The College offers three academic tracks: Global Governance, Sustainability & Society, and Data Analytics. Taken together, the design of these tracks conveys a core educational philosophy: while university education is indeed expected to equip students with employable skills—and this remains important—it should not be reduced to a short-term, purely functional guarantee of employment. Beyond preparing students for their first job after graduation, we aim to help them look further ahead. In an increasingly fragmented, volatile, and uncertain world, students must learn how to develop professional competencies and analytical perspectives that enable them to identify pressing social needs and, in response, design interdisciplinary social initiatives and actions.
During their studies at the International College of Innovation, students learn within a multilingual and cross-sociocultural environment, engaging with foundational, advanced, applied, and interdisciplinary courses across the three tracks.
We hope students will be able to:
- understand and appreciate the world we inhabit as one marked by natural, social, and technological multiplicity, as well as by inherent limitations and vulnerabilities;
- develop capacities for reflection, critical thinking, negotiation, and action planning;
- cultivate strategic thinking, embrace multiple worldviews, and explore innovative approaches to problem-solving.
Through the College’s curriculum design, we aspire to help students explore and cultivate ways of living that resonate with what scholars in Science, Technology, and Society (STS), as well as feminist theorist Donna Haraway, describe as “staying with the trouble.”
- English-medium instruction with multilingual pathways：
Courses are primarily taught in English, complemented by structured multilingual pathways. In collaboration with NCCU’s Foreign Language Center and Chinese Language Center, the College encourages students to develop proficiency in a second language during their studies, such as Vietnamese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, or Chinese.
- One program, three thematic concentrations：
Beginning in the third year, students are required to select two out of three thematic concentrations, completing four courses and a total of 12 credits. These concentrations are designed to help students apply foundational disciplinary knowledge to in-depth issue analysis and professional inquiry. The College’s concentration courses are also articulated with renowned overseas universities, encouraging students to conduct project-based research abroad and engage with international scholars during their junior and senior years.
- Career-oriented curriculum：
Our curriculum is grounded in interdisciplinary, transnational, and multicultural career pathways. Today’s public and private sectors actively seek young professionals who possess multilingual skills, digital and data literacy, and an understanding of emerging global and Asian issues. The College actively partners with international organizations, NGOs, and public-sector institutions in Taiwan and abroad to provide students with internships and career opportunities in international and governmental settings.
