The results of the Global Views Magazine “university strengths” survey are out, and National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) has won first place among national technical colleges in the area of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and animal husbandry. On July 10th, 2025 NPUST President Chin-Lung Chang represented the university at the awards ceremony, where Minister of Education Ying-Yao Cheng presented him with a medal and commended the university for its significant research investment in biodiversity and “green” and “yellow” carbon sinks.
Global Views Magazine’s “Top Taiwan Universities in 2025” evaluated universities based on six major aspects, with considerations given to 69 detailed indicators. National Pingtung University of Science and Technology made a significant improvement this year, raising 15 places and becoming the top “green energy” university in Taiwan. In addition to winning first place among national technical colleges in the areas of agriculture, forestry, fisheries and animal husbandry “university strengths” peer assessment survey, NPUST ranked second among technical colleges in southern Taiwan in the “Comprehensive Performance” evaluation, and third among technical colleges for “Social Reputation”.
At the award ceremony, NPUST President Chin-Lung Chang expressed his gratitude to the Taiwanese universities for affirming NPUST in the assessment. National Pingtung University of Science and Technology has long been committed to agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and animal husbandry, and has continuously worked to promote the upgrading and transformation of domestic agriculture. It has also been a strong proponent of sustainable development implementation and University Social Responsibility practices—achieving significant results in each of these areas. In recent years, in response to international trends toward net-zero and climate change goals, NPUST has expanded its research in biodiversity and carbon sequestration technology. NPUST’s president Chin-Lung Chang stated that “in the future, NPUST will continue to use its expertise to contribute to the development of carbon sequestration technology, including soil and forest technologies, while integrating various strategies and measures to promote the optimized development of organic agriculture. It will also work to make contributions towards the reduction of total greenhouse gas emissions, with the goal of becoming an internationally renowned green university.”
NPUST has ranked first in Taiwan and second in Asia on the GreenMetric University Rankings for 11 consecutive years. In addition to planting 180,000 trees on its nearly 300-hectare campus, it has also introduced green transportation networks, with electric buses and charging stations, and adopted “net-zero carbon emission technology” as a main focus of education and research. Through its USR programs, NPUST has been working to combine professional knowledge and technology with community characteristics in order to demonstrate the its role as a leader in sustainable community and ecological development while working to implement the country’s 2050 net-zero carbon emission policy.
