National Taiwan University is a national co-educational research university located in Taipei, Taiwan. The University consists of 11 colleges, 54 departments, 103 graduate institutes and 4 research centers. The university was founded in 1928 by the Japanese administration during the Japanese colonial era and was then known as the Taihoku Imperial University. After World War II, the government of the Republic of China resumed the administration of the University, reorganizing and renaming it National Taiwan University on November 15, 1945. NTU is considered the most prestigious university in Taiwan. It also has strong ties with the Academia Sinica in Taiwan in the form of research and teaching collaborations and a joint program office.