Earth Sciences are of fundamental importance
to society from the discovery of natural resources (water, fuels,
and minerals) and their wise utilization. Through understanding
and dealing with natural hazards we face (earthquakes, volcanoes
and landslides), to understanding how life and the earth interact
and how to mitigate the environmental problems we have created.
The study of Geology has a long tradition in Taiwan
. The Department of Geology was one of the four original departments
in the College of Sciences of the Taihoku Imperial University established
during the later stage of the Japanese occupation of Taiwan (1895-1945).
After World War II, this Department became one of the founding departments
of the fledgling National Taiwan University. Initially located in
the southern corner of the campus, the Department offered only undergraduate
courses. In 1956, the graduate program was launched and five years
later awarded its first M.S. degree in Geology. The Ph.D. program
was created in 1970.
Traditionally the curriculum and research of the
Department were focused on two areas, mineralogy/petrology and paleontology/stratigraphy.
In order to keep up with the demands of an ever changing society,
the graduate program was expanded in 1993 to include both fundamental
geology and applied geology disciplines, covering the full-range
of fields in Earth Sciences, including regional geology, petrology,
mineralogy, geomorphology, structural geology, hydrogeology, environmental
geology, geochemistry, and paleoclimate changes. Later, in 2000,
the Department modified its name to the ˇ§Department of Geosciencesˇ¨
and the study of earthquakes was initiated the next year. In 2004,
the Department was ranked as one of the top ten at the National
Taiwan University campus owing to its outstanding achievements in
teaching and research.
Our goals are straightforward. We are firmly committed
to seeking out superior teachers and researchers to instruct students
about the earth, educate scientists and engineers as future leaders
in the fields of earth sciences, and offer lasting research in these
areas so essential to human life. To this end, we aim to discharge
our duties responsibly and thereby contribute to the further development
of the field of geosciences and society here at home and abroad.
Contact Information P.O. Box 13-318, Taipei 106, Taiwan
1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan 106, ROC
Tel: (886-2) 23635924
Fax:(886-2) 23636095
E-mail: geology@ntu.edu.tw
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