TSMC Education and Culture Foundation

TSMC Education and Culture Foundation was founded in 1998. The Foundation promotes diversified education by focusing on education for disadvantaged youth and providing students with various platforms outside of the formal education system. TSMC is also sowing the seeds of culture and humanities so that a love for the arts can take root in society, working towards the goal of SDG 4 ‒ Quality Education. In 2019, the TSMC Education and Culture Foundation contributed over NT$96.99 million, a 26% increase from 2018.

Strategies, Targets & Achievements

Strategies

Care for the Educationally Disadvantaged

Cooperate with educational organizations from both the public and the private sectors, aiming to narrow the gap in education resources between urban and rural areas
Diversified Education Platform

Continue to hold humanities and science events so as to provide youth with various platforms outside the educational system
Promote Arts and Culture

Periodically hold art festivals at TSMC's fab sites in Hsinchu, Taichung and Tainan, so as to foster talented local art groups and promote exquisite fine arts in the community

2019

2020

2030

2019 Targets and Achievements

Missed Target Achieved Exceeded

Three more universities in Taiwan and provide scholarships	0% In addition to the Sunrise Scholarship at the National Tsing Hua University and the Sunflower Scholarship at the National Central University, the TSMC Foundation increased the scholarship to three more universities in Southern Taiwan and providing a total of NT$5.5 million in scholarship to 55 underprivileged students in 2019. The newly added Universities are National Cheng Kung University, National Sun Yat-sen University, and National Chung Cheng University in 2019
Increase the number of youth event participants each year	0 TSMC Youth Calligraphy and Seal-Carving Competition with total of 695 participants
	0 Hosting the Youth Literature Award for 16 consecutive years and has received 704 submissions in total
	0 Sponsored the 17^th ATCC Case Competition entitled "Usage 100%" as the topic of the competition , attracting 540 groups of students from 52 universities to register NEW
	0 Held the fifth TSMC Novella Award and received 150 submissions
	0 Held the fourth TSMC Youth Dream Building Project entitled "Cities applied with the Waste Reduction Formula". The event focused on environmental issues and attracted 89 groups of students from 21 universities from the Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli and Tainan areas to participate
Promote Arts and Culture: Sponsor 5 talented local artists or groups	0 The TSMC Hsin-Chu Art Festival held 61 performances, inviting seven local groups and two foreign musicians, attracting 42,462 participants in total
Organize at least four TSMC Lectures	0 TSMC Lectures held four humanities lectures themed the Past and Present of Ethnic Minorities in China

CASE STUDY

Caring for the Educationally Disadvantaged

The 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report points out that Taiwan tops all economies and countries in the academic performance disparity between the top...

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Supporting Youth with Multiple Educational Platforms

During senior high school and college, young people are actively shaping their identities and exploring the outside world. At the senior high school stage, the TSMC Foundation offers extracurricular...

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Keep Traditional Classical Culture Alive

The TSMC Culture and Education Foundation improves the local communities with arts and cultural events. Every year we sponsor international arts and culture exhibitions and performances...

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For more information, please read TSMC 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report:

Common Good - TSMC Education and Culture Foundation

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