Cheng Kung National University

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國立 成功 大學
Cheng Kung National University
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motto 窮 理 致知
"Striving for truth through comprehensive logical thinking"
founding 1931 Tainan Technical Center
1956 Provincial University
1971 National University
Sponsorship state
place Tainan , Douliu
country Republic of China (Taiwan)
President Huey-Jen Jenny Su ( 蘇慧貞 ) (2019)
Students 21,805 (2015)
5652 graduate students:
- 2416 Bachelor
- 2835 Master
- 401 PhD
Employee 2240 (2018)
including professors 358 (full-time teachers)
Website www.ncku.edu.tw
Historic buildings on the main campus
Qi Mei Building ( 奇美 樓 ) of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering on the main campus
University Hospital building on the main campus
University library
Banyan garden on the main campus

The Cheng Kung National University ( NCKU , Chinese  國立 成功 大學 , Pinyin Guólì Chénggōng Dàxué , English National Cheng Kung University ) is a university in Tainan , Taiwan . The university is named after Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga), who defeated the Dutch in the 17th century and established the Kingdom of Dongning in Taiwan. Unofficially, the university is often abbreviated to 'Chengda' ( 成大 , Chéng dà ).

history

The forerunner of the later national university was the Technical High School Tainan ( 臺南 高等 工業 學校 , Táinán Gāoděng Gōngyè Xuéxiào ) founded on January 15, 1931 at the time of the Japanese rule in Taiwan at the instigation of the Governor General of Taiwan . After the Republic of China took over Taiwan in 1945, the teaching facility was reorganized as the Technical University of Taiwan Province ( 臺灣 省立 工學院 , Táiwān Shěng Lì Gōng Xuéyuàn ) in 1946 . From 1952 the institution received financial support from the United States and entered into a long-term cooperation with Purdue University in West Lafayette ( Indiana ) in order to adapt its own training standards to an international level. In 1956 faculties of the humanities, natural sciences and economics were set up and the college was elevated to the Taiwanese Cheng Kung Provincial University ( 臺灣 省立 成功 大學 , Táiwān Shěng Lì Chénggōng Dàxué ). The new university saw itself as the leading university in southern Taiwan, analogous to the leading role played by the National Taiwan University in northern Taiwan. In 1971 the provincial university was elevated to the Cheng Kung National University ( 國立 成功 大學 , Guólì Chénggōng Dàxué ), which in addition to a higher reputation also resulted in improved financial resources . In 1983 a medical faculty was established, in 1987 a research institute for aeronautics and experimental astrophysics was added and in 1988 the newly built university clinic was opened. The Faculty of Social Sciences began teaching in 1997, followed by the Faculties of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as well as Planning and Design in 2003. As the last of the nine existing faculties today, the Faculty of Biosciences and Biotechnology was established in 2005.

Campusse and locations

The NCKU has four main campuses, three in the city of Tainan and one in Yunlin County.

  • Main campus in the north and east district of Tainan ( 校 總 區 , Xiàozǒng Qū )
  • Campus South in the Annan District of Tainan ( 南 校區 , Nán Xiàoqū )
  • Campus Guiren in the Guiren district of Tainan ( 歸仁 校區 , Guīrén Xiàoqū )
  • Campus Douliu in the city of Douliu in the Yunlin district ( 斗六 校區 , Dòuliù Xiàoqū )

organization

In October 2018 there were nine faculties ( 學院 , Xuéyuàn , English colleges ). These were divided into 43 departments and 35 independent institutes. 14 courses with 45 bachelor's degrees and 106 master's degrees (including 25 part-time master's courses) were offered. There were 59 PhD research centers.

Cooperations

In 2012, the NCKU entered into a cooperation with Sun Yat-sen National University , Chung Hsing National University and Chung Cheng National University ( Taiwan Comprehensive University System , informally the Taiwan T4 Alliance ) with the aim of creating a Standardization and bundling of research activities in southern and central Taiwan.

In 2015, of the 21,805 students in 1971 (9.0%) came from abroad.

Previous presidents

The following lists the previous presidents of the CKNU and their predecessor institutions since 1946 with terms of office.

Surname Term of office
Shih-An Wang ( 王石安 ) 1946-1952
Ta-Chun Chin ( 秦大鈞 ) 1952-1957
Cheng-Hsing Yen ( 閻振興 ) 1957-1965
Yun-Ping Lo ( 羅雲平 ) 1965-1971
Chao Nee ( 倪 超 ) 1971-1978
Wei-Noon Wang ( 王唯 農 ) 1978-1980
Han-Min Hsia ( 夏漢民 ) 1980-1988
Jer-Ru Maa ( 馬哲儒 ) 1988-1994
Jin Wu ( 吳京 ) 1994-1996
Ting-Chia Huang ( 黃 定 加 ) 1996-1996
Cheng-I Weng ( 翁 政 義 ) 1997-2000
Hung-Shan Weng ( 翁 鴻 山 ) 2000-2001
Chiang Kao ( 高強 ) 2001-2007
Ming-Chiao Lai ( 賴 明 詔 ) 2007-2011
Hwung-Hweng Hwung ( 黃 煌 煇 ) 2011-2015
Huey-Jen Su ( 蘇慧貞 ) 2015–
  1. The spelling (first name-surname) and transcription of the Chinese names follow the spelling on the university's English website (no pinyin ).

See also

Web links

Commons : National Cheng Kung University  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f 一 所 讓 城市 感動 、 國家 驕傲 的 大學 ── 國立 成功 大學 National Cheng Kung University - An Engaged Academy. (pdf) Retrieved April 28, 2019 (English, Chinese (traditional), university information brochure).
  2. ^ Office of the President. NCKU website, accessed April 28, 2019 .
  3. a b c 國立 成功 大學 校務 基本 資料 (Basic information about Cheng Kung National University). (pdf) October 2018, accessed on April 28, 2019 (Chinese (traditional)).
  4. ^ Concept of Establishment. Taiwan Comprehensive University System, TCUS, accessed April 28, 2019 .
  5. ^ Past & Present Presidents. KCKU website, accessed on April 28, 2019 .
  6. 歷任 校長 及 任期 ("Former presidents with terms of office"). NCKU website, accessed April 28, 2019 (Chinese (Taiwan)).

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