Established in 2006, the Department of Material Arts and Design is a creation-oriented department that uses the theme of materials in embracing a new age and new ways of living. Our mission is to cultivate the next generations of contemporary material art. The department focuses on methods and forms of art creation in which the hands, brain, body, and heart interact. Our curriculum combines the fields of art, crafts, and design to integrate traditional values with elements of contemporary time and space, and turn them into nutrients for a variety of artistic creations. With educational resources that include professional facilities, spaces, and a variety of studios, students can gain experience involving a wide range of materials as well as design aesthetics training. Our aim is to enable students to keep up with international contemporary creation trends, and elevate their appreciation of both social art and the art of living. A Bachelor of Arts degree is obtained by completing 128 credits within this department.

1. Cultivation of innovative thinking.

2. Practice in aesthetic education.

3. Integration of diverse arts.

4. Expansion of international perspectives.

1. Through the special feature of studio teaching, to create innovative material art creation and the next generation of design.

2. To involve material arts and design as well as contemporary art and aesthetic theories in curriculum planning, and to fulfill our social responsibility to provide aesthetic education.

3. To implement interdisciplinary integration and create diverse learning opportunities; to cultivate art creation and design abilities that integrate a diversity of arts.

4. To seek every international art collaboration and exchange opportunity, in order to expand students' international perspectives.

1. Our focus on material studies and building a sense of aesthetics.

2. Our emphasis on both the "longitudinal" and "lateral" — a historical understanding as well as a broad scope of knowledge — in material arts.

3. Establishing design concepts that meet and lead societal demand.

In response to the melting-pot phenomenon of the 21^st century, the three dimensions of art, craft and design are connected within the curriculum of the Department. Each has a corresponding domain — people, objects, and the environment — and the overlapping of these three generates dynamic interdisciplinary learning. Furthermore, body, materials and life are the starting points of the integration of diverse material experiences and unique creative thinking, and the integration of art into life.

Facing the advent of a new creative environment in the 21^st century, our Department aims to bring about unique contemporary creation through a curriculum that combines the art, craft, and design fields. Through different material experiences, as well as the interdisciplinary multi-element teaching of design aesthetics, the Department cultivates the next generation of art that embodies deep understanding and experiences of materials. This facilitates students to develop creative works that feature their personal uniqueness; to become cultural and creative talents who meet today's demands; to create works of art through experimenting with diverse interdisciplinary materials; and to lead international contemporary creation trends.