About

One of Taiwan’s top fourth leading universities, National Central University (NCU) is Taiwan´s leading school and has been one of the major research-oriented universities since 2001. It is a first-rate university with solid international qualifications. It has gained an international reputation for research and academic excellence. According to the latest 2020-2021 Best Global Universities Rankings announced by the U.S. News & World Report, NCU ranked fourth place among the universities in Taiwan. Notably, in terms of the indicator “international collaboration,” it is the sixth year in succession that NCU has stayed the top one among universities in Taiwan.

NCU is located in Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan and it has become a home to more than 12,000 students. Currently, NCU has 8 colleges, 26 departments, 19 graduate institutes, 6 university-level research centers, and one united research center, the Office of Teaching Centers (OTC), and the affiliated Zhongli Senior High School. 

Our programs cover a wide breadth of academic fields across science, engineering, information technology, health science and technology, earth science, remote sensing, management, and the humanities. Besides the degree program, our Language Center also provides semi-intensive Chinese courses quarterly. NCU is truly a comprehensive university of rich scientific and humanistic facilities.