About

　　National Pingtung University (NPTU) is located in Pingtung City, which is seated in the southernmost of Taiwan. With a population of nearly 800,000, Pingtung county is a business and industrial center, and it is also one of Taiwan's major zones of agricultural production, yielding rice and other crops delighted throughout the island. 

　　NPTU is established in August 1, 2014, merging from National Pingtung University of Education (NPUE) and National Pingtung Institute of Commerce (NPIC). NPTU inherits the rich teaching and research potentials in the fields of technological and vocational education, comprehensive higher education, and normal education. NPTU commits itself to building up a university of excellence in teaching and specialization in research, which responds to the trends in modern higher education. NPTU has 6 Colleges, including College of Education, College of Science, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, College of Management, College of Computer Science and Innovative and International College. With inherited excellent capacities from NPUE and NPIC, NPTU is regarded as a great university for developing professional talents to meet the demands from industries and country.

　　In addition, the educational philosophy of NPTU strongly emphasizes on the balanced development of humanistic qualities, professional knowledge, and practical experiences for our students. To accomplish the goal, diverse leading-edge professional courses and holistic education are designed to cultivate students’ professional skills and humanistic qualities. Faculties are endowed with resources for research from government and private sectors. Meanwhile, students are encouraged to participate in the academia-industry cooperative projects and earn practical experiences before they graduate. NPTU is convinced that students will be able to develop great characters of professionalism, humanistic qualities, creativities, responsibilities, and empathy for others. NPTU integrates the diversification and confluence in preparing elite professionals who strive for excellence in their drive toward globalization.