NCUE actively conveys the concept of sustainable development through its courses, so that all teachers and students can understand the 17 important SDGs of the United Nations. In addition, NCUE is the second largest teacher training university in Taiwan and it trains hundreds of teachers for secondary schools every year. By providing knowledge of sustainable development literacy courses, we develop forward-looking teachers who can pass on the correct ideas to the next generation. The promotion of sustainable education by NCUE largely influences the whole of Taiwanese society.

Many types of courses are related to the concept of sustainable development in NCUE, including human rights education, careers education, indigenous ethnic group education, gender equality education, environmental education, energy education, cultural diversity education, marine education, rule of law education, and international education, all of which are closely related to the SDGs of the United Nations. In the 2021/2022 academic year, we had 730 courses on topics related to the SDGs of the United Nations, and 17,216 people attended these courses, more than twice the total number of students (about 8,000) in the same academic year. Please refer to Table 1 and Annex 17.4.2A: Statistics on courses related to the SDGs in the 2021/2022 academic year.

Table 1: University courses related to SDGs in the 2021 academic year