After 20 years of talks, two universities may soon merge

Taiwan’s National Yang-Ming University and National Chiao Tung University will decide whether to merge together as National Yang-Ming and Chiao Tung University (YMCT) later in September, reports Taiwan News.

After two decades of negotiations, both universities have now scheduled to hold a council meeting simultaneously on 18 September, reported United Daily News. If the merger contract is approved respectively by both schools, it will then be sent to the Ministry of Education for a green light.

Once all procedures are carried out successfully, the merger will take place as soon as 1 August 2020, said National Yang-Ming University President Steve Kuo. YMCT will then comprise 19 colleges, six research centres and one teaching hospital across nine campuses. The university will have roughly 18,000 students and 1,200 professors. Kuo said after the merger, YMCT’s performance in the QS World University Rankings is likely to rise to 150th place. Currently both universities are ranked between 200th and 300th in the index.
Full report on the Taiwan News site