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Due to the country’s rapid development of industries, former Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr. Li Guo-Ding, called upon private and state-own corporations to join in the funding of a higher education institution in the Hsin-Chu and Miao-Li areas in June 1969, with the objective of developing a middle-level technical workforce. A site was chosen in the Miao-Li region, where there was a shortage of higher education institutions at the time. The Board of Directors was set up, and Mr. Jin Kai-Ying was invited to take the position of the Chairman of the Board.
After the site was chosen, Minister Sun Yun-Xuan delegated the construction work to the Committee of National Corporations. The College was completed under the supervision and management of Mr. Zhang Guang-Shi and Xu Li-De. The first college president, Mr. Chen Wei-Zhong, was called upon to assist in setting up the college. The school, then a two-year private junior college, started its first semester in September 1972. This college was the only higher education institution in the Miao-Li region at the time. “Click to Know More Information“

The central goals of the University, in accordance with the University Law, are to facilitate academic research, empower the students for the future, promote culture, carry out social responsibilities and expedite national development. With “Honesty, Respect, Diligence and Creativity” as its motto, the University is to educate the students to become not only responsible and responsive but also creative and devoted professionals who are capable of demonstrating good leadership and management skills.

The planning of National United University was grounded on its previous solid foundation. The ultimate goal of the University, aligned with the need for local and national development, is to establish a higher educational institution with global perspectives. Knowledge, Information Science and Management of Technology (KIM) have remained three objectives for the development of the University, and the world-wide renowned universities its models. To advance toward an internationalized education and research institution, NUU will extensively invite internationally recognized scholars to the campus and encourage its faculty and students to conduct academic study abroad. It is also anticipated that the University will become one that values knowledge enrichment and inspiration, character cultivation (refinement), creativity and innovation. Based on the addressed philosophy, the planned objectives and directions of development are Establishment of a fundamental framework for the administration of an internationalized institution. Gateway to the internationalized knowledge and perspectives. Enhancement and breakthrough of academic research.

The university hopes to cooperate substantially with oversea universities and research centers in every way for the mutual benefits to be derived from improving Academic Research. Two methods are currently being undertaken by the university to improve academic research. Firstly, cooperate with those universities that are already in mutual relationship with our university, by means of such ways as professor-to-professor or faculty-to-faculty cooperation on Academic Research. Secondly, establish global learning systems based on the utilization of the abundance of teaching and research resources. The university is striving to establish an international campus so as to increase international academic exchange and cooperation.