This college was
established on 1 August 2007, the time MingDao was officially
upgraded from a college to a comprehensive university by the
Ministry of Education, ROC.
We are one of
Taiwan's high-status management schools producing business
professionals, managers, leaders, and entrepreneurs in various
fields. Currently, this college comprises five undergraduate
departments (business innovation & development, global marketing
& logistics, finance, hospitality management, leisure recreation
& holistic wellness), one BBA program, two graduate programs
(MBA and EMBA), and poll center for public opinion. We offer
diversified curricula programs to satisfy the changing needs of
industrial businesses while maintaining a culture of innovation
and dedication to research.
Our faculty and
staff are fully endeavored to uphold the highest level of
education quality so as to advance our students achieving their
higher career goals. This college will make every effort on
recruiting quality faculty and providing more stimulating
environments to boost the business academic research and to
cultivate the advanced business education.
To share our
passions for business education, you are welcome to visit the
Dean’s office at 309 KaiWu Enlightenment Hall.
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Sincerely,
Lawrence
August 01, 2009
Aboutthe
Dean
Professor Lawrence
Lan received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from National
Taiwan University (1976), M.S. degree in Traffic engineering
(Civil Engineering) from National Taiwan University (1979), and
Ph.D. degree in Transportation management (Civil Engineering)
from University of California at Berkeley (1986). After teaching
in the Institute of Traffic and Transportation at National Chiao
Tung University (NCTU) for 27 years, Prof. Lan was retired
(2006) and honored as a lifetime Emeritus Professor of NCTU.
Starting from August 2007, he was invited to MingDao University
as a full-time professor and appointed as the Director of
Institute of Management and the Dean of College of Management.
Professor Lan has
devoted his life to educating students and researching on
traffic flow studies, transportation economics, productivity and
performance evaluation, econometric modeling and forecasting. He
has won many academic research awards from local and
international academic societies. He ever supervised 70 masters
and 18 PhDs at NCTU, published more than 400 journal refereed
papers, conference papers and research reports. In addition,
Professor Lan has been serving as associate editor or guest
editor for several international journals, including Journal of
the Chinese Institute of Engineers (SCI), Transportmetrica (SSCI,
SCI), Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation
Studies, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
(SCI), International Journal of Environment and Sustainable
Development, and International Journal of Applied Evolutionary
Computation.
Professor Lan used
to be very actively participating in international and local
academic activities. He ever served as director-at-large of the
Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS), vice
chairman of the International Scientific Committee (ISC)-EASTS,
and chair of the awarding sub-committee for ISC-EASTS. He has
been invited as keynote speaker or guest speaker in many
international conferences or workshops. Besides, Professor Lan
was also very active in Taiwan’s transportation society and
cross-strait’s academic activities. He ever served as the core
member, advisor, or chair for many committees in the central and
local government organizations. He was the inspecting committee
member, co-chair or chair for Taipei Rapid Transit System,
Taiwan High Speed Rail, Taipei MaoKung Skyline System, and
Kaohsiung Rapid Transit System. Professor Lan was also the
advisor to the mayors of Taipei City and Taipei County for
nearly 20 years.
Professor Lan values
academic research. Although he has been fully dedicated to the
MingDao University’s administrative affairs, yet he never brings
to a standstill in doing research. He always encourages the
young faculty to form research teams for interdisciplinary
research projects and to publish the works in international
prestige journals.
