To promote ceramic culture and to facilitate cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional collaborations, Taipei Tech signed an MOU with Yingge Ceramics Museum on April 21st. As the first university partner of Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei Tech will work closely with the museum on the preservation of ceramic culture and craftsmanship and the development of ceramic technologies.

Located in New Taipei City, Yingge Ceramics Museum is the first ceramic-themed museum in Taiwan. “There is a collection of more than three thousand pieces of ceramic art in the museum,” mentioned Wu Hsiu-Tzu, Director of Yingge Ceramics Museum, “and we have also made significant progress in the ceramic-related research and industry revival over the years.” The museum is currently planning to exhibit a selection of ceramic artworks at the Taipei Tech Arts and Cultural Center in October as one of the celebratory events for the university’s 110th anniversary. 

Taipei Tech started a ceramic-oriented university social responsibility (USR) project last year. The project aims to promote the culture and beauty of ceramic artistry and to drive the transformation and integration of Yingge’s local ceramic industry. Through this USR project, faculty members and students from the Department of Cultural Vocation Development have held a series of ceramic workshops and exhibitions and documented local ceramic artists through interviews. This project also echoes the UN Sustainability Goals of “Quality Education”, “Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure”, and “Sustainable Cities and Communities”.

Taipei Tech President, Wang Sea-Fue, noted that in the 2021 QS World University Rankings by Subject, Taipei Tech has secured the world ranking of 101-150 in the Materials Science category. “We have managed to apply ceramic materials in a wide range of fields such as biomedicine, energy, and optoelectronics,” said Wang, “and researchers of our Additive Manufacturing Center for Mass Customization Production have also developed ceramic-based digital dentistry equipment.”

With the Yingge Ceramics Museum partnership, Wang believes that Taipei Tech can work closely with the museum to take ceramic application, technology, and artistry to the next level.