Purpose Of Establishment

In recent years, there is an urgent need for AI professionals at all levels of industries in the world. The semiconductor industry, consumer electronics industry, equipment manufacturing industry, precision machinery industry, robotics industry, information and communication industry, computer manufacturing industry, software service industry, information service industry, digital content industry, multimedia and entertainment industry, telecommunication industry, biomedical industry, textile industry, plastic industry, banking industry, insurance industry, and consortium companies are all recruiting talents specializing in artificial intelligence to promote corporate innovation and improve the efficiency of research and production. Big high-tech companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Google, Apple all invest a lot money in developing AI software and products.

According to the information technology department of the Bank of Manpower, there is still a shortage of more than 6,000 AI talents in the job market. In view of this, Chang Gung University has strategically emphasized AI in all disciplines of education in order to enrich the national AI professional talent pool.

History Of Department of Artificial Intelligence

Chang Gung University is a quality research university consisting of three schools: the College of Engineering, the College of Medicine, and the College of Management. The College of Medicine was established in 1976 and is currently organized into 10 departments and 4 schools; the College of Engineering was established in 1982 and is currently organized into 5 departments and 2 schools; and the College of Management was established in 1993 and is currently organized into 4 departments and 1 school. The School of Management was established in 1993 and is currently organized into four departments and one school. The University has been working hard in the fields of medicine, engineering and management for many years and has achieved outstanding results.

Based on this solid foundation and envision the great future impact of artificial intelligence, we launched the "Chang Gung University Bachelor's Degree Program in Artificial Intelligence" in response to the fast growing demand in AI talents in 2020. And at the same time, we applied to Ministry of Education (MOE) for Graduate Institute of Artificial Intelligence on master degree. We soon applied to MOE for Department of Artificial Intelligence in 2021, and it was approved 2022 and started the first year freshman enrollment in 2023. The graduate institute of artificial intelligence was approved in 2021 and we started first year graduate enrollment in 2022.

In the past two or three years we have employed more than 15 full-time faculty members in the artificial intelligence department under the operation of intelligent computing college. And we are still growing the size of faculty members. In addition to many joint appointment positions from college of engineering, college of medicine, and college of management, we have formed a strong research and teaching team that can offer solid core courses for both undergraduate and graduate levels on AI education. Our faculty can offer full-English courses and can attract international students to attend as well. We believe we will become one of the competitive AI departments internationally.