About IMPA

The International Master Program in Agriculture (IMPA) is a two-year master's program that combines courses and research. It is independent of all other departments and institutes within the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR). IMPA recruits local Taiwanese students, overseas Chinese students, Chinese students from mainland China, and international students. We welcome both degree-seeking and exchange students.

IMPA offers an all-English curriculum. Students must not only attend weekly seminars in English but also write their final thesis in English. The University also offers free Chinese language courses for international students from non-Chinese-speaking populations. However, Chinese language proficiency is not a prerequisite for the IMPA program.

IMPA encourages students to do research relevant to international and/or global concerns in either agricultural or natural resources issues, preferably about students’ home countries. IMPA would provide administrative support to overseas research, study, and apprentices where available. IMPA is supported by all the academic units in CANR. This means that when you are admitted into IMPA, your future thesis adviser may come from one of the college's academic departments or graduate institutes. IMPA students can conduct their research in the following three tracks of academic disciplines:

Crop and Animal Production: Agronomy, Horticulture, Animal Science, Plant Protection, Soil Science & Plant Nutrition, Food Science, Agricultural Engineering, Biotechnology;

Natural Resource Conservation and Management: Forest Science, Water & Soil Conservation, Environmental Sciences; 

Agricultural Economics and Rural Development: Agribusiness, Agricultural policy, Agricultural Extension, Rural Development, Landscape and Recreation.

Scope of the Program                                

1.  The program offers three tracks:  crop/animal production, natural resource conservation and management, and agricultural economics and rural development. We aim to educate our students with integrated ability in agriculture issues so they can successfully join the global markets in the future.

2.The students can choose their research subjects and thesis supervisors from all the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources faculty members at National Chung Hsing University.

3. In 2011, the Ministry of Education in Taiwan evaluated IMPA as “highly recommended” among all the all-English curriculum programs in Taiwan’s universities.

4. With IMPA’s sister program at bachelor level, the International Bachelor Program of Agribusiness (IBPA), the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is seeking to ensure the global competitiveness of its students and strengthen the services provided to stakeholders in an increasingly complex and dynamic global agribusiness market.

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