): poet, essayist, critic, translator, Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature at NSYSU (B.A. Foreign Languages and Literature 1954)
- Lin Wenyue (æÂÂæÂÂæÂÂ): essayist, translator of Japanese literature including The Tale of Genji; Professor Emerita, Dept. of Chinese Literature, NTU (B.A. Chinese, M.A. 1958)
- Pai Hsien-yung (ç½åÂ
ÂÃ¥ÂÂ): National Awards for Arts winning novelist, Professor Emeritus at University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. Foreign Languages and Literature 1961)
- Cheng Ch'ing-wen (éÂÂæ¸Â
æÂÂ): National Awards for Arts winning novelist; banker
- Wang Wen-hsing (çÂÂæÂÂèÂÂ): National Awards for Arts winning novelist, Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature at NTU (B.A. Foreign Languages and Literature 1961)
- Chen Ruoxi (é³èÂ¥æÂ¦): National Awards for Arts winning novelist (B.A. Foreign Languages and Literature 1961)
- Chu Týien-hsin (æÂ±å¤©å¿Â): novelist (B.A. History)
- Ping Lu (平路): novelist (B.A. Psychology)
- Li Kotomi (æÂÂç´峰): Akutagawa Prize winning fiction writer (B.A. Japanese & Chinese)
- Angela Yang: multicultural and outreach services librarian, President of Chinese American Librarians Association from 1992 to 1993
- Lü Shao-chia (Ã¥ÂÂç´¹åÂÂ): orchestra and opera conductor (B.A. Psychology 1983)
- Lucie Cheng (æÂÂé²èÂÂ): sociologist, first permanent director of the Asian American Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles
- Hsiao-ting Lin (æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂåºÂ): Research Fellow and Curator of East Asian Collection at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Jiang Yi-huah (æ±Âå®Â樺): Bauhinia Chair Professor of Institute of Strategic and International Affairs at National Chung Cheng University, former Premier of Republic of China
- Cyrus Chu(æÂ±æÂ¬ä¸Â): economist, member of the US National Academy of Sciences, Academician of Academia Sinica, former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu to the World Trade Organization
- Jang Show-ling (éÂÂç§Âç²): economist, former legislator
- I Lo-fen (è¡£èÂ¥è¬): scholar of literature
- Christian Helmut Wenzel, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
Business and Financial Sectors
- Koo Chen-fu (è¾ÂæÂ¯ç«): Former Chairman of the Koos Group of companies
- Chang Yi Wang: Chairperson and CEO of the United Biomedical, Inc. (UBI) Group of companies.
Entertainment
- Wakin Chau (å¨è¯åÂÂ¥): (B.S., Mathematics) singer
- Alec Su (èÂÂæÂÂæÂÂ): (non-graduate, Mechanical Engineering) singer, actor
- Wen Shang-yi (æÂªç¸ 溫å°Âç¿Â): (non-graduate, sociology) guitarist and band leader of Mayday
- William Wei (éÂÂ禮å®Â): (B.A., Foreign Languages & Literature) singer
- Tsai Lan-chin (è¡èÂÂ欽): (non-graduate, Mechanical Engineering) singer and songwriter
- Chen Kuangyi (é³å¡æÂ¡): actress and model
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