TAIPEI — Backed by six of Taiwan’s leading technology companies, National Taiwan University’s College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) formally launched the AI EECS Alliance on July 9, 2025, at NTU’s Barry Lam Hall, marking a new milestone in university–industry collaboration.
The alliance, supported by ASUS, Quanta Computer, Wistron, Pegatron, Delta Electronics, and Episil Technologies, is aimed to combine the strengths of NTU and the private sector to train globally minded leaders in artificial intelligence and electrical and computer engineering, while advancing cutting-edge research.
“AI and electrical engineering are at the heart of future global competition,” said NTU President Wen-Chang Chen. “This alliance is not only a milestone for industry–academia partnership, but also a joint declaration of our readiness to meet the challenges ahead.”
EECS Dean Chung-Lin Wu outlined the alliance’s three goals: elite talent development, forward-looking technology research, and deep, sustained industry–academia cooperation. In pursuit of these goals, the initiative will focus on three flagship programs during the next five years— the Global EECS Elite Development Program, the Doctoral Excellence Program, and the Endowed Chair Professorship and Scholar Program — with the aim of making NTU’s EECS College into a global center for AI and EECS talent.
The Global EECS Elite Development Program will prioritize international recruitment, offering scholarships and corporate internships to attract top-tier master’s and doctoral students from abroad. Graduates will emerge industry-ready, while companies will gain opportunities to work directly with NTU’s leading faculty and students on advanced research. Faculty members, in turn, will benefit from enhanced doctoral resources to accelerate research breakthroughs and strengthen links with industry.
Through corporate donations and sustained collaboration, NTU EECS plans to create a long-term platform that integrates academic and practical expertise, fosters global talent pipelines, accelerates technological innovation, and expands its network of corporate partners. “We envision a win–win–win ecosystem for students, faculty, and industry,” Wu said.
With the launch of the AI EECS Alliance, NTU aims not only to strengthen Taiwan’s role in the global technology chain but also to shape the next generation of leaders who will define the future of AI.
NTU and industry leaders at the Launch Ceremony of the AI EECS Alliance. (Group photo.)
