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Established on April 1, 1996, the Committee of Research and Development consisting of five divisions was the administrative unit in charge of NTU academic research. The five divisions were Divisions of Strategic Planning, Research Program Management, Innovation and Incubation, Service, and the International Academic Exchange Center. They were responsible for research planning, project management, technology transfer and incubation business in NTU.
On August 1, 2007, the Committee of Research and Development was renamed as the Office of Research and Development (ORD), with the mission of actively assisting teachers in the development of research and innovation, resource injection, management and promotion of research and development results. The divisions under ORD were adjusted into Strategic Planning, Research Project Affairs, Industry-University Cooperation, and Technology Transfer. Meanwhile, the International Academic Exchange Center was restructured and renamed as the Office of International Affairs.
In 2009, the Divisions of Industry-University Cooperation, and Technology Transfer were merged into the Center for Industry-University Cooperation, and later renamed to the Center of Industry-Academia Collaboration in January 2012.
In order to promote ethics review business, ORD established the Research Ethics Office for social and behavioral sciences as a functional secondary unit in July 2011, and changed its name to the Research Ethics Center (REC) in August 2017. In February 2019, For a better integrated university research ethics system, the REC was restructured as a secondary unit.
In response to the increasing industry-university cooperation business and optimizing the efficiency, the Division of Industry Collaboration Resources was established in May 2020, responsible for industry-university projects and research space management.
It is the goal of National Taiwan University (NTU) to become a top academic institution in Asia, as well as a world-class university in the 21st century. To achieve this goal, the Office of Research and Development (ORD) has made proactive efforts to promote academic research and development and has developed full-fledged plans to optimize the environment for research and industrial-academic cooperation. Research facilities and energy for industrial-academic cooperation have been reinforced, and university resources have been consolidated to facilitate collaborative research, manpower training for basic research, and across-the-board upgrades in every field for key breakthroughs. With all the efforts, NTU is envisioned to attract talented individuals from home and abroad, maximize profits made from intellectual properties, and secure the leadership as well as its sustainable growth in Taiwan's academia.
The missions of the ORD are as follows:
NTU is envisioned to become a top academic institution and university both in Asia and in the world in the 21st century. To that end, NTU strives to achieve the following goals. (1)Research quality of NTU-affiliated units meets and even exceeds global standards. (2)NTU leads global research trends in key areas of expertise. (3)NTU-cultivated talents with an international perspective not only care for local communities but also lead the world. (4)Research results of NTU are transformed into industry performance in Taiwan.
To assist NTU in implementing the aforementioned goals, creating a high-quality research environment, and further leading the development of science and technology, the ORD not only supports NTU faculty in achieving academic excellence in general, but also integrates research teams from various disciplines, and put stress on the development of three euqally-important domains: 1) humanities and social sciences, 2) basic sciences, and 3) applied sciences. In addition, the ORD seeks to facilitate more industrial-academic cooperation by transforming NTU's strong R&D power and innovative technologies into industry performance. Through technology transfer, technical services, and other services of the Innovation Incubation Center, the ORD strives to meet the goals of "knowledge industrialization" and "knowledgization of industrial structure".
