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=== National University (1945–present) === [[File:臺灣大學原帝大校舍─舊總圖書館(現校史館).JPG|thumb|The Old Main Library building (pictured) was repurposed as a gallery dedicated to NTU's history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-20 |title=Old Main Library(Gallery of NTU History) |url=https://visitorcenter.ntu.edu.tw/eng/News_Photo_Content_n_74866_s_82550.html |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=VisitorCenterEn |language=en}}</ref>]] After the [[Surrender of Japan]] in September 1945, the government of the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] (ROC) assumed control of the university and initiated [[sinicization]] reforms. On August 15, 1945, the [[Kuomintang]] government appointed [[Lo Tsung-lo]], a Japanese-educated academic, to oversee the transition of Taihoku's curriculum, teaching system, and faculties from its Japanese administration. At the time, the university had 1,614 faculty and staff members to teach 1,767 students, 351 of whom were Taiwanese. All Japanese students were later transferred back to Japan.{{Sfn|Chiang|2008|p=15}} Under the Kuomintang, the ROC government initiated a program of reforming all universities and colleges in accordance with Chinese models that incorporated American academics, administration, and organization, in addition to installing American curriculum and degree requirements.{{Sfn|Grace|Hou|Chiang|Chan|2020|p=6–7}} Reforms also had the goal of reversing the [[Japanization]] that had influenced Taiwan during Japanese rule.{{Sfn|Lo|2014|p=20}} Universities and colleges were opened to Taiwanese students without restrictions; Taihoku Imperial University was renamed "National Taiwan University" and it was reorganized and expanded to six faculties: Liberal Arts, Law, Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Agriculture.{{Sfn|Grace|Hou|Chiang|Chan|2020|p=7}} Up to 500 students could enroll in each faculty and the enrollment period was standardized to four years as opposed to the Japanese system of three to six years.{{Sfn|Grace|Hou|Chiang|Chan|2020|p=7}} In the following decades, National Taiwan University underwent rapid expansion. A [[night school]] was established to provide [[continuing education]] for adults in 1955 and the NTU Research Library was completed in 1968.{{Sfn|Chiang|2008|p=20–25}} The College of Management, the College of Public Health, and the College of Electrical Engineering were established in 1987, 1993, and 1997, respectively. The NTU Department of Law was expanded to the NTU College of Law in 1999 and the College of Life Science was established in 2003.<ref name=":1" /> In November 2003, the university consisted of ten colleges, 52 academic departments, 82 graduate institutes, 1,778 full-time faculty, and more than 27,000 students.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teng |first=Sue-feng |date=November 2003 |title=NTU at Three Quarters of a Century |url=https://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/Articles/Details?Guid=e8bcaa3b-52f3-48a1-9291-d06a6c9be3a4&CatId=11&postname=NTU%20at%20Three%20Quarters%20of%20a%20Century |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=[[Taiwan Panorama]] |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]}}</ref> By 2009, NTU grew to 54 departments, 100 graduate institutes (which offer 100 master's programs and 91 doctoral programs in total), and 25 research centers, including the Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, the Center for Biotechnology, the Japanese Research Center, and others.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009 |title=National Taiwan University_Brief History |url=https://ntuweb.cloud.ntu.edu.tw/oldenglish/about/history.html |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=ntuweb.cloud.ntu.edu.tw}}</ref>
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