IMPACT (Interdisciplinary Multimedia Performing Arts Collaborative Technology), a newly introduced bachelor’s degree program that has music as its core study, will start accepting admission applications on May 30.

At a press conference to officially announce the establishment of IMPACT on April 12, TNUA President Prof. Yang Chyi Wen and the program’s teachers – some of them coming from the music industry – explained the significance and characterisitics of the program. 

Minister of Culture Hung Meng-chi and other guests of honor were also present at the press conference giving their blessings to IMPACT, which will be formally established on August 1.

Prof. Yang noted that IMPACT is a practical, experimental, innovative and forward-looking postgraduate bachelor’s degree program with support from the university’s School of Music, and School of Film and New Media.

Many of its teachers are professionals with years of experience working in the contemporary and pop music industry, Prof. Yang said, adding the program aims to create a new platform for music education.

IMPACT’s curriculum is designed from an international perspective with core studies of important world music, pop music and industry trends.

It also provides students with training in creating pop music, organizing concerts, recording, producing music albums, advertising, marketing and other practical aspects of the industry.

It integrates multimedia and performance art in a bid to creatively extend pop music to film, animation and other forms of art.

IMPACT has already signed memorandums of understanding with 16 firms to offer internships for students.

For more information, please visit: http://exam.tnua.edu.tw