SDG4: Quality Education
SDG6: Clean water and sanitation
SDG7: Affordable and clean energy
SDG8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG12: Responsible Consumption and production
SDG17:Partnerships for the Goals

17.2.4) Collaboration for SDG best practice
Through international collaboration and research, review comparative approaches and develop international best practice on tackling the SDGs.

    The number of academic journal papers was jointly published by TKU and international scholars in 2020, the number of applications for research awards totaled 105. In addition, TKU received a total of 13 free international cooperation value-added (MAGIC) programs from the Ministry of Science and Technology during the 2019-2020 academic year. Introducing more and broader global strategic partners for international cooperation. TKU collects or measures relevant data related to sustainable development goals through international cooperation and formulates plans or papers to solve sustainable development goals. The key abstracts are as follows:

    1. The College of Liberal Arts and Yamaguchi University in Japan became international partnered schools in 2014. Scholars from both schools focused on "East Asian Culture" and regularly publish the academic journal JEAI (Journal of East Asian Identities). In 2020, the 5th issue of JEAI published a total of 6 Papers.

    2. The teaching faculties of the Department of Mathematics from the College of Science cooperate with scholars from Japan, Canada, Russia, the United States, and other countries to conduct medical big data research; a total of 12 SCI journal papers were published in 2020. The synchrotron radiation team of the Department of Physics signed a contract with the National Space Center to build an advanced radiation technology experimental station, which can be used for the development of nanomaterials and energy technologies for the benefit of mankind. The team has 4 papers on international cooperation in 2020. One of the faculty members of the Department of Physics published a paper in the most authoritative science (Science) journal, which demonstrates the high results of international cooperation projects through multi-party international cooperation and long-term research. The teaching faculties of the Department of Chemistry cooperate with the professors of the National University of Singapore to research the synthesis of iron-containing catalysts, with the goal of decomposing pollutants in the water with a green chemical method. The faculty of the Department of Chemistry cooperated with the professors of Tay Nguyen University, Vietnam, and used inhibitors in the research of anti-Alzheimer's disease and anti-Parkinson's disease. The teaching faculties of the Department of Chemistry collaborated with professors from Tay Nguyen University and the Ho Chi Minh University of Technology in Vietnam to publish papers on topics related to hunger elimination, health relief, and environmental water resources.

    3. In October 2020, teaching faculties from the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering of the College of Engineering participated in the "67th Anniversary Conference of the Chemical Engineering Society of Taiwan and the Achievement Presentation of Chemical Engineering Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology & International Symposium on Sustainable Chemical Engineering in Taiwan, Japan and Korea" and published papers. As of November 2020, they also participated in the "Wastewater Treatment Technology Seminar 2020" as the host and published papers, discussing physical and chemical treatments, environmental nanotechnology, emerging pollutants, and novel treatment technologies, and engineering practices and applications; in 2020, teaching faculties of the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering and foreign scholars jointly published 13 journal papers and 2 seminar papers related to SDG6 of clean water and sanitation. In 2020, a faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering jointly published a journal paper related to the smart drone team with scholars from the partnered school of Vel Tech University in India; and conducted a speech at the International Conference (IDAD2020) conference, and also served as an international advisory committee member of the conference.

    4. A teaching faculty from the Department of Diplomacy and International Relations of the College of International Affairs published "Discussion on the Interaction of China's Economic Development, Oil Price and U.S. Shale Oil,” "The Possible Impact of the U.S.-China Trade Friction on the International Trade Order," and "The Transfer of Japanese Academy to Taiwan's Higher Education Enlightenment” and other 3 conference papers related to international cooperation.