The first International Sustainable Development Conference (ISDC 2020) will be held at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) from November 27 to 28, 2020. Sustainable development is a topic which NPUST has given much focus to over the years, with the results of its efforts made evident by certain important indicators. For instance, each year for the past six years, NPUST has ranked first in Taiwan on the UI GreenMetric Ranking. The same assessment placed the university sixth in all of Asia last year; while its personal best was achieved in 2014, when it ranked 3rd in the continent.
In order to promote the sustainable development of green universities, NPUST has extended an invitation to some of its closest international partners— University of Brawijay and IPB University in Indonesia, RMUTT in Thailand, and Universiti Putra, Malaysia— to convene online and discuss four avenues of cooperation.