History

The Department of Early Childhood Care and Education was established in 1999 (Minguo Year 88).

It offers a four-year daytime undergraduate program and, in 2001, applied to the Ministry of Education to establish a Teacher Education Center (hereinafter referred to as the “Center”), in order to fulfill its founding mission of cultivating professional early childhood educators. Currently, this department is the only one among technological universities in Northern Taiwan that incorporates a Teacher Education Center.

 

In the 2013 academic year, the department was officially accredited by the Ministry of Education as a qualified institution for training certified preschool educators.

 

To cultivate practice-oriented professionals in early childhood education and expand diversified admission pathways, the department established a two-year in-service undergraduate program in the 2019 academic year. It also applied for and received approval to establish a master’s program, which began enrollment in the 2022 academic year. The department is committed to developing well-rounded professionals in early childhood care and education.

 

The department has long been dedicated to serving society by undertaking government-commissioned projects, including the operation of Home-Based Childcare Service Centers and Parent-Child Centers. It also conducts professional training programs, preschool evaluation and consultation, and parenting education initiatives, all aimed at enhancing the quality of early childhood services.

 

Since the 2019 academic year, the Teacher Education Center has been commissioned to operate the Hsinchu County Xinfeng Non-Profit Preschool. As of March 2026, the department has successfully undertaken the management of 10 non-profit preschools and childcare service centers, achieving significant contributions to local communities. With the joint efforts of faculty and students, the department has maintained stable operations, well-established facilities, and continuously refined its curriculum in response to trends in the early childhood education industry.

 

To date, the department has graduated more than 4,000 alumni, many of whom are widely employed in early childhood care institutions across Northern Taiwan, continuing to contribute their expertise and dedication to nurturing a healthy and happy new generation.