National United University

National United University was founded in 1972, reorganized, and upgraded. With a solid foundation, it has diligently cultivated many outstanding senior professionals over 48 years.

The achievements in teaching and research, along with the outstanding performance of alumni, are reflected in this year’s world university rankings. According to the latest 2019-2020 world university rankings released by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), National United University ranks in the top 9% of universities worldwide and the top 20% of universities in Taiwan, demonstrating the school’s overall excellence.

The university has six colleges: Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Management, Hakka Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Design. These include 19 departments (with 15 master’s programs), 1 Indigenous program, 1 independent graduate institute, and 1 doctoral degree program. The university has two campuses, totaling approximately 77 hectares. It is located north of the Hsinchu Science and Technology Park and south of the Taichung metropolitan area. It is approximately 10 to 15 minutes by car from the Miaoli Interchange of National Highways 1 and 3 and the Miaoli Railway Station, and approximately 15 to 20 minutes by car from the Miaoli High-Speed Rail Station. It is a great place for living and learning with convenient transportation. We look forward to your experience at National United University.

The dormitory provides

Guaranteed on-campus dormitory for four years

International Exchange and Cooperation

The university has established partnerships with more than 169 sister schools in Europe, America, and Asia. Each year, outstanding students are selected to participate in semester exchanges and overseas internships in the United States, Japan, South Korea, France, Malaysia, and other regions, increasing students’ international perspective and mobility. Senior officials arrange visits to key development partners to deepen existing cooperative relationships, such as the biennial Taiwan-Japan academic conference held in rotation with Japanese Kosen sister schools since 2017.

Teaching quality and academic prestige

1. Received the Ministry of Education’s Teaching Excellence Project for seven consecutive years. From 2013 to 2014, received subsidies from the Ministry of Education’s Third Phase Regional Teaching Resource Integration and Sharing Project. From 2015 to 2017, continued to receive subsidies from the Ministry of Education’s Second Phase Teaching Enhancement Project and the Featured University Pilot Project. From 2018 to 2022, received subsidies from the Ministry of Education’s Higher Education Sprout Project.

2. With the concerted efforts of all faculty and students, the university was ranked 29th nationally in the 2016-2017 University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP).

3. Ranked among the top 10 national universities in the higher education system in the Industry-Academia Cooperation Performance Evaluation by the Higher Education Evaluation Accreditation Council of Taiwan.

4. Listed as a new national brand-name university in Business Weekly, issue 1328.

5. National United University ranked 31st in Taiwan in the 2021-2022 CWUR World University Rankings.

6. In the 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Impact Rankings, National United University ranked 33rd in Taiwan and 601-800 worldwide.