CYUT Excellent Achievements

(updated on: 2023.08.15)

 Academic Reputation and Various Rankings  

Year 2023

• The only private technological university in Taiwan that enters QS World University Rankings 2024
• Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 6th consecutive year
• THE Asia University Rankings for 6th straight year
• THE Young University Rankings for 5th straight year
• THE Impact Rankings for 5th consecutive year
• THE Business & Economics Rankings for the first time, ranked 601-800
• THE Computer Science Rankings for 5th consecutive year
• THE Engineering Rankings for 3rd consecutive year.
• Best Global Universities for Engineering of the U.S. News & World Report
• First in environmental sustainability and community participation at the CommonWealth USR University Citizen Award
• USR Model Award (Green Campus) of the Global View Magazine
• First in citation rankings for 11th straight year
• Green Procurement Award of the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan
• 6 Red Dot Design Best of the Best, 53 Red Dot Design Awards, 2 Red Dot Design Honourable Mentions, 1 Young Designer Award, and 3 iF Design Awards from 2015 to 2022
• 76 golds, 108 silvers, 44 bronzes, and 37 special mentions in International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX) from 2011 to 2023
• High School Students' Favorite Subjects Top 50: Communication Arts, Visual Communication Design, Social Work
• Best Military Service Award of the Ministry of Education
• Blood Donation Award of the Ministry of Education

Year 2022

• Top 100 in UI GreenMetric World University Rankings for 6 consecutive years, the first among private universities in Taiwan.
• THE Asia University Rankings for 5 consecutive years.
• THE Impact Rankings for 4 consecutive years.
• THE Young University Rankings for 4 consecutive years.
• THE Emerging Economies Rankings for 5 consecutive years.
• Moscow Round University Rankings (RUR) for the first time.
• Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings for 2 consecutive years.
• Best University of Sustainability & Gold Medal of Sustainability Reports in Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Awards (TCSA).
• Excellence in USR among private technological universities for the third consecutive years (2020-2022) granted by the CommonWealth Magazine.
• Best University among private technological universities for the second year (2021-2022) granted by the Global-View Magazine.
• Ranked first among private technological universities in dissertation citation for 10 straight years.
• University Social Responsibility (USR) Award of the Global View Magazine.
• Outstanding Special Education Award of Higher Education.
• Green Procurement Excellence Award of Taichung City for 9 consecutive years.
• Department of Landscape and Urban Design became one of the accredited programs in AAC-SPD under the IEET.
• Department of Industrial Engineering and Management attained Excellent Service Award from the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers in promoting Certification of Industrial Engineers.
• Women’s basketball team won first in University 3x3 Basketball Championship.

 Outstanding Faculty

Year 2023

• Professor Yeng-Fong SHIH of Applied Chemistry received the Best Paper Award in the 8th International Conference on Advanced Technology Innovation (ICATI 2023)
• Professor Jui-Chang TSENG of Applied Chemistry, Professor Wen-Chih CHOU of Industrial Design, Professor Yu-Lung LO of Information Management, and Professor Yen-Yi WU of Early Childhood Development and Education jointly designed “Six Thinking Hats Board Game” and won Special Mention in the Educational Game Design Award
• Professor Wei-Long CHEN of Industrial Design jointly developed “Artificial joint design preserving the medial cruciate ligament of the knee” with Industrial Technology Research Institute and Tri-Service General Hospital, winning the 19^th National Innovation Award.
• Professor Hong-Dar LIN of Industrial Engineering and Management as Guest Editor of International Journal Sensors

Year 2022

• 9 Faculty Members Ranked World’s Top 2% Scientists released by Stanford University.
  Business Administration: Professor Yung-Ming CHENG, Professor Huai-Wei LO, Professor Singa Wang CHIU;
  Marketing and Logistics Management: Professor Yung-Fu HUANG;
  Applied Chemistry: Professor Yeng-Fong SHIH;
  Industrial Engineering and Management: Professor Yuan-Shyi CHIU;
  Information Management: Professor Rung-Ching CHEN;
  Computer Science and Information Engineering: Professor Fu-Shiung HSIEH, Professor Yuen-Haw CHANG
• Honorary Chair Professor Chin-Chen CHANG elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
• Distinguished Professor Long-Sheng CHEN of Information Management received the Outstanding Research Award from the Academic Organizations Joint Annual Conference.
• Professor Che-Yu HSU and Professor Sheng-Jung OU of Landscape and Urban Design won the Best Thesis Award in the IEEE Eurasian Conference on Educational Innovation.
• Professor Che-Yu HSU of Landscape and Urban Design achieved First Place and Honorable Mention in the 4^th National Intercollegiate ODF-CNS15251 Competition.
• Professor Hsueh-Mao LIAO of Marketing and Logistics Management won the National Leadership Championship in the National Brand Yushan Award.
• Professor Guo-Liang WANG of Marketing and Logistics Management won the 100MVP Managers Award.
• Professor Li-Wei LIU of Leisure Service Management won the Communication Award for editing the Journal of Sport and Recreation Management.
• Professor Li-Hung SHIH of Social Work won the Excellent Research & Teaching Award from the Ministry of Education.
• Professor Yung-Ling TSENG of Industrial Design was invited to showcase her metal artwork “The Commotion in the Back Garden” at the Twin Oaks of Washington D.C.
• Professor Yu-Che HUANG of Industrial Design attained Taiwan Patent for “Twisting Paper Cup”.
• Ms. Li-Wen LEE of Student Development Center won the Excellence Award in Special Education and Student Counseling.
• Professor Wei-Jyun CHIEN of Applied Chemistry won the Asia Pacific Sustainability Action Awards (APSAA) in promoting SDG 2 (Zero Hunger).
• Professor Kuan-Chuan TAO of Leisure Service Management won the Taiwan Sustainability Action Awards (TSAA) in promoting SDG 2 (Zero Hunger).
• Professor Yann-Long LEE of Industrial Design won the Taiwan Sustainability Action Awards (TSAA) in promoting SDG 8 (Decent Work & Economic Growth).
• Professor Yann-Long LEE of Industrial Design won Silver in the SDG International Innovation Awards of Malaysia Technology Expo.

 Excellent Students 

Year 2023

• Department (in alphabetical order)	Awards	Category/Project
  Accounting	Attain National Professional and Technical Qualification	Bookkeeping
  Aeronautical Engineering	Outstanding Awards for Technological and Vocational Education - obtaining a number of Class B professional maintenance licenses	Aircraft Maintenance
  Applied Chemistry	Highest pass rate nationwide in MOEA IPAS Certification of Plastics Engineer	IPAS Certification of Plastics Engineer
  	Gold Medal in International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX)	Environmentally friendly slow-release fertilizer
  	Honorable Mention and Nomination Award in the 8th International Conference on Advanced Technology Innovation (ICATI 2023)	Conference Paper
  Basketball Team	National Championship in the UBA League	Women’s basketball
  Communication Arts	First prize at the 1st Sony Taiwan Student Photography Contest	Photography
  	2 graduation works listed in Top 100 Youth Micro Movie	Micro Movie
  	First in Intercollegiate Competition	Agricultural Project
  	Gold Medal in Trust Award	Innovation
  Golden-Ager Industry Management	Special Mention in Paper Art Creation Competition of National Museum of Natural Science	Using recycling paper to display Polar Bear & Global Warming in a box
  Industrial Design	Gold Medal in International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition Malaysia (ITEX)	Small High-Efficiency Biochar Burning System
  	Championship at Asian New Generation Design Exhibition	WeXare – Aids to enhance mobility of persons with lower limb disabilities
  Industrial Engineering and Management	Silver Medal in International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition Malaysia (ITEX)	High-speed camera system
  	Taichung City Outstanding Youth Award	Outstanding Youth
  Information and Communication Engineering	Gold Medal in International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition Malaysia (ITEX)	Battery-less Pest Trapping Box
  	Honorable Mention in Smart Sensor and AIoT Contest	Smart Sensor and AIoT
  Information Management	Gold and Silver medals in Taiwan Unreal Engine 5 Student Game Design Competition	3D Game Design
  Insurance	Championship in National Intercollegiate SDGs Project Competition	SDGs
  Landscape and Urban Design	Silver Medal in International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition Malaysia (ITEX)	POLETTI Environmentally Friendly Packaging
  	Silver and Bronze medals in Taichung City Urban-Rural Landscape Design Competition	Urban-Rural Landscape Design
  	Honorable Mention in the 4th Orchid Landscape Design Competition of Taiwan International Orchid Show	Orchid Landscape Design
  Music Club	Outstanding Awards in the National Students Music Contest	Chinese Orchestra
  Social Work	National Young College Elite Award	Outstanding Youth
  Visual Communication Design	Red Dot Design Award - Brands and Communication Design	Slow Fish
  	Red Dot Best of the Best - Film & Animation	Voice On
  	Outstanding Awards for Technological and Vocational Education	Slow Fish & Voice On
  	Gold Medal in International College Students’ Hand Drawing Art and Design Competition	Hand Drawing Design

Year 2022

• Department	Awards	Category/Project
  Aeronautical Engineering	Third in the 52nd National Skills Competition, Central Region	Aircraft Maintenance
  Applied Chemistry	Bronze Medal in International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition Malaysia (ITEX)	Recycling of waste acrylic fire doors for fireproof building and porous ceramic materials
  	Student of Biochemistry participates in the Air Quality Sensor IoT Project of Taichung City Government, winning the International Smart 50 Awards 2022	Air Quality Sensor IoT Project
  Applied English	Honorable Mention in the 1st National English Picture Book Contest	English Picture Book
  Architecture	Student Award and 3rd Runner-Up in the Extreme Habitat Architecture Competition 2022 of Volume Zero	Architecture
  Business Administration	First in the National Innovative Marketing Competition	Innovative Marketing
  	First in the 6th Nationwide B2B E-Commerce Competition	B2B E-Commerce
  Business Administration, Information and Communication Engineering, Industrial Design	Silver Medal in International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition Malaysia (ITEX)	3I Innovative and Interactive Color Music Board
  Civil and Construction Engineering	First in the 52nd National Skills Competition, Central Region	Civil and Construction
  Civil and Construction Engineering, Landscape and Urban Design	Championship in the 3rd National Intercollegiate Park Design Contest	Footbridge Design
  Communication Arts	Best Short Film (Students’ Category) in the 18th Mini Film Festival Malaysia	For you, forever 21
  	Special Mention and Best Actor in the 44th Golden Harvest Awards	Irritable Boy
  	Special Mention and Best Actor in the 44th Golden Harvest Awards	She Doesn’t Care
  	Finalist in the Youth Film Festival	Sunshine
  	Third in Brand Image Design, Cross-border Special Award, Best Art Design, and Popularity Award in the International Times Young Creative Contest	Advertising Design
  	Best Viewpoint Award in the Senao Documentary Film Competition	Documentary Film
  Computer Science and Information Engineering	Honorable Mention in Asian Intelligent Robot Contest	Intelligent Robot
  	Two students attained a Double Master’s Degree from CYUT and the University of Aizu Japan	Academic Achievements
  Early Childhood Development and Education, Information Management	Outstanding Digit Companion for Learning and Excellent Digit Teacher Awards of the Ministry of Education	Digit Companion
  Industrial Design	Gold Medal in International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition Malaysia (ITEX)	Dr. Dozzle – training aid for kids with development delays
  	Third in the 52nd National Skills Competition, Central Region	Industrial Design
  	2 Creative Awards, 1 Distinction, and 4 Finalists in the Taiwan Biomimicry Design Challenge	Biomimicry Design
  	Innovation, New Star, and Spirit Awards in the 12th Rural Up Competition	Rural Projects
  	Bronze in the Innovative Design Contest of Taiwan Value-Added Agriculture	Agricultural Design
  	First place in the 2nd Taiwan Yunus Social Business Innovation Awards	Biochar Products
  Industrial Engineering and Management	Third in thesis competition of the Ambient Intelligence Association of Taiwan	Thesis Competition
  	Excellent Thesis Award in the 29th Ergonomics Society of Taiwan Annual Meeting and Conference	Thesis Competition
  Information and Communication Engineering	Gold Medal in International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition Malaysia (ITEX)	AIoT Smart Testing and Scanning
  	Honorable Mention in Smart Sensor and AIoT Contest	Smart Sensor and AIoT
  	One of the students attained a Double Master’s Degree from CYUT and the University of Aizu Japan	Academic Achievements
  Information Management	Honorable Mention in the National Collegiate Competition	Intelligent food drug safety verification platform
  	Canon Campus Ambassadors 2022	Photo-shooting
  	Gold and Silver Medals in the 52nd National Skills Competition, becoming one of the National Champion nominees	3D Digital Game Art Design
  	First, Second, Third and Forth in the 52nd National Skills Competition, Central Region	3D Digital Game Art Design
  Insurance	Double Championship in the National Innovative Insurance Product Competition	Insurance Product
  	First in the National Collegiate Competition, Central Region	Financial Planning
  	First in the 9th National Insurance Policy Design Competition	Insurance Policy Design
  Landscape and Urban Design	Honorable Mention in the National Collegiate Competition	Civil and Construction
  	Second and Third in the National Intelligence Auto-Vehicle Competition	Intelligence Auto-Vehicle
  	Honorable Mention in Taiwan International Orchid Show and the 3rd Orchid Landscape Design Competition	Orchid Landscape Design
  Marketing and Logistics Management	Championship in the 10th National Innovative Chain Store Business Competition and Thesis Competition	Chain Store Business
  Music Club	Outstanding Awards in the National Students Music Contest	Chinese Orchestra
  	Outstanding Awards in the National Students Music Contest	Wind Orchestra
  Social Work	First, Second, and Honorable Mention in the Community Projects on Prevention of Domestic Violence	Community Projects
  Student Union	Supreme Excellence Award for 4 consecutive years	Excellent Performance, Excellence in Finance, and Characteristics Performance.
  Visual Communication Design	Red Dot: Best of the Best	Long Far Temple
  	Outstanding Awards for Technological and Vocational Education	Long Far Temple
  	Nomination in the Switzerland Film Festival	To the Stars
  	Second in the National Collegiate Competition	Product Design
  	First in Mingyi Painting & Design Competition	Impressionist Painting & Cute God Figurines Design
  	4 Special and 3 Popularity Awards in the School Textbooks Design Competition	Textbook Design
  	11 Awards including Gold Medal, Best New Performer, and Special Mention in the National Face Mask Design Competition	Face Mask Design
  	Bronze, New Star, and Spirit Awards in the 12th Rural Up Competition	Rural Projects
  	Gold Medal and 2 Popularity Awards in the 9th Kuroi T-shirt Design Competition	T-shirt Design

Alumni Success 

Year 2023

• Chih-Lun LI of Visual Communication Design won the 3rd Taiwan Rural Elite Awards and received praise from President Tsai Ing-Wen
• Ting-Chen NIEN of Social Work won the Excellent Supervisor Award of Taichung City Sustainable Development Program for Social Work Professional Image Enhancement and Professional Inheritance
• Feng-I LIN of EMBA won the 29^th Central Taiwan Outstanding HR Manager Award
• Hui-Chan TSAI of MBA elected as the Chairperson of the Association of Honorary Instructors of Taichung City Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
• Chien-Kang HUANG of DBA elected as the Chairperson of the National Accreditation Body of Certification Association

Year 2022

• Chung-Chiao WANG of Architecture won the iF Design Award 2022 by designing the Public Restroom of Kenting National Park.
• Yu-Lun LIU of Industrial Design won the Red Dot Design and IF Design Award 2022 with his bicycle design GEOMETRY-X.
• Guan-He LIU, Ting-Ni JIM, and Yu-Yi CHIANG of Industrial Design won the Asian New Generation Design Award and Silver Medal in the ICARE Universal Design Award by designing assistive products, WeXare, to enhance the mobility of lower limb disabled persons.

• Chih-Meng WANG of EMBA and the General Manager of Palmary Machinery won the Honorable Mention in the 15^th Machine Tool Competition.

• Tzu-Wei YEH of Communication Arts won the finalist in Best Art Direction of the 59^th Golden Horse Awards with his work “The Abandoned”.

• I-Shan LI of Communication Arts with her work “Sisters’ Busy Hands” won the finalist in the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.

• Ha-Yuan CHANG of Communication Arts with his work “Oasis” won the Silver Medal in Documentary Film of Top 100 Micro Movie Awards and the finalist in the Taoyuan Film Festival and Kaohsiung Film Festival.

• Chien-Chung HUANG of Applied Chemistry and her team Ju Tian Cleantech won the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Contest 2022 by the 100% ZHI (Sugarcane Straw) project.