IDIC to Invite Foreign Executives in Taiwan to Lecture at Universities

January 26, 2005

The MOEA Industrial Development and Investment Center this March will initiate a program under which it will invite senior executives of multinational corporations in Taiwan to present lectures at universities and graduate schools around Taiwan. This program will give multinationals an opportunity to search for potential employees among Taiwan's most educated young people and allow the nation's undergraduate and graduate students to gain a more global vision and a deeper understanding of how multinational corporations operate.

Starting this spring semester, foreign corporate executives will begin giving lectures at electrical engineering and information technology departments and graduate schools. For university and graduate students that are preparing to enter the work force, these lectures will present a wonderful chance to learn from experienced professionals about the operations of multinational corporations. The executives will also discuss their management experiences and educational backgrounds. By giving students a chance to interact with foreign corporate executives, the lectures will raise the quality of Taiwan's human resources by giving students a deeper knowledge of the international business world.

For the first part of this lecture program, the IDIC has invited senior executives from such major multinationals as 3M and Corning from the United States, Germany's Merck and Infineon, and Philips from the Netherlands. Lectures will initially be presented at the electrical engineering and information technology departments and graduate schools of National Tsinghua University, National Chiao Tung University, National Central University, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, National Taipei University of Technology and National Cheng Kung University.

The IDIC is arranging a series of at least twelve lectures this year. The lectures will give Taiwan's students an opportunity to gain an understanding of multinational corporate culture and acquire an awareness of the professional world before they actually join the ranks of the employed. For multinational corporations, these lectures will allow the establishment of stronger contacts with Taiwan's universities and graduate schools and facilitate their hiring of Taiwan's finest graduates. Multinational corporations will also boost their images in Taiwan as socially responsible corporations by partaking in such socially beneficial activities.

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