NYCU

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• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University https://www.nycu.edu.tw/nycu/en/

  The official NYCU site says the university was founded in 2021 through the merger of National Yang-Ming University and National Chiao Tung University, and currently has 19 colleges and 74 university or college-level research centers.

  The page lists the Yangming Campus in Taipei and the Chiaotung Campus at No. 1001, Daxue Road, East District, Hsinchu City.

  Model elements: this source is used for institution identity, merger context and location.

• Academics https://www.nycu.edu.tw/nycu/en/app/data/list?id=558&module=nycu0021

  The official academics page lists undergraduate programmes by college, including Applied Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, Arete Honors Program, Electrophysics, Interdisciplinary Science, Industrial Engineering and Management, Information Management and Finance, Management Science, Transportation and Logistics Management, Dentistry D.D.S., Biological Science and Technology, Communication and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences.

  The Arete Honors Program is listed with several possible bachelor awards, including B.S., B.B.A., B.Des., B.A., B.Ed. and B.L.

  Model elements: admissions and public programme structure remain organized around named programmes and colleges, with Arete as a documented flexible undergraduate pocket.

• Arete Honors Program Introduction https://aretehp.nycu.edu.tw/?page_id=11

  The Arete Honors Program page describes a special-selection undergraduate programme that breaks from specific department curriculum regulations, uses an interdisciplinary and practical model, and encourages students to design their own learning plans.

  Model elements: this is strong evidence of an open-programme pocket, but it is not used to raise the whole university to programChoice 5 because it applies to a selected honors programme rather than the dominant undergraduate architecture.

• Arete Honors Program Study Regulations https://aretehp.nycu.edu.tw/?page_id=15

  The study regulations page states a 128-credit graduation requirement, with 26 credits from university-wide core courses, 46 to 84 credits in programme-required courses, and 19 to 57 credits in electives.

  It says electives can be chosen from courses offered by NYCU professional departments or through inter-institutional electives according to regulations.

  Model elements: this supports courseChoice 3 inside the university and shows a programme-level route to inter-institutional electives.

• Arete Core Professional Courses https://aretehp.nycu.edu.tw/?page_id=202

  The Core Professional Courses page says students choose one course from 39 core professional courses grouped into Music, Art and Design, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Engineering Sciences and Information, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Management.

  The page also describes an autonomous learning curriculum that introduces diverse external learning resources and tailored self-directed curriculum and courses.

  Model elements: this confirms that Arete is materially broader than a normal fixed department curriculum, but the overall matrix coordinate still uses the university-wide UST double-major mechanism for programChoice 4.

• UST Inter-School Academic Minors and Double Majors, Academic Year 2026 https://aa.nycu.edu.tw/aa/ch/app/news/view?module=headnews&id=2652&serno=5f939999-5b70-43bb-ac54-88f3ab29de79

  The Office of Academic Affairs announcement is addressed to NYCU students applying for Inter-School Academic Minors and Inter-School Academic Double Majors under the University System of Taiwan in Academic Year 2026.

  It links the UST regulations for inter-school academic minors and inter-school double majors, and includes NYCU department acceptance rules, application forms and graduation qualification review forms.

  Model elements: this proves a current student-facing application route, not only a historical or marketing claim.

• UST Regulations for Inter-School Double Majors https://www.nycu.edu.tw/aa/ch/app/data/doc?module=nycu0014&detailNo=1178967658633105408&type=s

  The UST double-major regulations state that the four UST universities allow undergraduate students to take a second academic major within the four universities, subject to approval by the home school and the school offering the second major.

  The regulations require completion of all courses and credits of the first academic major and all professional required courses and credits of the inter-school second academic major.

  They also state that when students meet both graduation requirements, the degree, department and university offering the inter-school second academic major are indicated in the graduation certificate.

  Model elements: this is the decisive evidence for programChoice 4.

• UST Regulations for Inter-School Academic Minors https://www.nycu.edu.tw/aa/ch/app/data/doc?module=nycu0014&detailNo=1178967445147226112&type=s

  The UST minor regulations state that undergraduate students in the four UST universities may take academic minors within the four universities.

  They require students to complete the home major and the courses and credits of the inter-school minor, and say that the department and university offering the inter-school minor are indicated in certificates of graduation.

  Model elements: this strengthens the evidence for cross-institutional programme structure, but the coordinate is already set by the stronger inter-school double-major route.

• NYCU department acceptance rules for UST inter-school double majors and minors https://www.nycu.edu.tw/aa/ch/app/news/doc?module=headnews&detailNo=1504006768496218112&type=s

  The NYCU acceptance-rules PDF lists departments that accept UST inter-school double-major and minor applications in Academic Year 2026, with quotas, eligibility criteria, required documents and review method.

  Examples include written review, GPA or class-rank thresholds, study plans and department-specific capacity limits.

  Model elements: the mechanism is real but selective. This is why the classification is programChoice 4, not a claim of unrestricted open curriculum.

• Fall semester 2026 Course registration https://aa.nycu.edu.tw/aa/ch/app/news/view?module=headnews&id=2652&serno=3533cf1b-e91b-4429-ac85-214ee5930acf

  The Office of Academic Affairs course-registration announcement tells NYCU students to use the Online Course Registration System and says formal registration checks timetable conflicts, prerequisites and priority restrictions.

  It states that if students take inter-school electives, they must confirm the inter-school course online the next day after submitting the application.

  Strict cross-registration review: this is counted for courseChoice 4 because it describes a routine NYCU course-registration record for inter-school course taking, not a semester abroad or post-return transfer-credit exception.

• NYCU Registered Student Statistics, Academic Year 114, Semester 1 https://aa.nycu.edu.tw/aa/ch/app/statisticalmap/list?id=4358&module=statisticalmap