National Cheng Kung University

Tainan, Taiwan

Japan

國立成功大學National Cheng Kung University

(NCKU)

台北 Taipei

高雄 Kaohsiung

台中 Taichung

Where is NCKU?

Brief History

1931 – Tainan Technical College

1946 – Taiwan Provincial College of Engineering

1956 – Taiwan Provincial Cheng Kung University

1971 – Renamed as “National Cheng Kung University”

About NCKU

Colleges

Liberal

Arts

Management

Medicine

National Cheng Kung University

(9colleges)

40 departments51 graduate institutes

Sciences

Engineering

Electrical Engineering &

Computer Science

Planning & Design

Bioscience& Biotechnology

Social Sciences

NCKU - Profile

Students: 21,889

(11,056 undergraduates; 7,417 Masters; 3,416 Doctoral)

Faculty: 1278 Staff: 3806

(1,531 University employees, 2,275 University Hospital employees)

Campus: 183 hectares

Ranking

ARWU – Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Top Universities in the world: Rank 305-402 Top Universities in Asia: Rank 43-64

HEEACT – Higher Education Evaluation &

Accreditation Council of Taiwan 2009 Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers

(Essential Science Indicators) for World ersities : Rank 195

• Engineering: 18th globally ranked • Material Science: 26th globally ranked

Taiwan's Ministry of Education subsidized NCKU with 1.7 billion NT dollars for its excellent academic performance and potential for the past 3 years.

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Internationalization

Items 2005 2006 2007 2008 *2009 *2010

Number of international students 134 272 211 470 600 700

Number of Exchange Students - 97 115 158 179 180

Number of visiting scholars 107 644 274 856 850 900

Number of internationally – cooperated projects 17 44 65 45 60 70

* Target value

國立成功大學NCKU

國立成功大學NCKU

College of EngineeringNational Cheng Kung University

History

The largest College of Engineering in Taiwan

Founded in 1931

More than 60 thousand alumni

Best Engineering University

Engineering Colleges

National Cheng Kung University

Engineering1931

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

2003

Planning & Design2003

College of Engineering

11 departments & 4 graduate institutes Mechanical Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Chemical Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Materials Science & Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Civil Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Engineering Science (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Systems & Naval Mechatronic Engineering (B.S.,

M.S., Ph.D.) Aeronautics & Astronautics (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Resources Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Hydraulic & Ocean Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Environmental Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Geomatics (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Biomedical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.) Nanotechnology and Microsystems Engineering

(M.S.) Civil Aviation (M.S.) Ocean Technology and Marine Affairs (M.S., Ph.D.)

College of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

3 departments & 4 graduate institutes

Electrical Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)

Computer Science & Information Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)

Electro-optical Engineering (B.S.)

Microelectronics (M.S.)

Manufacturing Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)

Computer and Communication (M.S.)

Medical Informatics (M.S.)

College of Planning and Design

3 departments & 1 graduate institute

Architecture (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)

Industrial Design (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)

Urban Planning (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)

Creative Industry Design (M.S.)

Faculty Members

Year Items 2007 2008

Professors 194 191

Associate Professors

71 69

Assistant Professors

35 46

Instructors 6 6

Total 306 312

Students Enrollment

Year

Items200

7

200

8

Undergraduates 3719

3576

Graduate Students M.S. 182

51836

Ph.D. 1190

1149

ContinuingEducation

on–job students (M.S.) 384 373

night school students (B.S.)

90 62

Total 7218

6996

College of EE/CS

Year

Items200

8

Undergraduates 950

Graduate Students M.S. 907

Ph.D. 462

Continuing Education (M.S.) 91

Total 2410

Faculty: 106

College of Planning & Design

Year

Items200

8

Undergraduates 651

Graduate Students M.S. 433

Ph.D. 239

Total 1323

Faculty: 53

Three Engineering Colleges

Faculty: 471 out of 1278

Students: 10729 out of 21889

University Research Centers

Center for Micro/Nano Science & Technology

Energy CenterBiotechnology Center

Ranking of NCKU Engineering

NCKU ranked #19 Worldwide in Elsevier Alternative Energy Research Leadership Study.

16th in engineering & 26th in material science in journal papers in the world. (Evaluation Bimonthly, Vol 19, 2009/5, HEEACT Ranking)

Ranked the 30th engineering school among world universities by performance ranking of scientific papers. (HEEACT Ranking 2009)

49th among 824 world universities (University Ranking 2007, Research Center for China Science Evaluation, Wuhan University 武漢大學中國科學評價研究中心 2007)

Best Engineering University

1st rank in industry-academia cooperation and the most significant contribution to the development of Taiwan industry in Taiwan.

1st in Taiwan in published journal papers in fields of Engineering & Material Science. (Evaluation Bimonthly 2007/1 & 2009/5)

1st in mechanical engineering and material science in Taiwan. 2nd in chemical engineering & civil engineering. (Evaluation Bimonthly 2007/09)

Financial Resources

Ministry of EducationNational Science Council (NSC)Defense Technology FoundationAtomic Energy CouncilNational LaboratoriesPublic EnterprisesPrivate EnterprisesOthers ＊ The total amount is NTD 949.7 million from NSC (482 projects) & Industry- Academic cooperation (273 projects) in 2007.

Research Resources

South Taiwan Science Park Tainan Science Park (Chimei, TSMC, Delta) Kaohsiung Science Park

Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) –Tainan

Metal Industries Research and Development Center

Emerging Research

Energy National Energy Project (US$165M, 2009-) Deputy Director: Professor Wen-Teng Wu, Dean of

Engineering (biological energy of green algae)

Bioengineering Southern Taiwan Biomedical Device Industry Cluster

Development Project (US$55M, 2009-1012, 4yrs)

MaterialsTransportationWater Resource

Academia-Industry Cooperation

International Collaboration

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (with MIT & Swiss Institute of Technology)

Molecular Imprinting Micro Sensing Chip (with Case Western Reserve University)

The Characteristics of Non-Linear Wave Transformation on Sloping Bottom (Cornell University & National University of Singapore)

Polymer Based Field Effect Transistor (with American Air Force)

Graduate Dual-Degree 1+1 Master’s Program Agreement (between SIUC & NCKU)

Potential Collaboration

Russia-Taiwan Research Cooperation- Russian Foundation for Basic Research & National Science Council, Taiwan Research Project Joint conference

Faculty Exchange Future Engineering Education Engineering Accreditation

Student Exchange Project Oriented Industrial Summer Training

• Ministry of Economic Affairs: Alliance of Researchers and Scholars for Traditional Middle/Small Business Project

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