MOE Talent Recruitment Delegation Visits UCLA to Strengthen Academic & Research Collaboration
The Ministry of Education has a broad strategy to enhance Taiwan’s global academic engagement and reinforce partnerships with leading international institutions. A high-level Ministry delegation visited Los Angeles from February 28 to March 2. This was part of the Meet Talent, Meet Taiwan visit to several major cities in the U.S., to attract outstanding global scholars and researchers to work in Taiwan, and strengthen international academic collaboration.
The delegation comprised presidents and vice presidents from twelve leading universities in Taiwan. While in Los Angeles they visited the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on March 2 and met with leading university officials: Prof. David D. Kim, Associate Vice Provost at the International Institute; Prof. Min Zhou, Director of the Asia Pacific Center; Prof. Robert Candler, Associate Dean of the School of Engineering; Prof. M.C. Frank Chang, Distinguished Professor in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering; and Prof. Mona Jarrah, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the Terahertz Electronics Laboratory.
They had discussions on current partnerships between UCLA, the Ministry of Education, and universities in Taiwan, and the importance of sustained higher education and research collaborations. The delegation was then given a tour of the UCLA Sensing & Robotics for Infrastructure Lab (SRILab). This provided an opportunity to see some of UCLA’s cutting-edge research in smart infrastructure and robotic sensing technologies, and how interdisciplinary innovation and advanced engineering solutions are addressing real-world challenges.
The visit concluded with both the delegation and the UCLA officials expressing their commitment to further deepening academic exchanges, and expanding joint research. They were all optimistic about future cooperation, particularly in emerging technology fields, faculty exchanges, and student mobility programs.
