A TNUA delegation headed by President Prof. Yang Chyi Wen conducted a five-day visit to several arts schools and institutions in Southeast Asia in March.
The visit, which started on March 15, was meant to expand TNUA's cooperation and exchange with other universities in the area, and to promote inter-school ties across Asia by inviting them to join the Asian League of Institutes of the Arts (ALIA).
The members of the delegation included: Prof. Rung-Shun Wu, dean of the School of Music; Prof. Lee-Zen Chien, dean of the School of Theatre; and Prof. Hung-Hui Lu, chief director of the International Exchange Center.
Prof. Yang, who is also the incumbent chairman of ALIA, noted that the schools they had visited offer rich cultural and artistic resources that TNUA students and teachers may find inspiring.
It will be beneficial to the overall environment of art education by strengthening the partnerships with these schools through various interactions and exchanges within the ALIA framework, Prof. Yang stressed.
The trip took the delegation to Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines.
While in Indonesia, TNUA signed an MOU with the Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta (ISI), which has now become the 67th sister school of TNUA.
In Brunei, the delegation visited the Universiti Brunei Darussalam, and held a meeting with administrators from its Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
In the Philippines, the TNUA delegation paid a visit to the Ateneo de Manila University, where they attended a ceremony presenting the Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts. They also visited the Integrated Performing Arts Guild (IPAG) of the Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT).