Course General Description

Through the initial four years of training in architectural designs, students should have developed skilled design and operation ability regarding form and space, planning and execution. So, the 5th- year graduation project from the previous four years of studio work in architectural design; it requires students to take initiative to design the question and the design process based on observations. Their proposals are based on a search of related literature and relevant laws and regulations, collected in view of the design question, the land, and the users. They must even consider and state their opinion on metropolitan society issues concerned with their proposed design.​

School General Description

Founded in 1957, Ming Chuan University was initially named Ming Chuan Women’s Business College. It was upgraded as Ming Chuan College in 1990. In 1997, the institution futher upgraded into Ming Chuan University and established schools, including the School of Design. In 2010, Ming Chuan University attained accreditation with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education(MSCHE), to become the first university in Asia to be accredited in the U.S. education system. The five departments in the School of Design include Commercial Design, Product Design, Architecture, Digital Media Design, and Urban Planning and Disaster Management. The Department of Commercial Design was established in 1966, the first design department of its kind in Taiwan.