Internationalization Efforts in the Department of Textiles & Clothing at FJCU

1. Practical Business Project Department of Textiles & Clothing Fu Jen Catholic University Presented by Shuk Yee Li

2. Agenda • Introduction of Team Advisor, Case Project and Interviewees • Teaching Objectives • Background on FJCU and the DT&C • Environmental Factors • Current Internationalization Efforts • Future Outlook • Case Description + Teaching Objectives 2. Teaching Objectives 3. Agenda Item 4. Agenda Item

3. 1. Introduction • Team Advisor: Professor/Dr. Charles Trappey • Case Project Description: • Department of Textiles & Clothing, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei • Perspective of the Department’s Chairman • How to “internationalize” the department • Interviewees: Ms Su-Lee Tsai, Father Daniel G. Ross, Sister Maryta Laumann and 2 students (Eva and Teresa)

4. 2. Teaching Objectives • Teach universities how to become more international • Transferable lessons from analyzing the Department of Textiles & Clothing • Identify obstacles to internationalization • Short-term objective: Make local students more international • Long-term objective: Attract more international students to the school.

5. 3.Background on FJCU and the DT&C • History of Fu Jen Catholic University • History of the Department of Textiles & Clothing • Current Situation

6. 4. Environmental Factors • Operating under Fu Jen Catholic University • Policies towards International Students (and overseas Chinese) • Foreign Exchange Program • English-taught Courses • Chinese Instruction Available • Lack of Autonomy • Catholic Roots of the University

7. DT&C Policies, Facilities and Faculty Policies towards International Students (and overseas Chinese) Recruitment & Marketing Policies Alumni Relations Policies Job Placement Procedures Student numbers Faculty Taiwan’s Ministry of Education 4. Environmental Factors

8. 4. Environmental Factors • Competing Schools • National Schools: • Shih Chien University’s College of Design • Shu-Te University’s College of Design • Tainan University of Technology’s Department of Fashion Design and Management • International Schools: • Parsons School of Design in New York • Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London • Taiwanese Fashion Industry • Taiwan-China Relations

9. 5. Current Internationalization Efforts • Opportunities to Study Abroad • English Requirements • Cultivating Alumni Relations • Policy towards overseas Chinese • Membership in International Organizations

10. 6. Future Outlook • Two Chief Objectives: • Internationalization of Taiwanese Students • Short-term strategies: • Increase number of students who study abroad • Increase English-requirements • Hire more English-speaking professors and introduce more English- taught courses • Establish connections between alumni and current students • Encourage students to take social science and business courses • Make use of the membership in various university organizations • Long-term strategies: • Introduce a compulsory “study abroad” exchange component • Create a new “International Design” program

11. 6. Future Outlook • 2. Attract International Students • Short-term strategies: • Attract overseas Chinese and increase the quota admitted each year • Make the DT&C website more informative • Advocate to change certain university policies towards international students • Long-term strategies: • Create a completely English-taught program • Take advantage of the university’s affiliation with the Chinese language Centre • Be prepared to capitalize on China’s untapped market

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