Yuan Ze University continued to expand its international collaboration in healthcare education while advancing smart healthcare and interdisciplinary talent development. A delegation of senior executives from University of Utah Health visited Yuan Ze University and was welcomed by President Ching-Jong Liao, Yun Chen, Dean of the College of Medicine and Nursing, Ying-Hua Su, Chair of the School of Nursing, and members of the faculty.
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Artificial intelligence opened new possibilities for laser vision correction. Yuan Ze University and Far Eastern Memorial Hospital collaborated on a smart healthcare study that applied AI-based deep learning to identify key features in laser vision correction images. The research stood out at the 44th Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) in London, where it received the Best Poster Prize in the refractive category, highlighting Taiwan’s innovative capabilities in integrating healthcare and artificial intelligence.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly expanded into fields such as translation, writing, design, multimedia production, and data analysis, transforming the competencies that businesses expected from humanities and social sciences graduates. In recent years, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Yuan Ze University has incorporated AI and digital tools into its undergraduate curriculum. Rather than simply adding standalone AI courses, the college emphasized integrating AI with existing disciplinary expertise to cultivate students’ abilities to solve problems through technology.
Yuan Ze University’s innovation and research capabilities received further recognition as its teams participated in the invention competition at the 2026 Taiwan Innotech Expo. A total of seven patented technologies were entered in the competition, winning one Silver Medal, three Bronze Medals, and two Foxconn Technology Group Special Awards, earning six awards in total. The award-winning technologies spanned cutting-edge fields including Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications, green hydrogen, and intelligent eye-tracking systems, demonstrating Yuan Ze University’s strength in transforming innovative research into practical industrial applications.
The Taiwanese job interview experience platform Interview.tw recently released its “2026 Private University Annual Salary Ranking,” in which Yuan Ze University ranked first among private universities nationwide with an average annual salary of NT$622,000. The result demonstrated the strong competitiveness of its graduates and the high level of recognition they received from employers. This achievement reflected Yuan Ze University’s long-term commitment to industry-academia collaboration, the strengthening of professional education in informatics, energy, and environmental sustainability, and the cultivation of interdisciplinary talent. It also highlighted graduates’ practical capabilities in meeting industry needs.
As the AI revolution continued to transform the semiconductor industry, talent cultivation on campus evolved from simply learning AI to applying AI technologies to solve real-world industrial challenges. Yuan Ze University's Ardentec Semiconductor Academy recently hosted its inaugural AI Agent Competition, attracting interdisciplinary teams from the College of Electrical and Communication Engineering, College of Informatics, College of Engineering, and College of Management.
Yuan Ze University’s EMBA Program held its Class of 2024 graduation ceremony on June 27. The year marked both the 37th anniversary of Yuan Ze University and the 30th anniversary of the EMBA Program. A total of 68 graduates from the EMBA Program and the Vietnam Executive Master of Business Administration (VNEMBA) Overseas Master’s Program for Working Professionals completed their studies. Nearly 150 faculty members, graduates, family members, and alumni representatives attended the ceremony to witness this significant milestone.
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