The Longest History
1896 Founded to be one of the two oldest Chinese universities established according to the Western education system.
The First Colleges and Departments
1897 The first to establish a teacher training system — a complete new education system from the primary to university levels
1907 The first in China to establish a program of instruction in electrical engineering
1918 The first to establish a higher education system combining engineering and management
1926 Established China’s first graduate school: Institute of Industry, Nanyang University
1958 Established ROC’s first Institute of Electronics
1964 Established ROC’s first Department of Electro-physics
1965 Established ROC’s first Department of Automatic Control
1966 Established ROC’s first Department of Communication Engineering
1979 The first to establish an Institute of Computer (Information) Engineering
1980 The first to establish an Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering
1991 The first to establish an Institute of Management Technology
1994 Established ROC’s first College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
1999 Established ROC’s first Department of Biological Science and Technology
2000 Established ROC’s first Institute of Technology Law
Other Firsts
1970 Educated the first Ph. D. in engineering in Taiwan: Dr. Chun-Yen Chang
1984 Established the first national research center — Microelectronics and Information Systems Research Center
