Fr. Hubert retired in the year 1981, when he was succeeded by Liu, Bao-wei, a member of the first graduating class, as the head of the department. In 1988, Mei-gui Yang, from the fourth class, succeeded as the head of the department. In 1994 Professor Jing-xia Chen took over as head, followed in 2000 by Professor Woan-Fang Tzeng, from the tenth class. Professor Wen-Huei Tsui became the next head in 2001, and since 2007 the department has been run by Professor Yung-An Lee, in 2010 Professor Yuh-Chi Kuo took over as head, followed in 2012 by Professor Ruey-Chih Su.
In August 2001 the department was renamed the Life Science Department.
This department employs highly qualified faculty members for teaching and research. To nurture professional bio-technologists, the department has since the time of Fr. Hubert developed the following distinguishing features
- Equal emphasis on teaching and research.
- Close bond between teacher and students.
- Well-qualified, experienced faculty.
Aim of the department
Through life science studies and experiments, we aim to cultivate bioengineering people with a foundation in theory, experimental techniques, and problem solving abilities.
The educational objectives of the department
- Through a well-designed curriculum, to train students in professional knowledge of life science, the scientific method, and problem solving.
- Through a quality environment for practice and research work, to provide students with life science experimental techniques and research and analytical abilities.
- By establishing fruitful interaction between professors and students, to help students overcome learning difficulties, and to guide them in their career planning.
The first objective of our department is a substantive one; after that is our results objective. Our department has specific methods for reaching the substantive target, and utilizes our university’s course evaluation system, the advising system, and the responses of alumni to understand whether the results objective is reached.
