Taipei Imperial University

National Taiwan University was established in March 1928 (Showa 3) under the Imperial University Act in Taiwan under Japanese rule. On November 15, 1945, it was taken over by the Republic of China and became National Taiwan University. It was considered to be on an equal footing with other imperial universities, but the duties of the Minister of Education were performed by the Governor-General of Taiwan, except for the approval of doctoral degrees. When it was first established, it was small, with a Faculty of Literature and Political Science, a Faculty of Science and Agriculture (initially 13 courses), and an affiliated Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry. By the time of its takeover, it had expanded to five faculties (Literature and Political Science, Science, Agriculture, Medicine, and Engineering) (total of 114 courses), three affiliated research institutes (Institute of Tropical Medicine, Institute of Southern Humanities, and Institute of Southern Resource Science), a preparatory school, and an affiliated Faculty of Medicine. Research that took advantage of the regional characteristics included folklore, ethology, South Seas history, tropical agriculture, and tropical medicine. Tu Chongming, professor of pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine, is known as the only Taiwanese professor. Other than the Faculty of Medicine, only a few students had a high school diploma. In some years, the majority of students enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine were Taiwanese, and in 1943, more than 40% of the assistant professors were Taiwanese. For a while after the takeover, many Japanese, including professors at Taipei Imperial University, were appointed to the faculty of National Taiwan University, helping to support the transition to Taiwan University. The current National Taiwan University continues the history of Taipei Imperial University.

[Jun Tokorozawa]

"Academia - Taipei Imperial University Research Bulletin" No. 1 and 2 (April 1996 and May 1997, Taiwan University Taiwan Research Society)" ▽ "List of Taipei Imperial Universities (editions for each year from 1928 to 1963)"

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日本統治下の台湾に、帝国大学令によって1928年（昭和3）3月に設けられた官立総合大学。1945年11月15日に中華民国に接収され、国立台湾大学となった。他の帝大と同等と位置づけられていたが、文部大臣の本来担うべき職務は、博士学位の認可を除いて台湾総督が行った。創立当初は文政学部、理農学部（最初13講座）および附属農林専門部と小規模だったが、接収時までに文政、理、農、医、工の5学部（計114講座）、熱帯医学研究所、南方人文研究所、南方資源科学研究所の3附属研究所、予科、附属医学専門部を擁する規模に拡大された。地域性を生かした研究に土俗学、人種学、南洋史学、熱帯圏農業、熱帯医学などがあった。医学部薬理学の杜聡明は唯一の台湾人教授として知られる。医学部以外は高等学校出身の学生は少数だった。医学部では入学生の過半数が台湾人の年もあり、1943年には助手も台湾人が4割を超えていた。接収後しばらくは台北帝大教授ほか多くの日本人が国立台湾大学の教員に任用され、台湾大学への移行を支えた。現国立台湾大学は台北帝大の歴史を継承している。

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『『Academia―台北帝国大学研究通訊』1・2号（1996年4月・1997年5月・台湾大学台湾研究社）』▽『台北帝国大学編・刊『台北帝国大学一覧』（昭和3～18年度まで各年度版）』

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