Department of Refrigeration , Air-Conditioning and Energy Engineering

    In these years, Taiwan’s economy is developing prosperously and people are therefore pursuing a better quality of life. However, Taiwan is in a subtropical region. It is humid and hot in summer. Refrigeration equipment and air-conditioning systems are necessaries to provide comfortable workplaces in office buildings, medical buildings, department stores, vehicles, supermarkets, and particularly households. With the enhancement of various industrial technologies in Taiwan, the requirements of temperature, humidity and cleanliness for industrial processes are becoming stricter. High-tech semiconductors and various precision industries especially require high-level refrigeration and air-conditioning technologies. As the result, the output value from the refrigeration and air-conditioning industry expands continuously. In addition, excessive carbon dioxide emissions from the petrochemical industry exacerbate global warming and air pollution, so energy saving and carbon reduction and the development and application of new energy has been emphasized in these years in the world. Therefore, it is important to cultivate the technicians specializing in energy-saving technology, energy management and energy application and develop relevant technologies. In light of this, NCUT has established Department of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Energy Engineering to cultivate relevant professional technical personnel and technicians for refrigeration and air conditioning, environmental control and energy application.

    There are only three technology universities that have established a department or graduate institute relevant to refrigeration and air conditioning, Two of them are national universities: National Taipei University of Technology and National Chin-Yi University of Technology. The other one, Tungnan University, is a private university. Ordinary universities do not have a department relevant to the field. National Taipei University of Technology is located in Taipei City, and Tungnan University is located in New Taipei City. NCUT, located in Taichung City, is the only university that has a department relevant to refrigeration and air conditioning in southern Taiwan. The importance of NCUT is noticeable. To fit the needs of the era and the industry, the Department has also included energy as a theme for its courses and developed energy application technologies covering energy efficiency and new energy, so as to cultivate students to become technical talents for integration of refrigeration, air conditioning and energy application after being graduated from the Department. The Department cultivates students mainly based on three themes. In the first theme, it cultivates students to become the talents that have abilities for the design, planning and R&D of refrigeration, air-conditioning and energy efficiency. In the second, it cultivates students to become the talents that have abilities for engineering, supervision, repair and maintenance with respect to refrigeration, air conditioning and energy efficiency. In the third, it cultivates students to become the talents that have abilities for design, engineering, maintenance and management with respect to factories, and the talents that have abilities for the fourth dimension new energy, energy efficiency and energy application. Students may choose to work as refrigeration and air conditioning technicians or work in refrigeration and air conditioning firms, refrigeration and air conditioning engineering companies, refrigeration and air conditioning equipment manufacturers, refrigeration and air conditioning products marketing, selling and maintenance companies or new energy development and energy efficiency or energy management companies, or apply for relevant jobs in public enterprises,government agencies, etc. They will have many job choices after graduation. The talents cultivated by the Department are very important for the country as well as the society. Taiwan Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineering Association of R.O.C. has more than 1,000 corporate members; however, professional technicians cultivated by domestic colleges and universities every year are only 300 persons, including bachelors and masters, among whom around 180 persons are graduated from the master’s program provided by the Department. The importance and influence of the Department in terms of cultivation and provision of professional talents in the field is perceptible.