Article 33 of Taiwan’s University Act stipulates that each university shall advise and assist its students in forming a student association by holding elections in which all the university’s students have a vote and setting up other associated self-governing organizations to enhance the effectiveness of students’ on-campus learning and their ability to act autonomously.
Therefore, NCUE actively assists and advises its students in establishing a student union. It has also set up the NCUE Student Union Statute to ‘[enable students to] participate in student affairs, promote democratic literacy, maintain campus harmony, and enhance student well-being’. The NCUE Student Union, which has been in existence for about 25 years, actively encourages students to participate in student affairs based on the democratic spirit and the goals of maintaining campus harmony and enhancing student well-being. All NCUE undergraduate students elect the president and vice-president of the student union. The university recognizes the student union as a self-governing organization of students and a self-governing student society. Its primary functions are establishing a communication bridge between the students and the university and reflecting NCUE students’ opinions. Student representatives regularly attend university council meetings, administrative meetings, academic affairs meetings, student affairs meetings, and other associated major meetings. The student union also helps students use online communication platforms to share their opinions and advocate for their rights.

NCUE’s measures to assist the self-governance organization of students:

1. Visitors can directly access the Student Union’s website, https://ncuesa.ncue.edu.tw/files/11-1037-3132.php, through the campus life column on the NCUE homepage.
2. We encourage students to participate in the Workshop for the Inheritance and Development of Student Unions held by the Youth Development Administration, Ministry of Education, so that student leaders can develop the knowledge and skills they need. The transportation is subsidized (see Figure 4).
3. Instructors and administrative instructors guide the student union in organizing various themed activities, such as campus talk shows and seminars on house rental (see Figure 3).

Figure 1: Organization of the student union    

Figure 2: Student union election    

Figure 3: A seminar held by the student union

Figure 4: Official approval of the university to subsidize student leaders’ participation in a workshop

Attached (including supporting evidence) information:

• The student union’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NCUESA/
• 16.2.2A—The NCUE Student Union Statute