Mandarin Training Center

School of National Taiwan Normal University

25°1′38.46″N 121°31′42.68″E / 25.0273500°N 121.5285222°E / 25.0273500; 121.5285222Websitemtc.ntnu.edu.tw/eng/

Mandarin Training Center (MTC; Chinese: 國語教學中心) was established in 1956. This center is a Chinese as a second language institution run by National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Taipei, Taiwan and located at NTNU Daan Campus. MTC is the oldest and largest facility of its kind in terms of courses offered and students enrolled per year.^[1]

History

MTC was founded in 1956. It was briefly known as the Center for Chinese Language and Culture Studies from 2002 to 2004. There are courses in Chinese calligraphy, Chinese martial arts, and traditional music and theater. Courses are offered in three-month quarterly terms throughout the year. This system enables international students to engage in intensive language study during their summer breaks and within single semesters. The MTC sponsors travel, hosts speech contests, and stages workshops and performances.

In September 2016, NTNU and the Ministry of Education launched the Office of Global Mandarin Education at the university.^[2]

Enrollment

Over 1000 students from over 70^[3] countries enroll for studies each year at the Mandarin Training Center. Since 8 April 2013, people unable to attend MTC have had MTC Online as an option. The center's alumni association, the MTCAA, has been in existence since 1998.^[4]

Notable alumni

Ákos Bertalan Apatóczky - Hungarian sinologist
Richard Bernstein - American journalist
March Fong Eu - American politician
Andrew Fastow - former CFO of Enron
Howard Goldblatt - American literary translator
Imre Hamar - Hungarian scholar of Chinese studies
Ryutaro Hashimoto - former Prime Minister of Japan
Jon Huntsman, Jr. - former United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1992 to 1993, and China from 2009 to 2011
Koichi Kato - former government minister of Japan
Pierre Ryckmans - Belgian-Australian writer, essayist and sinologist
Kevin Rudd - former Prime Minister of Australia
Chie Tanaka - Japanese model and actress
Richard Vuylsteke - President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
Stephen H. West - American sinologist
Pierre Marsone - French sinologist

References

^ "Taiwan Today". taiwantoday.tw. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
^ "Ministry, NTNU launch office in bid to turn nation into Chinese-learning hub - Taipei Times". September 27, 2016.
^ "Introduction to Mandarin Training Center". Archived from the original on November 19, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
^ "Exploring the World at NTNU". Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved April 18, 2019.