Taichung City holds an industry-academia matchmaking symposium, creating opportunities for industry-academia collaboration

To narrow the gap between learning and application and build a platform for industry-academia exchange, the Taichung City Government held the "Industry-Academia-Training-Employment Talent Cultivation Matchmaking Conference" on the 16th. The Taichung City Education Bureau invited academia and industry to work together to plan industry-academia collaboration models that meet the needs of both sides. Through customized flexible academic systems and courses, they aim to cultivate technical manpower needed by industry, and coordinate with enterprises to provide internship opportunities and stipend subsidies for students from junior high schools, senior high schools, and colleges and universities. The conference facilitated the signing of letters of intent for cooperation in the tourism and agriculture industries, and in the future they will work together to cultivate talent for Taichung's agriculture and tourism industries.

The Taichung City Education Bureau stated that at the conference, in the tourism industry, a total of 4 universities of science and technology, 7 senior high schools and vocational high schools, and 11 tourism industry operators signed letters of intent for cooperation; in the agriculture industry, 1 university, 3 senior high schools and vocational high schools, and 5 agricultural operators signed letters of intent for cooperation, working together to cultivate talent for Taichung's agriculture and tourism industries.

The Taichung City Education Bureau also stated that this year it has established an information management system platform and the Taichung City Industry-Academia Matchmaking Center, hoping to use a one-stop approach to integrate school resources and local industry talent needs, and provide assistance ranging from junior high school technical education courses to diversified senior high school admissions and higher education talent cultivation.

Peng Fuyuan, Director-General of the Taichung City Education Bureau, stated that the scope of cooperation between industry and schools includes curriculum planning, employment matchmaking, and more, with the goal of helping students enter the workplace directly after graduation. He thanked all participating businesses and schools for working together and moving forward hand in hand, and said they will continue to deepen industry-academia collaboration so that technical and vocational education can take root at the grassroots level, hoping to improve the local industry's talent needs and provide a high-quality environment for study, employment, and living.