Six Departments and One Graduate Institute
The College offers undergraduate and graduate (M.A.) programs in English, German, French, Spanish, and Japanese. A B.A. program in Italian is also available. The Graduate Institute of Cross-Cultural Studies offers a Ph.D. program in Comparative Literature, M.A. program in Linguistics, and M.A. programs for full time students and working professionals in Translation and Interpretation Studies.
Affiliate Programs
- Program in Diplomacy and International Affairs
- Program in International Medical Translation
- Program inf Western Classical and Medieval Culture
- English Elite Program
- Program in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
- Program in Financial, Economic and Legal Translation
Centers
The College is also home to the Foreign Language Teaching Resource Center and the Center for Japan Studies.
Faculty and Student Body
The College has 86 full-time faculty members, 113 part-time instructors and 2715 students.
Brief History of College of Foreign Languages and Literatures
| 1963 | Department of Foreign Languages established for undergraduate programs in English and German |
| 1964 |
BA programs in French and Spanish opened |
| 1966 | CFL Theatre established |
| 1968 |
English, German, French and Spanish divisions became independent departments |
| 1969 |
Taiwan’s first Graduate Institute of Linguistics and the Department of Oriental Languages established |
| 1972 |
Application for the establishment of the College of Foreign Languages submitted to the Ministry of Education by the departments of English, German, French, Spanish, Oriental Languages and the Graduate Institute of Linguistics |
| 1975 |
Taiwan’s first Graduate Institute of German Language and Literature founded |
| 1976 | Graduate Institute of English Language and Literature established |
| 1980 | The Ministry of Education approved the founding of Taiwan’s first College of Foreign Languages |
| 1982 |
Taiwan’s first Graduate Institute of Spanish Language and Literature established |
| 1984 |
The Department of Oriental Languages renamed the Department of Japanese Language and Literature; Graduate Institute of French Language and Literature established |
| 1988 |
Taiwan’s first Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation Studies founded |
| 1993 | Graduate Institute of Japanese Language and Literature founded |
| 1994 |
Taiwan’s first Graduate Institute of Comparative Literature offering PhD program established |
| 1995 | The Ministry of Education approved the establishment of Taiwan’s first Department of Italian Language and Literature; students enrolled the following year (1996) |
| 2002 | Program of Western Classical and Medieval Culture created |
| 2003 | Program in Diplomacy and Program in Translation founded |
| 2005 |
The Department of German Language renamed the Department of German Language and Literature |
| 2008 | English Elite Program established |
| 2009 | Program in Diplomacy renamed Program in Diplomacy and International Affairs; Program in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language established; Program in Financial, Economic and Legal Translation established |
| 2010 |
Graduate Institute of Linguistics, Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation Studies and Graduate Institute of Comparative Literature integrated into the Graduate Institute of Cross-Cultural Studies |
| 2012 | Center for Japan Studies established |
| 2014 | Program in International Medical Translation established |