But while NTU may not have a long history behind it, its alumni and students have played a singular role in Taiwan's democratization, from resistance to the authoritarian system to dissolving the "lifetime parliament" to the peaceful transition of power to the opposition.
台大歷史雖不算久遠，但從反抗威權統治、廢除「萬年國代」，到政權和平移轉，半世紀以來的台灣民主化進程中，處處可見台大人獨當一面、叱吒風雲的身影。