National Chiayi University

National Chiayi University was formed in February 2000 by merging two existing colleges in Chiayi, National Chiayi Institute of Technology (NCIT) and National Chiayi Teachers College(NCTC). National Chiayi Institute of Technology was first founded in April, 1919 as ´´Chiayi Agriculture and Forestry Public School´´ and the National Chiayi Teachers College was formed in 1957.

The University now has six colleges, which include seven doctoral programs, 42 full-time master’s degree programs, twelve part-time master’s degree programs, and 38 undergraduate programs. National Chiayi University is one of the top comprehensive universities in Taiwan, covering a wide range of domains, such as Life Science, Agriculture, Management, Science and Engineering, Humanities and Arts, and Education.

• The aim of Taiwanese Culture Department of National Chiayi University is to deeply explore Taiwanese culture and to integrate Taiwanese history, geography, language, art and music into Taiwanese culture researches.
• The main purposes of our department are to integrate the resources from our department and to investigate some fields related to Taiwanese history, geography, language, art and music, especially in promoting the researches in Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan region. Besides, our department is responsible for holding conferences and international symposium regularly in order to provide more opportunities for researchers to exchange their research experiences. 

Our mission is to open up new perspectives,explore new modes of thinking and apply new methodologies so as to select individuals of outstanding talent for thenation's public services and professions, and in so doing, play a driving role inadvancig Taiwan's competitive profile.