National Central University Attends UArctic Assembly as First Official Member from Taiwan

Central News Agency, Taipei, May 29. Although Taiwan is a subtropical country, National Central University (NCU) has long invested in fields such as ocean observation and satellite remote sensing. The NCU Taiwan Polar Institute (TaiPI) was officially selected as a member of the 'University of the Arctic' (UArctic) in 2025 and attended this year's annual assembly as an official member, marking a historic milestone. NCU announced today that at the UArctic annual assembly held in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, from the 26th to the 28th of this month, TaiPI attended as an official member for the first time. They not only hosted an international session on Earth sciences but were also invited to share over five years of research findings on Arctic Ocean observation. Although Taiwan is far from the polar regions, polar environmental changes affect the globe. NCU has established a research station in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. This participation demonstrates that Taiwan has the capability to propose research topics and engage in dialogue with top international scholars. Additionally, a team led by Professor Qian Hua of the Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences presented research on Arctic ocean circulation, which attracted significant attention.