國立成功大學 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() Seal of National Cheng Kung University | |||||||||||||||||
Motto | 窮理致知[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Motto in English | Pursuit of truth through exhaustive reasoning[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Type | Public research university | ||||||||||||||||
Established | 1931 | ||||||||||||||||
Endowment | 641 million (2013) | ||||||||||||||||
President | Shen Meng-ru | ||||||||||||||||
Academic staff | 1,584[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Undergraduates | 11,481 | ||||||||||||||||
Postgraduates | 9,771 | ||||||||||||||||
Location | , | ||||||||||||||||
Campus | Main campus in urban Tainan and satellite campuses in rural Tainan areas. | ||||||||||||||||
Colors | Red, Gray and White[4] | ||||||||||||||||
Affiliations | Global research & industry alliance (Gloria) of Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of China,[5] Worldwide Universities Network, Taiwan Comprehensive University System, AACSB, Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan, UAiTED | ||||||||||||||||
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, it is named in honor of Zheng Chenggong for his contributions to Taiwan.
NCKU played a role in creating the Taiwan Miracle by helping Taiwan to transform from an agriculture-based society to an industrialized economy during the 1960s and 1970s, and further becoming one of the Four Asian Tigers.[6]
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.[7]
NCKU is a founding member of 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.
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