College of Social Sciences Celebrates Move into New Building on Main Campus

The library of NTU’s new College of Social Sciences features the creation of renowned architect Toyo Ito (Photo: College of Social Sciences).

Aug. 26, 2014 marked an important milestone in the history of National Taiwan University's architectural development when the College of Social Sciences was officially relocated to NTU's Main Campus following the completion of the Social Sciences Building.

Formally part of the College of Law, the College of Social Sciences had been situated in NTU's Downtown Campus on Hsu-chow Road since 1947. Over those decades, only a handful of the college's classrooms and offices were located on the Main Campus. The event marked the college’s final move back into the Main Campus.

During the new building's inauguration ceremony, COSS Dean Hui-Lin Lin (林惠玲) on the one hand expressed her excitement for the move, yet on the other hand conveyed a sense of sadness in leaving the building that had accompanied the college’s students and faculty for the past 70 years.

NTU celebrates the official inauguration of the newly completed College of Social Sciences building on Aug. 26.

NTU President Pan-Chry Yang (front) leads the administration in a traditional ceremony on the day of inauguration.

Dean Lin also gave thanks to the joint efforts that have been put into the planning and construction of the new Social Sciences. She added that their new home not only brings the college as a whole closer together, she looks forward to their homecoming to inspire new and creative interdisciplinary research efforts.