National Taipei University of Education (NTUE)

The National Taipei University of Education (NTUE), known as National Taipei Teachers College, was renamed to its present title on August 1, 2005. The National Taipei University of Education was inaugurated in 1896, 16 years before the Republic of China was founded. Following the retrocession of Taiwan from Japan in 1945, the ROC government renamed the school the Taiwan Provincial Normal School in December of the year. In 1961, the school’s name was changed once again to Taiwan Provincial Junior Teachers College, and then, the school was upgraded to Taiwan Provincial Taipei Normal College in 1987. In 1991 it was renamed to the National Taipei Teachers College.