The Graduate Institute of Cross -Cultural Studies was established in 2010. Prior to its establishment, there were three individual graduate institutes--- Graduate Institute of Linguistics ( est. 1969 ), Graduate Institute of Translation ( est. 1988 ), and Graduate Institute of Comparative Literature ( est. 1994 ). Each institute was the first one ever founded in Taiwan. After several decades of effort, the three specializations have built a deep foundation and have been recognized both at home and abroad. To cope with the trend of global academia, the three institutes were combined into the Graduate Institute of Cross-cultural Studies on August 1st, 2010, thus forming the first graduate institute in Taiwan with such an emphasis on the humanities. Aside from keeping the original characteristics and core values, the institute aims to create a new realm in language, literature and culture and to cultivate cross-cultural and interdisciplinary professionals with local interest and international vision.

Goal : To form an integrated new interdisciplinary and cross-cultural field through the interaction and complementary relationships within linguistics, translation and comparative literature and Cross-Cultural Studies.

Objectives

1.  Establishment of cross-cultural vision and discussion :  to cultivate professionals with interdisciplinary, cross-cultural vision and research ability.
2.  Incubation of bilingual ability and multi-cultural perspective : to develop professionals with the ability to employ several languages and to communivate cross-culturally.
3.  Development of discipline characteristics : to consolidate the core feature, extend interactive learning and form a systematic discipline foundation.
4.  Integration and expansion : to break through boundaries  of disciplines and to pursue a combination of openness, integration and innovation.
5.  Application of professional translation and interpretation or language teaching ability : to cultivate professional translators with an interdisciplinary learning ability and teaching professionals with a rich language and literature ability.