National Cheng Kung University
國立成功大學 | |||||||||||||||||
Seal of NCKU | |||||||||||||||||
| Motto | 窮理致知 | ||||||||||||||||
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Motto in English | Pursuit of truth through exhaustive reasoning | ||||||||||||||||
| Type | Public research university | ||||||||||||||||
| Established | 1931 | ||||||||||||||||
| Endowment | 641 million (2013) | ||||||||||||||||
| President | Shen Meng-ru | ||||||||||||||||
Academic staff | 2,175 | ||||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 12,010 | ||||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 10,815 | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | , | ||||||||||||||||
| Campus | Main campus in urban Tainan and satellite campuses in rural Tainan areas. | ||||||||||||||||
| Colors | Red Grey White | ||||||||||||||||
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| Website | English, Chinese | ||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 国立成功大学 | ||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 國立成功大學 | ||||||||||||||||
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National Cheng Kung University (NCKU; Chinese: 國立成功大學) is a public research university located in the East District of Tainan, Taiwan. Founded in 1931 during Japanese rule as an engineering college, the university is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Taiwan.
NCKU enrolls approximately 12,000 undergraduates and 10,000 postgraduate students, primarily in engineering, science, medicine, and design programs. The university is a founding member of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System, a strategic alliance of four leading research universities in the Southern Taiwan. The university is also a member of AACSB and IEET, and the only member from Taiwan in the Worldwide Universities Network. Its main campus in Tainan houses the National Cheng Kung University Hospital and the National Cheng Kung University Museum.
In 2005, NCKU was chosen by the Ministry of Education (Taiwan) as one of the seven universities in Taiwan for the Aim for the Top University Project (邁向頂尖大學計畫), which is similar to Top Global University Project in Japan and Universities of Excellence in Germany. Starting from 2006, because of its academic performance and research potential, the Ministry of Education (Taiwan) has offered NCKU NT$1.7 billion annually for five consecutive years, which is the second highest amount received among the universities in the project.