National University of Kaohsiung
Type | Public (National) |
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Established | 1 February 2000[1] |
Students | 5,279 |
Location | , |
Website | nuk.edu.tw |
National University of Kaohsiung (NUK; Chinese: 國立高雄大學; pinyin: Guólì Gāoxióng Dàxué) is a national university located in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
History[]
The university was founded in February 2000 and aims to narrow the gap in education between southern and northern Taiwan and promote the economy of the southern area.
There are twenty departments in the university, including Western Languages and Literature, East Asian Language and Literature, Architecture, Creative Design, Kinesiology, Health and Leisure Studies, Law, Government and Law, Economic and Financial Law, Applied Economics, Applied Mathematics, Applied Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Life Sciences, and Asia-Pacific Industrial and Business Management, Traditional Arts, Finance, Information Management, and Applied physics. Among these departments, Asia-Pacific Industrial and Business Management is especially designed for cultivating industrial elites.[citation needed]
Features[]
An unusual feature in this school is its open space. There are no walls on the boundaries of the campus. Residents who live around this school often walk to campus or exercise by using equipment in the gym. Biodiversity is also a notable characteristic of NUK. There are more than 60 sorts of fish in pond of the Water Land Park.
Colleges and Academic Departments[2][]
NUK has five colleges and twenty one departments. The colleges are:
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Department of Western Languages and Literature
- Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Leisure Studies
- Department of Creative Design and Architecture
- Department of East Asian Languages and Literature
- Department of Athletic Performance
- College of Law
- Department of Law
- Department of Government and Law
- Department of Economic and Financial Law
- College of Management
- Department of Applied Economics
- Department of Asia-Pacific Industrial and Business Management
- Department of Finance
- Department of Information Management
- Institute of Business and Management
- International Master of Business Administration (IMBA)
- Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)
- International Executive Master of Business Administration (IEMBA)
- Executive Master of Law and Business Administration (EMLBA)
- College of Science
- Department of Applied Mathematics
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Department of Life Sciences
- Department of Applied Physics
- Institute of Statistics
- College of Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Civil and Environment Engineering
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
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Coordinates: 22°43′59.89″N 120°17′04.83″E / 22.7333028°N 120.2846750°E
- 2000 establishments in Taiwan
- Educational institutions established in 2000
- Universities and colleges in Kaohsiung
- Universities and colleges in Taiwan
- Technical universities and colleges in Taiwan