Prof. Wen-Chang Chen
President, National Taiwan University
Global mobility should not be a privilege reserved for a few. At National Taiwan University, we are committed to ensuring that every student, regardless of discipline, background, or financial circumstance, has a meaningful path to engage with the world.
NTU Beyond Borders embodies this commitment. Rather than offering isolated opportunities, the initiative brings together a coherent set of pathways across academic mobility, experiential learning, and student-initiated learning. Students may pursue a year of exchange at a partner university, complete an overseas internship, join international volunteer projects, or explore the Sustainable Development Goals through fieldwork abroad. Guiding all of these programs is a shared principle: to lower barriers first, so that opportunity is truly open to all.
This issue brings together the offices and colleges that make this work possible. Their stories reflect a broader conviction at NTU: that a global perspective, cultivated through firsthand experience, is an essential part of a university education, and that a university's responsibility is to make that experience accessible to every student it serves.