- Research projects
In academic year 113 (2024–2025), Chung Yuan Christian University carried out a total of 21 projects with corporate partners to advance SDG 17 through industry-academia cooperation.
- Student volunteer programs
In academic year 2024–2025, Chung Yuan Christian University worked with NGOs and local partners on three overseas service-learning projects in Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia, which recorded 330 volunteer participations and 535 beneficiary participations.
Across the three countries, the teams provided English teaching, art-based support, Mandarin exchange, and leadership development.
These partnerships supported educational opportunities, local capacity building, and cross-cultural understanding, contributing to SDG 4, SDG 10, and SDG 17.
| Item | 1. Cambodia | 2. Thailand | 3. Malaysia |
| Service location | Siem Reap Province, Cambodia | Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand | Alor Setar, Malaysia |
| Partner organizations | Khmer Akphetwat Khemr Organization (KAKO); Phare Performing Social Enterprise | Glocal Action; Tak Border Child Assistance Foundation (TBCAF) | Keat Hwa High School; Rumah SuperKids |
| Service recipients | Local high school students | Children at schools serving Myanmar migrant families | Students at an independent secondary school and children in residential care |
| Service activities and outcomes | Held an English Teacher Training Workshop for high school students from low-income families supported by KAKO; village English classes for children let participants keep using English and receive living allowances. First collaboration with Phare’s circus, with Mandarin teaching and cultural exchange linking Taiwan and Cambodia. | Art-based companionship project helping children tell their own stories and release emotional stress, building emotional connections and cross-cultural exchange. Local fieldwork, followed by a campus exhibition on life along the Thailand-Myanmar border to raise concern and support for border-community children. | Cultural exchange activities at Rumah SuperKids introducing Taiwanese culture, helping children practice Mandarin and build confidence. At Keat Hwa High School, helped student leaders of the Grade 10 New Student Learning and Career Exploration Camp build a shared understanding of teamwork, and trained them in activity facilitation and guided reflection. |
| Service duration | 15 days | 15 days | 10 days |
| Volunteer participations | 135 | 135 | 60 |
| Beneficiary participations | 240 | 200 | 95 |
| Award | Excellence Award, Needs Assessment and Responsive Solutions category, Ministry of Education’s 2024 selection for the exchange and sharing event for outstanding youth overseas volunteer service teams | Excellence Award, Team Formation and Continuity category, Ministry of Education’s 2024 selection for the exchange and sharing event for outstanding youth overseas volunteer service teams | — |