11 Notable alumni of
National Tsing Hua University
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National Tsing Hua University is 995th in the world, 209th in Asia, and 16th in Taiwan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from National Tsing Hua University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Liang Chi-chao
- Occupations
- translatorjournalistrevolutionaryhistoriansocial activist
- Biography
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Liang Qichao was a Chinese politician, social and political activist, journalist, and intellectual. His thought had a significant influence on the political reformation of modern China. He inspired Chinese scholars and activists with his writings and reform movements. His translations of Western and Japanese books into Chinese further introduced new theories and ideas and inspired young activists.
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Lin Ying-meng
- Enrolled in National Tsing Hua University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lin Ying-meng is a Taiwanese politician. She has served as a councillor of Taipei City Council since 2018. She was elected councillor representing Taipei City District 6 during the local elections, and is one of the first openly LGBT people voted into local legislatures in Taiwanese history.
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Wu Pei-yi
- Enrolled in National Tsing Hua University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- statesperson
- Biography
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Wu Pei-yi is a Taiwanese politician. She served on the Taipei City Council from 2018 to 2024, when she was elected to the Legislative Yuan.
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Chen Nien-chin
- Occupations
- boxer
- Biography
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Chen Nien-chin is a Taiwanese middleweight boxer. In 2016, she won a bronze medal at the world championships, but was eliminated in her first bout at the Rio Olympics. She is a native of Hualien County. Chen is of Austronesian Taiwanese descent, with one parent being Amis and the other being Bunun. Chen was diagnosed with stage II Hodgkin lymphoma cancer in 2019, recovered in 2020 after intensive chemotherapy. After recovery, she competed in 2020 and 2024 Olympics in Welterweight boxing.
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Chen Jiau-hua
- Enrolled in National Tsing Hua University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chen Jiau-hua is a Taiwanese conservationist and politician. She won the 2020 legislative elections as a member of the New Power Party. Chen served as leader of the New Power Party from 10 November 2020.
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K. C. Wu
- Years
- 1903-1984 (aged 81)
- Occupations
- historianpolitician
- Biography
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K. C. Wu was a Chinese political figure and historian. Among other offices, he served as Mayor of Shanghai and as Chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government.
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Mu-ming Poo
- Occupations
- neuroscientistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Mu-ming Poo is a Chinese neuroscientist. He is the Paul Licht Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley and the Founding Director of the Shanghai-based Institute of Neuroscience (ION) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the 2016 Gruber Prize in Neuroscience for his pioneering work on synaptic plasticity. At ION, Poo led a team of scientists that produced the world's first truly cloned primates, a pair of crab-eating macaques called Zhongzhong and Huahua in 2017, using somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT).
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Li Zhen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Li Zhen was a military general and government official of the People's Republic of China.
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Ma Yuehan
- Years
- 1882-1966 (aged 84)
- Occupations
- sports pedagoguepoliticianphysician
- Biography
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Ma Yuehan, or John Ma, was a pioneer in physical education and modern Chinese sports. He was a professor of Physical Education at the Tsinghua University for 52 years.
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Tien-Yien Li
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Tien-Yien Li was a University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University. There, he spent 42 years and supervised 26 Ph.D. dissertations.
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Chen Bang-yen
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Chen Bang-yen is a Taiwanese-American mathematician who works mainly on differential geometry and related subjects. He was a University Distinguished Professor of Michigan State University from 1990 to 2012. After 2012 he became University Distinguished professor emeritus.
