National University of Kaohsiung

The National University of Kaohsiung (NUK) was founded in 2000 to promote the balanced development of higher education in southern and northern Taiwan and to coordinate the government's industrial policy. Therefore, NUK has superb geographical location and is very close to the Science, Industrial, and Software Parks and public transportation, such as Taiwan High Speed Rail, Taiwan Railway, Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations, and Kaohsiung International Airport. Surrounded by many important industry clusters, NUK has great geographical advantages in terms of research and academia-industry development. In addition, our teaching and research staff is in their prime of life and is enthusiastic and energetic as the average of their age is only 47.7. 95.1% of them have Ph.D. degrees and have abundant academic experience. According to a survey conducted by the Global Views Monthly in 2012, the quantity of our research and academia-industry outputs is outstanding and is ranked as the eighth in Taiwan. In 2015, NUK is also ranked the third place in the survey of "2015 Enterprises most- favored universities in Kaohsiung and Pingtung area" conducted by China Times Weekly. The beautiful campus of NUK covers 82.5 hectares. With the efforts of former principals Prof. Jen-Houng Wang, Prof. Ing-Chung Huang and Prof. Jow-Lay Huang. NUK became Taiwan's first university that signed the Talloires Declaration in 2004. We were appointed as the "Model Green University" by the Ministry of Education in 2009, and were also awarded as the "Wetlands of National Importance" by the Ministry of the Interior in 2011. Both teachers and students feel relaxed and joyous when walking on the campus. Because of our geographical superiority, young teaching and research staff with great potentials, excellent students, and beautiful campus, NUK has all qualifications to become a world-class university. Currently, we have five colleges. The College of Humanities and Social Science has six departments in the fields of Western Languages, East Asian Languages, Health and Leisure, Crafts and Creative Design, Architectural and Athletic Performance. Diversified academic fields also provide us excellent opportunities for interdisciplinary development and enhancement of students' knowledge in humanities. The College of Law in NUK is the only and the most comprehensive one in central and southern Taiwan. Regarding the College of Management, it provides featured programs, such as Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), International Executive Master of Business Administration (IEMBA), and International Master of Business Administration (IMBA), and offers studying abroad programs. This college also has significant achievements in the fields, such as, economics, finance, information, and management. The scales of the College of Science and the College of Engineering are comprehensive. Their teaching and research staff accounts for 45.1% of the total number of NUK staff. These two colleges emphasize on the development of featured and integrated research based on existing academic research achievements, and have established close and substantial cooperation with surrounding industries.