Department of Agricultural Technology, 
National Formosa University

 

Department Mission

National Formosa University is located in Yunlin County, one of the major agricultural regions in Taiwan. Students can easily access agricultural communities, allowing teaching and research to integrate with regional industries, thereby promoting the development of regional human resources, addressing the problems of aging and insufficient rural labor, and constructing competitive localized agricultural advantages.

At present, Taiwan’s agriculture is facing issues such as a declining workforce and an aging labor population. In order to create new vitality for Taiwan’s agriculture and advocate new thinking and concepts for modern agriculture, an agricultural talent cultivation system has been established. The apprenticeship-based training model helps encourage young people who are willing to engage in agriculture to become agricultural operators, cultivating students with professional capabilities in agricultural industry management, processing and marketing technology, farm management, and innovative entrepreneurship.

 

Educational Objectives

1. Cultivate professional managers and operators in technological agriculture.
2. Strengthen students’ digital transformation capabilities and apply smart and AI technologies to enhance the competitiveness of agricultural production and marketing.
3. Emphasize students’ social responsibility and align agricultural values with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals SDGs.
4. Cultivate students’ knowledge of resilient agriculture to address issues such as food security, net zero carbon emissions, and environmental sustainability.

 

Core Competencies

1. Possess professional knowledge in agricultural technology.
2. Possess the ability to conduct experiments and operate instruments.
3. Possess abilities in data collection, analysis, and innovative integration.
4. Possess skills and abilities in oral and written reporting.
5. Possess concepts of industrial safety, occupational health, and workplace ethics.
6. Possess abilities in teamwork and interdisciplinary integration.
7. Possess abilities in information software application and foreign languages.

 

Admissions Information

＊Day Division Admissions＊

a. Special Talent Selection: Admission based on competition performance, certification training, and related qualifications, with flexible selection through school recommendation, interviews, and review.
b. Skilled Talent Recommendation Screening: Applicants must possess proof of international or national level competitions, or have obtained a Class B technician certificate or above.
c. Application Admission: Application based on GSAT scores with a second stage review.
d. Selection Admission: Application based on the Technological and Vocational Education Joint Entrance Examination scores, requiring completion of 25 related credits and a second stage review.
e. Registration and Placement Admission: Participate in the Technological and Vocational Education Joint Entrance Examination and fill in program preferences based on examination scores for placement.
f. Internship Planning： In the fourth academic year, students complete a full year internship at farms or ranches, accumulating 1440 hours.

*Industry Academia Cooperative Program*

a. Program Students Priority Admission: Students from agricultural and industrial vocational high schools in Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, and Taichung may enter the Department of Agricultural Technology of this university through selection before graduating from vocational high school.
b. Non Program Students: If vacancies remain, students from non cooperative vocational high schools may be admitted, limited to filling the originally approved quota.
c. Internship Planning: 421 teaching model with four working days, two class days, and one rest day per week, conducting internships and professional skill training at farms or ranches.  

*Program Qualification: Students must be from cooperating vocational high schools, must be approved for industry academia cooperation by their vocational high school, must complete farm or ranch internships during the final summer vacation of vocational high school, and must submit an internship evaluation form.

 

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