Taihoku Imperial University

former university in Japanese-ruled Taiwan, the predecessor of the modern-day National Taiwan University

Taihoku Imperial University is a university in Taipei. It was founded on March 16, 1928. At the time Japan controlled Taiwan. It was renamed National Taiwan University (NTU). After Japan lost the war, the Republic of China took over and made part of it the National Chung Hsing University.

Taihoku Imperial University
台北帝国大学
TypeNational
Active1928 March–1945 November
(1945年11月 易名國立臺北大學)
(1945年12月 定名國立臺灣大學)
President幣原坦(首任)
安藤一雄(末任)
Location,
Campus富田町47番地(總校區)
東門町6番地(醫學專門部)
明石町一丁目1番地(附屬醫院)
Nickname臺北帝大、帝大、臺大
Inauguration of the pharmacology building of Taihoku Imperial University in 1937
TAIHOKU IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY bookplate from 1925 book