College of Earth Sciences
(地球科學學院)

Tel :（03）427-8878
Fax:（03）427-9026
e-mail: ncu5680@ncu.edu.tw
http://www.ncu.edu.tw/~ncu5680/engligh/

Unique in Taiwan, the College of Earth Sciences of NCU was founded in 1998 by combining several Earth Sciences-related departments originally under the College of Science. The College presently consists of two Departments and five Institutes: the Departments of Earth Sciences and Atmospheric Sciences for undergraduate education, and the Graduate Institutes of Geophysics, Atmospheric Physics, Space Sciences, Applied Geology, and Hydrology for research and graduate training. Offering academic degrees of BS, MS and PhD, the education in the College aims to equip the students with comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the Earth and its dynamic changes as an integrated system by means of tools from a variety of disciplines, including those in situ, ground-based as well as space-borne, and numerical models and simulations. Practical applications and field experiences, especially those pertaining to environmental changes and natural hazards, are also emphasized. The College infrastructure includes traditional as well as state-of-the-art instruments, and ample computing facilities. Steadily growing, the faculty now numbers 55 professors, while the student number exceeds 700, out of which nearly half are graduate students.

　

　

Department of Earth Sciences
Graduate Institute of Geophysics
( 地球科學學系 地球理研究所 )
Tel: 03-4227151 ext. 65600
Fax: 03-4222044
E-mail: ncu5600@ncu.edu.tw
Web-site: http://www.gep.ncu.edu.tw/


The Department has l5 full-time, 14 adjunct faculty members and offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Its goal is to explore the multi-scaled, multi-physics and solid-Earth related problems with diverse disciplinary expertise and research interests. The program emphasizes on fostering the students in learning and gaining fundamental knowledge of the Earth surface and interior processes, through physics, mathematics, computing and general geology. The Department offers a wide spectrum of courses, preparing the students for career as well as future advancements in various Earth-science disciplines. Sate-of-the-art instruments, on- and off- campus, are regularly maintained and supported for in-depth analysis and research. Moreover, active training in geophysical prospecting, engineering geology and site investigation are maintained to deal with critical environmental issues and to explore natural resources in Taiwan.


The research of the Graduate Institute of Geophysics covers seismology, marine geophysics, seismotectonic, geopotential fields, and geodesy. Fully integrated seismology program including theoretical, observational and computational seismology is actively pursuit. Programs in seismic and geophysical (electrical, magnetic, gravity) prospecting, MT sounding, well logging, and geology are performed through international and interdisciplinary cooperation to solve practical problems. Each laboratory is equipped with the state-of-the-art instruments and computing facilities, including those used in field works. Internationally well-known, the institute is evolving toward a more advanced, integrated tomorrow in frontier research in Earth sciences.


Current integrated research projects include: (1) Search on seismo-electromagnetic precursors of earthquake; (2) Taiwan Chelungpu Fault Drilling Project (TCDP); and (3) Active and passive seismic and geophysical surveys associated with USA/NSF funded TAIGER project.

　

　

Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Graduate Institute of Atmospheric Physics
( 大氣科學學系 大氣物理研究所 )
Tel: 03-4227151 ext. 65500
Fax: 03-425-6841
E-mail: ncu5500@ncu.edu.tw
Web-site: http://www.atm.ncu.edu.tw/

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences was founded in 1968. Currently it has seventeen full-time faculty members, twelve adjunct faculties and three researchers. The teaching and research in this department emphasize in the fields of atmospheric sciences as well as space sciences, and offers BS, MS, and PhD degrees. The students are required to take sequential courses in physics, mathematics, chemistry, meteorology, computer programming, numerical analysis, data processing and communication. The department is famous in Taiwan for operating several advanced and unique instruments. A few good examples are: the first dual-polarization Doppler meteorological radar in Taiwan, a northern Taiwan distrometer network, a background atmospheric chemistry station in Mountain Lu-Lin (2862 m), the Integrated Sounding System (ISS), and so on. The department also maintains a well-equipped atmospheric observation site on campus. Our faculties actively participate many field experiments (TAMEX, SCSMEX, TRMM), and are heavily involved in the FORMOSAT-3 COSMIC project. Multi-disciplinary collaborations have been established between this department with other academic units at NCU such as the Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research (CSRSR), Institute of Hydrological Sciences (IHS), and Department of Electrical Engineering. This department will continue to play a leading role in Taiwan’s earth science community.

　

　

Graduate Institute of Space Science
( 太空科學研究所 )
Tel: 03-4227151 ext. 65750
Fax: 03-4224394
E-mail: ncu5750@ncu.edu.tw
Web-site: http://www.ss.ncu.edu.tw/

The Graduate Institute of Space Science was founded in 1990. It now has 12 full-time and 12 adjunct faculty members. The institute offers both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Its research activities cover all major disciplines in space science including space plasma physics, ionosphere physics, upper atmosphere science, radar science, remote sensing science, space-earthquake coupling and planetary science. The institute is the only institution in Taiwan providing such diversified programs in both space science education and research. The institute has been an active member of the international space community and has contributed greatly to several international collaborative projects and workshops. In recent years, the institute has actively participated into the national space programs such as FORMOSAT 1 and 3, sounding rockets, and micro-satellite etc. The institute is planning to develop an inter-discipline space instrument laboratory to enhance its capability in the design and fabrication of the scientific payloads for future space missions.

　

　

Graduate Institute of Applied Geology
( 應用地質研究所 )
Tel: 03-4227151 ext. 65850
Fax: 03-4263127
E-mail: user48@app.geo.ncu.edu.tw
Web-site: http://www.geo.ncu.edu.tw/

The institute has actively engaged in teaching and research in engineering geology, geological hazards mitigation, and groundwater contamination control.  The institute now has sixteen full-time and seven part-time faculty members with diverse expertise and research interest in engineering geology, engineering geophysics, geochemistry, geotechnical engineering, groundwater, hydrogeology, and environmental geology.   In addition to advanced research, the institute also emphasizes on training for solving practical problems.Founded in 1991, the Graduate Institute of Applied Geology has 6 full-time and 9 adjunct faculty members with a broad spectrum of expertise in the areas of contaminant hydrogeology, engineering geology, environmental geochemistry, flow through porous media, geotechnical engineering, groundwater hydrology, and rock mechanics. Offering both M.S. and Ph. D degrees, this Graduate Institute emphasizes on the impact assessment of geohazards, geoenvironment and georesources due to anthropogenic activities. Research facilities, including a Laboratory of Soil and Rock Mechanics, a Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, a Laboratory of Flow through Porous Media, a Laboratory of Groundwater Hydrology, a Groundwater Research Well Field, and a GIS Center for Engineering Geology, provide students with excellent opportunities in acquiring hands-on experience in conducting laboratory as well as field experiments. All students are highly encouraged to do publishable research in cooperation with their advisors.

　

　

Graduate Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences
( 水文與海洋科學研究所 )
Tel: 03-4227151 ext. 65686
Fax: 03-4222894
E-mail: ncu5686@ncu.edu.tw
Web-site: http://www.ihs.ncu.edu.tw/

Founded in 2001, the Institute of Hydrological Sciences (IHS) provides opportunities in research and education in three major areas: global hydrological cycles, hydrospheric environmental sciences, and information-technology based hydro-hazard mitigation. Through analysis, observation and multi-scale modeling, the IHS seeks to investigate various processes and phenomena crucial to the environmental sustainability pertaining to the hydrological cycle, including climate change, land-ocean-atmosphere interactions, precipitation processes, surface/subsurface hydrology, coastal ocean processes and aquatic biogeochemistry. In light of the complexity of environmental problems facing us, the IHS advocates integrative approaches to research topics. As a result, the IHS has pursued the application of models and observational data for solving problems in hydro-environment, including flood/drought monitoring-prediction and water resources management, hydro-environment monitoring and modeling, and remote sensing applications in hydrology. In addition, IHS welcomes domestic as well as international collaboration, which is much needed for attacking research topics of regional to global scale. Currently, IHS has seven full-time faculty members with diverse but solid backgrounds, and offers M.S. and Ph.D. programs.
Since August 2008, the name will be changed as Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences (IHOS).