On November 13, 2019, the Spring Foundation founded by Hou-Wang Shu-Chao donated NT$100 million to NTHU to establish the Tsinghua Spring Development Fund for Art Education, which includes provisions for hiring first-class teachers, providing awards to outstanding students, and organizing various art exhibitions and events.

    NTHU president Ho-Cheng, Hong thanked Mrs. Hou-Wang for sowing the beautiful spring seeds of art in the hearts of NTHU faculty members and students. Over the course of ten consecutive years, the Fund will provide NT$10 million annually to the College of Arts. Each year the Fund will sponsor 15 lectures by scholars and experts on such topics as art, crafts, digital aesthetics, interactive art, computer music, kinetic art, virtual reality, computer animation, and experimental imagery. The lecture series will constitute part of a course compulsory for all new students of the College of Art. The Fund will also be used to provide scholarships covering tuition and fees for four years to two outstanding freshmen each year in three programs: Undergraduate Program of the College of Arts, the Department of Music, and the Department of Arts and Design. Moreover, the Fund will also be used to appoint 2 to 3 well-known local and foreign artists to work and teach at NTHU every year. So far we’ve invited at least 10 artists to interact with students.