National Cheng Kung University is situated in Tainan City, a historical city with rich cultural heritage and a new metropolitan center for science and technology. The total area of the campus is 172.629294 hectares, including the Cheng-Kung, Sheng-Li, Kuang-Fu, Chien-Kuo, Tzu-Chiang, Ching-Yeh, Li-Hsing, and Kuei-Jen Campuses, the An-Nan Campus and some areas designated for dormitory use. In keeping with this tradition, we seek to be pioneers in the modern sciences and technology. NCKU campuses are all closely interlinked, enabling the nine colleges to share the plentiful resources.
In 2006, Taiwan’s Ministry of Education put forth a plan to “Develop Top-tier Universities and Elite Research Centers”. N.C.K.U. was selected as one of the awardees and began a rapid process of upgrading the university in areas of research, teaching and extension services under the leadership of the former President of N.C.K.U. Professor Chiang Kao. In February 2007, a new leadership team led by the new N.C.K.U. President, Academician Dr. Michael M.C. Lai came into being. Indeed, with Academician Lai at the helm, vigorous new guidelines to move the university towards world-class status were established.
To elevate N.C.K.U. to the next plateau of excellence, President Lai succinctly brought to the University his clear and executable vision. There are these specific points, which he made clear during his inauguration speech in February of 2007. They are
(1) Enhance and cultivate a profound sense of humanism among the 20,000 academically highly qualified N.C.K.U. students. With a holistic education under their belts, President Lai envisions that many of our excellent students will indeed become globally-thought leaders to face and tackle many of the profoundly difficult issues of humanity. To this end, various curricular and academic reforms were instituted, including consolidation of courses offered, improvement of student admission process and re-structuring of freshmen orientation courses. In addition, N.C.K.U. has appointed a distinguished alumnus, Dr. Harold Szu, from the US to teach a unified methodology of the creativity, the innovation and the entrepreneurship as a general education. Furthermore, to support the teaching of creativity and the new general degree for un-declared-major freshmen, the Office of Research and Development has provided a new class of small business innovation research (SBIR) funding of about NT 2Millions which works more like “Angel Fund” for business investment to select two dozens of small business of limited liability companies (L.L.C.). Only freshmen can be the presidents to organize the L.L.C., who will then hire appropriate seniors of different disciplines as his or her partners or employees, in order to accomplish their research products. Faculty serves as the CFO for accountability. Each learns different arts but works together for the success.
(2) In any top-tier research university of the 21st century, there are unwritten responsibilities lying on the shoulders of each and every one within the university to courageously confront and mitigate some of the most difficult challenges facing mankind. Indeed, challenges such as global warming, shortage of energy, hatred between people of different ethnic background and so on are all fundamentally interdisciplinary and “trans-disciplinary” in nature. These challenges require all universities to nurture multidisciplinary activities as a culture and not a novelty. N.C.K.U. cannot and must not be an exception.
(3) In today’s research activities within any university, there must be high percentage of research activities which take “usefulness” into account. To this end, a great university must promote a strong and robust relation between industries (regionally, nationally and globally) and academia. N.C.K.U. cannot and must not be an exception. Within N.C.K.U., organizations such as Office of Research and Development, Research and Services Headquarters, and N.C.K.U. Research Foundation Corporation are all working seamlessly well to promote this aspect with vigor, and with success.
(4) Globalization for a 21st century university must not be a cliché, but an inherent culture. In this regard, the Office of International Affairs, which was established in February 2007, has already integrated viable facilities and greatly strengthened international academic cooperation and interactions.
(5) In the field of Student Affairs and Counseling Programs, ethical training/education as well as encouraging social participation were added to the current services provided to students. It is expected that this will cultivate future social elites with humanistic attitude, technological insights, charisma and social caring.
(6) N.C.K.U. is now undergoing a significant campus-wide infrastructure face lifting. With new constructions abound, it is expected that when completed, the campus will have unsurpassed facilities for teaching, research and extension services. We are pleased to say that all this is in accordance with our “Mid- and Long-Term Strategic Planning.”
(7) To endow students with artistic and humanistic souls, N.C.K.U. has established the first university museum in Taiwan and has signed a cooperative memorandum with Tainan National University of the Arts. N.C.K.U. is also the regular venue for exhibitions and performances to help deepening liberal arts culture within the campus. Toward this end, President Lai, who himself is an accomplished violinist, has taken the lead by performing the violin on various occasions on the campus to raise the awareness of art and music by the students and faculty.
(8) In the future, the financial structure of the university will be managed with a business-like attitude. To this end, an Office of Financial Affairs is established for financial planning, management and operation. A nationwide search for the first contracted Senior Vice President and the founding of the Office of University Development and Planning is now underway. It is expected that this office will assume the responsibility of exploring additional resources from alumni and societal philanthropists. This office also is expected to increase the investment income of the university foundation.

Main claims to international academic or non-academic excellence

Established in 1931, NCKU is a research-oriented comprehensive university with a teaching hospital and medical center. Cooperating with the Academia Sinica, Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan, National Applied Research Laboratories, Small and Medium Enterprise Incubation Centers in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and other national and international academic institutions, NCKU has been the major research base in South Taiwan. NCKU has occupied an unshakable and irreplaceable position in both Tainan Science-Based Industrial Park and Kaohsiung Science-Based Industrial Park, playing a similar role that played by Stanford University or the University of California - Berkeley to Silicon Valley.
NCKU’s efforts in promoting teaching quality have been widely recognized and reflected in the surveys conducted by nationally-known magazines, such as Common Wealth, Global View, Cheers. For the past 12 consecutive years, NCKU has topped the list in the category of “Enterprises’ Choices of University Graduates”. NCKU’s research performance has been out-standing as well: the number of patent registrations and projects of the National Science Council (NSC) and Academic Cooperation has topped all universities in Taiwan, and the number of papers published in international journals and nationally sponsored research funds are in the second place. The following table shows NCKU’s research accomplishments in the past three years in terms of paper publication, research projects, patents and technology transfers.

Range of Fees

$USD830-$USD1300

Basic TOEFL/IELTS requirements

Department of Medicine & Department of Foreign Languages and Literature：TOEFL IBT 79 or above / TOEFL CBT 213 or above / IELTS 6.0 or above
Other Departments：TOEFL IBT 69 or above / TOEFL CBT 193 or above / IELTS 5.0 or above

Accommodation

NCKU owns 9 building of undergraduate student dormitories to accommodate 5,083 students at this moment. Its lodging fee is between USD$147 to USD$303 per semester.
Our dormitories are situated at three campuses individually, including Sheng-Li, Kuang-Fung, and Ching-Yeh, denominated according to the campuses they sited on.
For the operation in coordination with the autonomous student self-discipline, Dormitory Management Regulation is endowed by an Autonomy Committee at each dormitory and under the supervision of concerning staff, the committee meeting is held once a month. The Resident Counselors and Dorm Managers act as go-betweens to provide assistance solving the problems for boarders. For the purpose of promoting the humanism, interaction, affection flowing, culture-diversity observing, among dormitory residents, we have planned a series of activities for the residents. We believe that the continuous reconstructing and renewing of the dormitory will cultivate good manners of living.

Accommodation Range

USD$147-USD$303

Finance and Scholarships

In order to help students from low-income or poverty families, aside from public funds and grants, whom are in need of financial subsidy also can apply the scholarships.
Restricted solely to the students from the families of the deceased soldiers, government employees or the staff of public schools, exemption from tuition and miscellaneous fees is provided to those who meet such qualifications.
Grants from the Ministry of Education: USD$99.86 per person per month. The total budget is USD$424,914.75 annually. Over 420 scholarships are offered by consortia, government organizations, cultural and educational foundations, religious groups, and private individuals.
The scholarship prize volumes are between USD$65.7 to USD$328.5.

Entry Requirements

International Students：Apply
Domestic Students：Exam

Language Support

Each department of NCKU owns a two-version website, which includes Chinese and English. In order to offer foreign users more detail information about NCKU, the Computer and Network Center held a website designing contest to make these sites become more useful. Besides, to provide students with various English learning opportunities and to enhance the acquisition of knowledge and skills necessary for academic studies and English proficiency tests, English Learning Passport is thus improvised to document student participation of events and activities held by NCKU English Eagle Project, including talks, contexts and autonomous learning. NCKU English Eagle Project also provides an e-paper platform so that teachers and students can share the latest information such as the process and achievements of the project through the newsletters. For international students who come to study in Taiwan for the first time, the Office of International Affairs has designed a guidebook which offers aplenty information for them to quickly become familiar with the environment in Tainan, Taiwan.
To accelerate the process of internationalization, lecturing and teaching in English are greatly promoted. Over 200 courses are taught in English this year. Moreover, the Office of Academic Affairs is going to hold an overall rating of teaching effects as a reference in the future.

Non-English Language Requirements

It will be very helpful with a bit language ability of Chinese.

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