The Department of Architecture at NTUT, founded in 1912, has evolved from Taiwan's first architecture program into a leading force in the built environment. Over the past century, we have cultivated countless professionals and laid a solid foundation for Taiwan’s architectural and construction industries.

We have continuously evolved and innovated through various periods of transformation. Following a brief integration with the Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Industrial Design in 1963, we regained our independence as the Department of Architectural Design in 1987.

Affiliated with the College of Design at NTUT, Department of Architecture offers a comprehensive range of academic and practical programs, including a four-year undergraduate program, a master's program, a professional master's program, and PhD Program.

We uphold our core philosophy of hands-on, vocational education, cultivating professionals in planning and design who possess a unique blend of engineering expertise and aesthetic sensibility. Through our graduates, we continue to shape Taiwan's social and spatial development.

The Department of Architecture at Taipei Tech is the first of its kind in Taiwan, with a history dating back to 1912. Through its century-long evolution, it has cultivated countless professionals and become a cornerstone of Taiwan’s architecture sector.

• 1912 (1st year of Taisho Era): Established under Japanese rule as the Auxiliary Industrial Institute.

• 1915 (4th year of Taisho Era): The first class graduated from the Department of Architecture.

• Trained countless experts in Taiwan’s construction and architecture sectors over the decades.

• Post-1945 (End of Japanese rule):

  • Reorganized as Taipei Industrial Vocational School.

  • Architecture subordinated to Civil Engineering in 1963 and to Industrial Design in 1966, both under the name “Architecture Branch.”

• 1987: Independently organized as the “Section of Architecture.”

• Later reorganized as the “Department of Architecture” under the National Taipei Institute of Technology, later National Taipei University of Technology.

• Today, the department stands as an honor and cornerstone in Taiwan’s architecture sector with more than a century of legacy.

Taipei Tech is a metropolitan university in Taiwan with strong industrial linkage. The department emphasizes environmental sustainability, internationalization, and the integration of design and digital technology, aiming to unite learning with practice and cultivate future professionals.

• Strong edge in industrial linkage as a metropolitan university in Taiwan.

• Increasing focus on urban development, ecology, and energy saving driven by environmental sustainability.

• Internationalization and globalization fostering a more liberal higher education environment.

• Commitment to integrating:

  • Environmental sustainability

  • Design practice

  • Digital technology

• Emphasis on unity of learning and practice through industry-academic collaborative education.

• Promotion of international exchanges to cultivate the next generation of professionals in architecture.

1. Sustainable environment: emphasis on the sustainability of healthy environment, urban renewal, cultural preservation, and community building.

2. Interdisciplinary integration: specialization in the disciplines of urbanity, landscape, ecology and environment.

3. Core curriculum in architecture: integration of the capacity in architecture and architectural design.

4. Practice of engineering: recruitment of industry practitioners in teaching with an emphasis on practical work, skills and off-campus internship training.

5. Digital technology: emphasis on the training and development of digital application, new media, and new technology.

6. International exchange: Encouragement in collaboration with international students, exchange students, visiting scholars, and cross-boundary research projects.

7. Attune to workplace: upgrade the capacity of problem solving and expertise knowledge and meet the dynamic demand of human resources in the industry.