External relations

During its early period, due to external constraints, the Faculty primarily maintained relations with the research and training institutions of the socialist countries such as USSR, Czechoslovakia, and the Democractic Republic of Germany.

Now, the Faculty enjoys relations with over 20 international partners such as:

• Passau University, Humbolt University, Aachen Academy of Mission, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Germany).

• Toulouse University, Paris VII, VIII Universities (France).

• Moscow State University, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia)

• Columbia University, Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Center of Philosophy, Culture and Society, Temple University (America).

• Fujen University, Taipei National University, Institute of Open Society (Taiwan).

• Beijing University, Huatong University of Science and Technology (China).

• Gadja Mada University - Yogyakarta (Indonesia)

• International Federation of Philosophical Societies

• UNESCO.

The Faculty has been sponsored by DAAD, the Taiwan Institute of Open Society and UNESCO to hold international conferences, publish proceedings and hold the Philosophy Olympiad. Since 2005, the Faculty has invited many professors from America, Germany, France, Russia, China and Taiwan, etc. to give specialized talks and lectures to its staff, undergraduates and graduates.