Tamkang University

5/6/11 – 6:00 pm (From Taichung)

Earlier in the week we made our first university visit. It was to Tamkang University (TKU) just outside of Taipei. The university has about 28,000 students and a very beautiful campus. Besides touring the campus and learning about the schools history, we were able sit in on an international business class. The class was taught in English, as are most of the other classes at the university, so we were able to participate. We started with a presentation/lecture by the professor and then broke up into groups with the Taiwanese students to solve a case problem and give a short presentation. The lesson focused on hedging risks. It was a great experience and answered several questions I had. Do they learn the same stuff we do? Are the classes structured the same way? Are they smarter than us? I was a little relieved to find out they study the same material I have been studying, the material was presented in the same manner, and the students needed my help to answer the questions. A super friendly and helpful group of students and faculty. One of the students is Echo (see earlier post below).