National Taiwan College of Performing Arts
About the University
校園資訊
Information
Address
No. 177, Section 2, Neihu Road, Taipei City (Neihu Campus)
No. 8-1, Lane 66, Section 3, Muzha Road, Taipei City (Muzha Campus)
Tuition and Accommodation Fees
Tuition and Fees:
1st ~ 3rd year NTD 38,000
NTD 34,000 for the fourth year
Accommodation Fee:
NTD15,000 ~ NTD 24,000
Cost of living:
NTD 120,000 ~ NTD 180,000
Social Media
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Contact Information
Introduction
School Introduction
Our university is the only institution in Taiwan offering departments dedicated to traditional performing arts, acrobatics, and music, including: the Department of Peking Opera, the Department of Taiwanese Opera (Gezai Opera), the Department of Hakka Opera, the Department of Folk Arts and Skills, and the Department of Opera Music. Additionally, it houses the Department of Theater Arts, which focuses on Western stage performance and design, making a total of six departments.
The university also operates affiliated high school, junior high, and elementary (5th–6th grade) programs, forming the only 12-year integrated curriculum for cultivating talent in traditional opera. Moreover, it features practice and performance theaters and maintains a Peking Opera Troupe, a Variety Arts Troupe, and a Youth Theater Troupe to promote traditional performing arts.
Teaching quality and academic prestige
Integrate the university’s rich teaching and research resources, and apply for subsidies for teaching excellence programs to the Ministry of Science and Technology or the Ministry of Education to optimize the quality and quantity of teaching and research. Organize international master workshops or academic lectures, organize integrated performing arts seminars, and promote the editing and publication of the “Cross-disciplinary Performing Arts” book.
Organize the school’s unique “Lake and Mountain Art Festival” to gather high-quality talents from teachers and students, promote cross-border performances of dance, music, Chinese music and drama, and expand the performance energy and opportunities of our students.
International Exchange and Cooperation
Under the trend of globalization, “Only when the College of Theatre Arts reaches out to the world, will the world embrace the College”. Therefore, TCPA actively expands its international visibility, connects and cooperates with internationally renowned performing arts institutions, and strengthens exchanges with foreign sister schools to enhance exchanges in three aspects: students going abroad, foreign students coming to TCPA, and teachers exchange.
Alumni
曹復永
Distinguished Alumni
— Since 1979, he has participated in the Yayin Xiaoji founded by Guo Xiaozhuang, performing Peking Opera such as “Wang Kui Fu Guiying”, “Peacock Flying Southeast”, etc.
— In 1998, he performed the new play “Rashomon” at the Fuxing Theater Company, and in 2002, he performed in the troupe’s “August Snow” produced by the troupe and directed by Gao Xingjian, trying various performance methods.
— In 2004, he participated in the performance of Taiwan’s first new Kunqu opera “Liang Zhu”, and also served as the director of many stage operas by Huang Xianglian, including “Yuandu”, “Filial Son’s Wish”, “New Lotus Lantern”, etc.
— Won the 22nd China Literature and Art Association Chinese Drama Performance Medal, the 4th Global Chinese Culture and Art Inheritance Award, and the Chinese Drama Student Performance Award issued by the Cultural Revival Committee of the Republic of China.
— The 33rd Chuanyi Golden Melody Awards Cao Fuyong won the Best Director Award for the play “Zuo Botao”.
吳興國
Distinguished Alumni
In 1986, he founded the “Contemporary Legend Theater”, directing and starring in many works that combine stage play and Peking Opera.
The founding work “Sex and the City” is adapted from “Macbeth”, one of Shakespeare’s four major tragedies, and has been invited to perform at major international art festivals and important theaters many times, including the Royal Theatre, the Avignon Festival in France, and the Sparedo Festival in the United States. Since then, he has created a total of six theatrical works adapted from Western Shakespeare and Greek tragic classics, becoming a “pioneer” figure in the development and innovation of traditional opera art.
He has been nominated for Best Actor at the Golden Horse Awards and Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and has won the Best Actor Award at the National Army Literary and Art Awards and the Best New Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards three times in a row. In 2011, he was awarded the title of Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters. Representative films include: “Eighteen”, “Seducing Monks”, “Green Snake”, “God of Gamblers 2”, “Song Dynasty”, “Spy Lost City” and so on. The TV series is represented as “Reverse Game”.
魏海敏
Distinguished Alumni
In 1982, he joined the Meimen Theater, and in 1986, he joined the Contemporary Legend Theater founded by Wu Xingguo, and in 1995, in response to the trend of the times, the Ministry of National Defense abolished the three military troupes such as “Lu Guang, Haiguang, and Dapeng”, and the Haiguang National Opera Troupe was merged into the Guoguang Theater Troupe, committed to continuing the mission of promoting Peking Opera art and education.
In 2002, Wang Anqi became the artistic director of the National Guoguang Theatre Troupe, and in 2003, he released Xun Pai Tong Zhiling’s important new work “Wang Xifeng Makes a Big Noise in Ningguo Mansion”, performed by Mei Pai Tsing Yi Wei Haimin.
Subsequently, a series of new plays such as “The Golden Lock” were launched, and Cao Qiqiao, who was eager for emotions, was brought to life in the drama, becoming another artistic pinnacle work of Wei Haimin. He has won awards such as the National Literature and Art Award and the Golden Melody Award for Best Traditional Music Interpretation in the Republic of China, and the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award in mainland China.
江瑋琳(粿粿)
Distinguished Alumni
Internet celebrity, 55 fans, graduated from the Department of Folk Skills. In 2019, he co-operated the Youtube channel “Hey Bear! Action!》。
“Kueh Kueh Hualien Falling Incident” ranked third in Taiwan’s Youtube Popular Video of the Year in 2020, and Kueh Kueh served as the manager of the red team at the All-Star Games that premiered on September 27, 2020.
曾止妤 (妹將)
Distinguished Alumni
Radio Golden Bell – Youth Program Host Award, graduated from the Department of Hakka Drama. At the age of twelve, he entered the National Taiwan Academy of Opera to study Hakka traditional opera, and after twelve years of study, he was a former opera actor and is now a performing arts worker with various developments. In 2019, he won the second prize in the Hakka category of the Taiwan Original Pop Music Awards, and in 2018, he won the third place in the 20th season of Hakka TV’s “Lively Arena”.
2016-2021 Radio Host Speaker Radio/Flower Young Life, Speaker Radio/Cat Wake Up, Keqing SHOCK U, Treasure Island Hakka Radio Station/Good Morning Taipei and LOVE Young People. Host Hakka TV “Trainees, rush a wave!” , Cartoon Networ Cartoon Network “Cartoon Go Go Guest”.
張書宇
Distinguished Alumni
Graduated from the Department of Peking Opera, he was shortlisted for the Most Promising Newcomer Award in Drama Programs at the 57th TV Golden Bell Awards in 2023, and has been deeply involved in the field of traditional opera as a martial arts instructor and martial arts for many years.
Highlights
industry-academia cooperation or school-employment integration system
TCPA has signed internship cooperation agreements with numerous theater troupes and companies. Each department has a structured internship curriculum: during the second semester of the fourth year, students participate in off-campus workplace internships for one semester, earning 9 credits. Alternatively, students may take internship courses while participating in related performances and exhibitions, accumulating hours to receive credits. This system bridges students with industry experience, facilitating smoother employment upon graduation.
Our school’s internship system is divided into two types of internships: A and B:
1. Category A Internship (Cumulative System)
It refers to participating in various internships arranged by the school during extracurricular hours, holidays, or winter and summer vacations, such as industry-academia cooperation, promotion, school performances, and other related professional internship performances. For this type of internship, the cumulative number of internship hours must reach 80 hours per credit, with a principle of 2 to 4 credits.
2. Category B Internship (Workplace Internship) (Semester System)
It refers to students participating in 5-9 credit internship courses throughout the semester and going to a single internship institution for 18 weeks of internship. 1 credit is 80 hours, a total of 400-720 hours.
Featured courses
TCPA is the only traditional performing arts college in the country that adopts a 12-year consistent system, which has deep traditional artistic characteristics and cultivates all kinds of talents who inherit the performing arts with cultural characteristics, so that they have a solid foundation in basic skills and performance skills.
The university implements the United Nations SDGs for sustainable education and development of urban and rural areas, embodies the aesthetics of contemporary performing arts with the inheritance and innovation of traditional Eastern art and Western theater art, connects various related industries in the industry, gathers the practical energy of alumni, and continues to carry out multi-original courses that cross traditional and contemporary.
Each professional department, according to its professional characteristics, at different stages of education, formulate clear professional ability indicators, and cooperate with the rigorous promotion evaluation mechanism to ensure its learning effectiveness. Through consistent practical learning, students can accumulate rich practical experience in performance and acquire the knowledge required for traditional opera and performing arts industries, which will become their unique advantages in future career development compared to students from other performing arts-related schools and departments.
Attached Student Internship Team In order to connect student learning with the current situation of the industry and implement the spirit of applying what we have learned, our school has three student internship teams. Among them, the Peking Opera Troupe is responsible for cultivating students from the Department of Peking Opera; the variety troupe is responsible for cultivating students from the Department of Folklore Skills; The Youth Theatre Company is responsible for nurturing students from the Department of Opera and Hakka Opera. Students from the Department of Opera Music and the Department of Theatre Arts have obtained a large number of internship opportunities to support various performances of the three troupes. The work of the three troupes usually includes a large number of commercial performances, and students can experience the real situation of the industry by interning in the group. During the internship process, if there are students with outstanding performance, they can sign a contract to retain them after the internship is completed to expand the lineup of the three groups.
Departments
School Departments and Programs
Scholarships
Scholarships
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Scholarships |
Scholarship Amount |
Eligibility |
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Freshman Entrance Scholarship in the College Department |
NTD 10,000 |
In order to encourage overseas Chinese students and foreign students (excluding short-term exchange students) to study in the college department of the school, those who are admitted will be awarded NTD 10,000. |
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Scholarship for outstanding students in the college department |
1st place: NTD 10,000 |
1. The top three with the best academic performance in each class: – The total academic average score is 80 points or more and each subject must be passed. -Students who have been punished with minor offenses (including three warnings) or more in the previous semester are not allowed to apply. 2. The application regulations and related regulations for overseas Chinese students and foreign students (excluding short-term exchange students) shall be applied for and reviewed together with domestic students. |
Tuition/Year
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College Category |
Tuition/Year |
|---|---|
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not |
1st ~ 3rd year NTD 38,000 4th year NTD 34,000 |
Living Expenses/Year
Cost of living: NTD/YR 120,000 ~ 180,000
Accommodation fee: NTD/YR 15,000 ~ 24,000
Graphic introduction to the school accommodation environment
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One semester |
One academic year |
Other Notes |
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NTD8,000 ~ 12,000 |
NTD15,000 ~ 24,000 |
Air conditioning usage fee is not included |
