Abstract

College of Commerce at National Chengchi University (NCCUC) can summarize the noteworthy achievements in the academic year 2021 by the following three aspects, the English Taught Program, the learning ability of NCCUC students, and the international cross-cultural interaction between professors and students.

 1. English Taught Courses

NCCUC owns 145 full-time professors, including 12 professors from around the world. To strengthen bilingual education, four foreign teachers have newly joined the team in 2022. Over 51% of the professors teach in the English language.

NCCUC encourages professors to teach in English. In the academic year 2021, NCCUC offered 172 EMI onsite courses, 86 for undergraduates, 56 for master students, and 30 for PhD students. 16.57% of all courses offered by NCCUC were EMI courses, and it occupied 17.48%, 14.47%, and 18.07%, respectively in undergraduate, master, and PhD courses. Moreover, NCCUC also offers 40 online EMI courses. Many of them have provided the opportunity to interact with teachers and students overseas, including the University of Southern California, Waseda University, Seoul National University, BI Norwegian Business School, NEOMA Business School, etc.

Three professors are wholly responsible for the 35 English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses in the academic year. The features of small class size teaching with a high interaction rate utilized the learning opportunity for students to improve their English speaking and writing ability.

In terms of teaching quality, the overall student evaluation of teaching evaluation of the EMI courses is 88.99, which is slightly higher than that of the Chinese-taught courses 88.26 in courses Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Statistics, and Investments.

2. Learning ability of the NCCUC students

There are 2,469 undergraduate students and 1,214 master's degree students studying at NCCUC in the academic year 2021. 347 students reached the intermediate level (TOEIC 845, IELTS 6.5, TOEFL IBT 85) according to the NCCUC Subsidy Regulation for EMI, while 238 reached the advanced level (TOEIC 945, IELTS 7.5, TOEFL IBT 95).

According to the EMI project by the Ministry of Education, 128 students were awarded E1 level certification with 16 credits earned, 31 were awarded E2 level certification with 32 credits earned, 8 were awarded E3 level certification with 64 credits earned, 5 awarded E4 level certification with 98 credits earned and 1 awarded E5 level certification with 128 credits earned.

NCCUC encourages students to take EMI courses. In 2020, 12.36% of sophomores had more than 20% of the classes taught in English, and the percentage grew to 20.48% in 2021. Both numbers reached the goal of the EMI project, which aims for 20% of the signed-up courses will be taught in English for 20% of student by 2024.

The learning performance of students taking the EMI courses is as good as that of Chinese-taught courses. Take Economics for an example. Students are required to take a joint Economics exam as the final examination, the average score of the non-EMI students was 65.45, and the English-taught students got 70.47 in 2021.

3. International cross-cultural interaction between professors and students.

Professors and students interact with schools overseas constantly. NCCUC has signed 142 partner schools from 42 different countries. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, merely 149 students had exchanged in 2021. As for the dual degree program, 3 students were admitted by Michigan State University, 2 to Purdue University, 2 to Waseda University, 2 to ESCP Business School, 2 to IESEG School of Management, 1 to Audencia Business School, 1 admitted by Vienna University of Economics and Business, and 1 student got accepted by Singapore Management University. Except for existing cross-country interaction, there are several noteworthy achievements in the performance of the academic year 2021 as well.

Outstanding Results in International Business Competitions:

• Three master's degree students from NCCUC won 2nd runner-up in the 2022 International Graduate Competition held by HEC Montréal. One was even chosen as the Top3 Presenter.
• Four bachelor's degree students respectively from NCCUC, College of Liberal Arts, College of Social Science, and College of International Affairs teamed up for the 2021 HULT Prize. They advocated turning leftovers into tableware, dealing with food waste and plastic pollution in a circular economic way. The team successfully made it to 7th place among over 30,000 teams from over 50 countries and won $150,000 for a venture.

Intercollegiate Cooperation Courses:

a. IBSNET:

The Global Innovation Challenge is an alliance of 8 internationally accredited top business schools worldwide, of which NCCUC is the only Asian member. This year, four of them provided summer sessions, including Maastricht University, QUT Business School and BI Norwegian Business School and NCCUC. Distinguished students from these membership schools gathered together online for the 2-week intensive courses. NCCUC is responsible for a series of seminars and lectures on the topic of ‘Advancing the Growth with Digital Asia’.

b. Virtual Business Professional Project:

In the academic year 2021, 53 NCCUC students participated in the students-centered project organized by the University of Southern California. Students from different countries, including the University of Hong Kong, BYU-Hawaii, Kennesaw State University, Baruch College, Hochschule Mainz - University of Applied Sciences, Jaume I University, and the National University of Kyiv, gathering students online to finish projects on multinational corporations. We proudly can find NCCUC students' appearances in the Top 3 groups for the final presentation.

NCCUC will continuously support professors' advanced studies for the EMI project. In 2021, two professors were sent to Harvard University for the case study methodology workshop. One was given the opportunity to join the experiential educational strategy course held by professors from Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University, United States Military Academy, and Babson College. NCCUC also nominated a professor for an online EMI Teacher Development Program organized by the University of Leicester.