Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi)
Wireless Internet may be accessed via an authentication webpage. NCHU faculty members and students can select the “NCHU” network and enter their email address and password to get connected.
Faculty
Campus Network
Devices must be assigned a fixed IP address to access the campus network.
Please contact the network administrator at your department office to request an IP address, and please abide by the Campus Network Usage Guidelines.
Google for Education
Faculty members and students can access the Google for Education service, which includes Gmail, Google Drive, and other useful applications. Please note that Gmail accounts are NOT considered official NCHU accounts. Internal messages will be sent to your @nchu.edu.tw and @mail.nchu.edu.tw accounts only. Pursuant to the Ministry of Education’s Education Email Service and Safety Management Guidelines, public and important official matters must be communicated via official, school-issued email accounts.
Campus Software Services
The Computer and Information Network Center procures software and updates based on the needs of the University on an annual basis.nnUnless otherwise noted, software licenses are valid on NCHU campuses only.nnPlease follow the terms and conditions of software licenses and respect intellectual property rights.
ORCID
For researchers, it is always crucial to make sure that all their academic research work and outcomes are properly connected. ORCID is the key to solve authorship identification issues and ensure that all of a researcher’s works are connected to themselves.
NCHU Collection
The NCHU Collection is located in the reading area on the 1st floor of the library and features a cozy and comfortable reading nook, as well as an exhibition area where the works of NCHU faculty are displayed. You are welcome to visit the reading room and savor every moment of your time in it.
Book Donations
The library processes book donations according to the “The National Chung Hsing University Library Guidelines for Donating Library Materials”.
Donors are asked to fill out the National Chung Hsing University Library Donated Library Materials Processing Form and List of Donated Library Materials and e-mail them to huitin@dragon.nchu.edu.tw. Alternatively, donors may hand copy of each form to staff at the Circulation Desk.
Courses and Resources
Eager to learn more about the resources and services available at the NCHU Library? Looking to improve your research skills? If so, you may want to explore the following options:- Take a self-learning course online – Sign up for a mini-instruction course – Sign up for the library instruction courses – Faculty can request Library Instruction for their classes
Procedures for faculty appointments and promotions
Procedures:
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- New faculty members:Depending on whether the new faculty member is hired to fill college-controlled quota or University-controlled quota, the competent college as well as the Office of Academic Affairs and Personnel Department will be notified of the appointment, with the former handling matters related to the external publications review. A letter of appointment will be issued following approval by all three levels of faculty evaluation committees. New faculty members must report to the University by the start of their first semester (i.e., by August 1 or February 1). The Personnel Department will request the issuance of a teaching certificate from the Ministry of Education at a later date.
- Faculty promotions:Faculty members seeking a promotion or change of appointment must submit an application for review by all three levels of faculty evaluation committees, which will issue the letter of appointment. The Personnel Department will request a teaching certificate from the Ministry of Education at a later date.
Procedures for reviewing qualifications of faculty
1. Review procedures:
1) New faculty appointments require passage by all three levels of faculty evaluation committees, after which the new faculty member may report for duty. Faculty promotions also require passage by all three levels of faculty evaluation committees.
2) Faculty members who do not possess a teaching certificate for their new faculty rank must fill out the necessary teacher qualification information on the Ministry of Education’s Higher Education Teacher Review System.
3) The Personnel Department will help ensure the accuracy of the submitted information and request a teaching certificate from the Ministry of Education.
2. Processing timeline:
1) New faculty members must be reported to the Ministry of Education for review within three months of initial appointment. Appointments of those who are approved will be made retroactively effective from the year and month indicated on their letter of appointment.
2) Promoted faculty members must be reported to the Ministry of Education for review within three months of the start of the semester. Appointments of those who are approved will be made retroactively effective from the start of the same semester.