Number of students starting a degree

Number of students starting an FTE bachelor’s degree in 2023: 1,168; Master’s degree: 684; Doctoral degree: 80. The total number of students at NCUE is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Total number of students at NCUE

Number of first-generation students starting a degree

1. Number of first-generation college students starting a degree

Among the new students enrolled in the day-time courses in 2023, 644 were first-generation students starting a degree, accounting for 33.33% of the 1,932 students in total. The statistics of first-generation students starting a degree at NCUE is shown as follows in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Total number of first-generation college students starting a degree at NCUE in 2023

2. Improving the education guidance mechanism for students who are the first to attend university in three generations

To achieve the goal of equal opportunity in education, and to alleviate the unequal treatment faced by students due to disadvantaged economic or cultural backgrounds, the Higher Education Sprout Project of NCUE provides students who are the first to attend university in three generations of their families the opportunity to apply for various kinds of guidance with respect to their studies, lives, psychology, and careers. In 2023, the number of students who received the assistance came to 1,822 and among them, 894 individuals met the criteria of coming from a family with three-generations without college attendance. The relevant assistance strategies were as follows:

(1) Learning guidance to identify the best students and assist the competent ones: Guided by the needs of students, teachers are responsible for leading and designing customized and comprehensive guidance plans for students. Students who wish to continue their studies are provided with information on the “The Soaring Eagles Bachelor’s and Master’s combined degrees”; to expand the knowledge and functional learning of students, NCUE has designed diversified learning projects for empowerment that provided students with seminars and workshops such as interdisciplinary programs.

(2) Life guidance for studying with ease: Students experiencing short-term hardships and economic difficulties are supported by measures such as tuition and miscellaneous fee reductions, as well as accommodation programs. They can also obtain resources such as emergency assistance, campus meal vouchers, scholarships, and grants after going through the guidance process. Figures 3 and 4 are pictures from the Soaring Eagles Awards and Freshman Scholarship Orientation Conference.

Figure 3. Soaring Eagles Awards Conference	Figure 4. Freshman Scholarship Orientation Conference

(3) Accompanying and supporting students with counseling: Students with counseling needs can receive individual and group counseling services, as well as participate in diversified mental health promotion activities (including seminars and workshops). The cases of students who needed psychological counseling were recorded and tracked, so that students could receive assistance, deepening the strategy of “precise counseling” and enhancing students’ resilience.

(4) Career counseling that facilitates employment: Since 2022, NCUE has organized career development workshops and seminars to provide students in need of career orientation guidance with the relevant guidance resources. For those who need career counseling, we designed individual counseling, which helps them to quickly and precisely master job-seeking skills for the future with one-on-one professional counseling.

(5) Student emergency aid fund: To support students from economically-disadvantaged families and those who face emergencies (including students who are the first to attend university in three generations of their families) through hardship, NCUE provides emergency relief funds of approximately NTD$100,000 per student.https://alumni.ncue.edu.tw/p/405-1017-4685,c1366.php