National Cheng Kung University: Statistics

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#370 of 14,131 In the World
#49 of 5,830 In Asia
#2 of 144 In Taiwan
#1 of 14 In Tainan
#23 of 1,014 For Product and Industrial Design
Top100 For 26 other topics
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Quick Review

Enrollment
20,292
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree
Doctorate
Website
ncku.edu.tw
Languages
Chinese;English
Acceptance rate
36%*

* National Cheng Kung University is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.

We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Admissions RequirementsApplicants must be graduates or under-graduates of accredited universities or college or senior high school graduates
Academic CalendarSeptember to June (September - January; February-June)
Enrollment20,292

Research profile

National Cheng Kung University is a world-class research university with 61,718 scientific papers published and 1,417,031 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Medicine, Biology, Computer Science, and Environmental Science.

Publications
61,718
Citations
1,417,031

National Cheng Kung University majors

by publication & citation count

Engineering
27,125 / 525,917
Chemistry
19,363 / 439,268
Physics
18,571 / 353,975
Materials Science
15,463 / 296,369
Medicine
11,743 / 335,014
Biology
9,313 / 363,231
Computer Science
7,667 / 160,892
Environmental Science
3,705 / 93,991
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
2,659 / 44,326
Business
2,385 / 81,281
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
2,344 / 61,056
Chemical Engineering
2,305 / 63,955
Optical Engineering
2,289 / 36,422
Automation and Control engineering
2,154 / 41,354
Mathematics
2,149 / 49,473
Oncology and Cancer research
1,955 / 72,075
Psychology
1,901 / 54,167
Nanotechnology
1,827 / 56,610
Electronic Engineering
1,824 / 33,064
Surgery
1,453 / 37,916
Metallurgical Engineering
1,359 / 27,102
Computer Networking
1,336 / 21,761
Inorganic Chemistry
1,326 / 50,023
Electrical Engineering
1,297 / 19,903
Demography
1,237 / 41,250
Geology
1,157 / 26,301
Computer Vision
1,140 / 16,433
Condensed Matter Physics
1,097 / 15,574
Art & Design
1,035 / 14,866
Immunology
968 / 49,026
Molecular Biology
860 / 30,974
Pathology
859 / 32,388
Structural Engineering
851 / 15,162
Biochemistry
816 / 33,064
Economics
807 / 16,890
Physical Therapy
767 / 18,760
Blockchain and Cryptography
700 / 10,549
Pharmacology
668 / 22,064
Microbiology
649 / 27,851
Computational Linguistics
638 / 9,996

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 467 912
1992 546 1102
1993 665 1515
1994 705 2010
1995 773 2680
1996 879 3036
1997 990 3941
1998 989 4929
1999 1132 6280
2000 1174 8042
2001 1311 10135
2002 1579 12954
2003 1572 16503
2004 1793 20421
2005 2162 25109
2006 2635 32517
2007 3074 39096
2008 3431 47691
2009 3706 57258
2010 3692 65648
2011 4018 80087
2012 3914 89572
2013 4076 102932
2014 3862 112531
2015 3683 114952
2016 3394 113957
2017 3328 117625
2018 3049 113143
2019 3153 127195
2020 3454 148275
2021 3606 173574
Academic rankings

Tuition

The tuition table for National Cheng Kung University gives an overview of costs but prices are approximate and subject to change and don't include accommodation, textbooks, or living expenses. The costs of programs might differ significantly for local and international students. The only source of truth for current numbers is the university's official website.

Program Tuition Cost (NTD)
Undergraduate 40,000-50,000 per semester
Master's 40,000-50,000 per semester
PhD 40,000-50,000 per semester
International Bachelor's 60,000-70,000 per semester
International Master's 60,000-70,000 per semester
International PhD 60,000-70,000 per semester

All costs are in New Taiwan Dollar (NTD).

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by National Cheng Kung University.

Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.

Programs Bachelor Master Doctoral
Art & Design Yes Yes Yes
Biology Yes Yes Yes
Business Yes Yes Yes
Chemistry Yes Yes Yes
Computer Science Yes Yes Yes
Economics Yes Yes Yes
Engineering Yes Yes Yes
Environmental Science Yes Yes Yes
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Yes Yes Yes
Mathematics Yes Yes Yes
Medicine Yes Yes Yes
Physics Yes Yes Yes
Psychology Yes Yes Yes
Bachelor's Degree Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, Biological and Life Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Business Administration, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Environmental Engineering, History, Industrial Design, Information Technology, Laboratory Techniques, Literature, Marine Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Technology, Medicine, Modern Languages, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physics, Town Planning, Transport and Communications
Master's Degree Accountancy, Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, Air Transport, Anatomy, Architecture, Astronomy and Space Science, Astrophysics, Banking, Behavioural Sciences, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Botany, Business Administration, Cell Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Chinese, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Dentistry, Design, Earth Sciences, Economics, Education, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Engineering, English, Environmental Engineering, Finance, Fine Arts, Gerontology, Health Sciences, History, Hydraulic Engineering, Immunology, Industrial Design, Industrial Management, Information Management, Information Technology, International Business, Laboratory Techniques, Law, Leisure Studies, Literature, Management, Marine Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, Microbiology, Microelectronics, Molecular Biology, Nanotechnology, Natural Resources, Nursing, Occupational Health, Occupational Therapy, Optics, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Physical Education, Physical Therapy, Physics, Physiology, Political Sciences, Psychology, Public Health, Statistics, Surveying and Mapping, Telecommunications Engineering, Telecommunications Services, Town Planning, Transport Management
Doctorate Accountancy, Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Architecture, Astronomy and Space Science, Astrophysics, Banking, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Business Administration, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Chinese, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Design, Earth Sciences, Education, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, Environmental Engineering, Finance, Health Sciences, History, Hydraulic Engineering, Industrial Design, Industrial Management, Information Management, Information Technology, International Business, Law, Literature, Management, Marine Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, Microelectronics, Nanotechnology, Natural Resources, Occupational Health, Optical Technology, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Physics, Political Sciences, Public Health, Statistics, Surveying and Mapping, Telecommunications Engineering, Town Planning, Transport and Communications

National Cheng Kung University alumni

  1. Lai Ching-te

    Lai Ching-te
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1959-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politicianphysician
    Biography

    Lai Ching-te is a Taiwanese politician who has been the Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2020. He served as a legislator in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2010, and as Mayor of Tainan from 2010 to 2017, prior to taking office as premier of the Republic of China.

  2. Cheng Nan-jung

    Cheng Nan-jung
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1947-1989 (aged 42)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Cheng Nan-jung was a Taiwanese publisher and pro-democracy activist. He was the founder of the Freedom Era Weekly. He is most known internationally for setting himself on fire in support of freedom of speech.

  3. Pai Hsien-yung

    Pai Hsien-yung
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1937-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai is a Chinese writer from Taiwan who has been described as a "melancholy pioneer". He was born in Guilin, Guangxi at the cusp of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Pai's father was the Kuomintang (KMT) general Bai Chongxi (Pai Chung-hsi), whom he later described as a "stern, Confucian father" with "some soft spots in his heart." Pai was diagnosed with tuberculosis at the age of seven, during which time he would have to live in a separate house from his siblings (of which he would have a total of nine). He lived with his family in Chongqing, Shanghai, and Nanjing before moving to the British-controlled Hong Kong in 1948 as CPC forces turned the tide of the Chinese Civil War. In 1952, Pai and his family resettled in Taiwan, where the KMT had relocated the Republic of China after defeat by the Communists in 1949.

  4. Lung Ying-tai

    Lung Ying-tai
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1952-.. (age 71)
    Enrolled in National Cheng Kung University
    1970-1974 graduated with bachelor's degree
    Occupations
    writeruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Lung Ying-tai is a Taiwanese essayist and cultural critic. She occasionally writes under the pen name 'Hu Meili' (simplified Chinese: 胡美丽; traditional Chinese: 胡美麗; pinyin: Hú Měilì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô͘ Bí-lê). Lung's poignant and critical essays contributed to the democratization of Taiwan and as the only Taiwanese writer with a column in major mainland Chinese newspapers, she is a writer in Mainland China. Described as a "public intellectual of the Chinese-speaking world", she spent 20 years based outside Taiwan in the US and Germany where became widely known for her criticism of the Kuomintang's martial law regime. She has since become a critic of Mainland China's increasing restrictions on press freedom and civil liberties. She has written more than 30 books.

All 42 notable alumni

National Cheng Kung University faculties and divisions

College : Bioscience and Biotechnology Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biotechnology, Botany, Computer Science, Tropical Agriculture
College : Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Artificial Intelligence, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Microelectronics, Telecommunications Engineering
College : Engineering Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, Air Transport, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Energy Engineering, Engineering, Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering, Geography, Hydraulic Engineering, Marine Engineering, Marine Science and Oceanography, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Surveying and Mapping
College : Liberal Arts Arts and Humanities, Chinese, English, Fine Arts, History, Literature, Modern Languages, Native Language
College : Management Accountancy, Banking, Business Administration, Finance, Health Sciences, Industrial Management, Information Management, International Business, Management, Parks and Recreation, Physical Education, Statistics, Telecommunications Services, Transport and Communications, Transport Management
College : Medicine Anaesthesiology, Anatomy, Behavioural Sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Dentistry, Dermatology, Forensic Medicine and Dentistry, Gerontology, Health Sciences, Immunology, Laboratory Techniques, Medical Technology, Medicine, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Occupational Health, Occupational Therapy, Ophthalmology, Oral Pathology, Orthopaedics, Otorhinolaryngology, Paediatrics, Parasitology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Public Health, Radiology, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Surgery, Urology
College : Planning and Design Architecture, Design, Industrial Design, Town Planning
College : Sciences Applied Mathematics, Astronomy and Space Science, Astrophysics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Optical Technology, Optics, Physics
College : Social Sciences Economics, Education, Law, Political Sciences, Psychology, Social Sciences

General information

Alternative names NCKU
國立成功大學
Founded 1931
Accreditation Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan - HEEACT
Motto Intellectual Development through Persistent Pursuit of Knowledge

Location and contacts

Address No.1, University Road
Tainan, 70101
Taiwan
City population 1,875,000

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