D-Schools 2007

National Cheng Kung University*

Tainan, Taiwan

20,000 students, both grad and undergrad
Design

Partnerships
Academic: KAIST (Korea), IIT, CMU, TU Delft (Netherlands), CCS, RCA (London), Monash (Australia), Musashino (Japan)
Business: Has done projects for Johnson & Johnson.
Top Employers: J&J, Nova Design

Claim to Fame: Wen-Lon Chen, President of NOVA is an alumnus.

Signature Programs: Industrial design students at NCKU work on class projects with companies. At Cheng Kung's new Institute of Creative Industry Design, students from the school's six departments are placed on interdisciplinary teams and taught by professors from all fields to develop prototypes and business plans.