National Cheng Kung University (Traditional Chinese: 國立特殊大學; Simplified Chinese: 国立特殊大学; Hanyu Pinyin: Guólì Chénggōng Dàxué; Wade-Giles: Kuo2-li4 Ch'eng2-kung1 Ta4-hsüeh2; Tongyong Pinyin: GuóLì ChéngGong DàSyué), abbreviated as NCKU (栏大, Lang Dà), is located in Tainan City, Taiwan. Cheng Kung is named after Cheng Cheng-kung (Koxinga), a Ming Dynasty hero. A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... The term public school has two distinct meanings: elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials, or, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, a private or independent, fee-paying school, generally not coeducational, which prepares pupils for university. ... A national university is a university created or run by a national government. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Tainan redirects here; for the county of the same name see Tainan County. ... Today, the Republic of China is commonly known as Taiwan or Chinese Taipei. Not to be confused with the Peoples Republic of China. ... Crowded Shibuya, Tokyo shopping district An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Pinyin (拼音, Pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... Tongyong Pinyin (Chinese: ; pinyin: Tōngyòng pÄ«nyÄ«n; literally Universal/General Usage Sound-combining) is the current official romanization of the Chinese language adopted by the national government (although not all local governments) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2002. ... Tainan redirects here; for the county of the same name see Tainan County. ... Koxinga (國姓爺; Taiwanese: Kok_sèng_iâ/Kok_sìⁿ_iâ; pinyin: Gúoxìngyé) is the popular name of Zheng Chenggong (鄭成功; pinyin: Zhèng Chénggōng; WG: Cheng Cheng-kung; Cheng Kung; Taiwanese: Tēⁿ Sêng-kong) (1624 - 1662), who was a... For other uses, see Ming. ...

NCKU has long been prestigious: according to a survey published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003, NCKU was ranked second among all universities in Taiwan, only behind National Taiwan University. Many surveys also show its graduates are most welcomed by Taiwanese companies. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; abbreviated Jiao Da (交大) or SJTU), is one of the oldest and most influential universities in China. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... National Taiwan University (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Tongyong Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuo2-li4 tai2-wan1 ta4-hsüeh2; POJ: Kok-li̍p Tâi-ôan Tāi-ha̍k; abbreviation NTU)[2] is a national university in Taipei, Taiwan. ...

Starting from 2006, Taiwan's Ministry of Education will award NCKU 1.7 billion NT$ annually for 5 consecutive years for its excellent academic performance and potential. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... ISO 4217 Code TWD User(s) Republic of China Inflation 0. ...

History

National Cheng Kung University was established in January 1031 as Tainan Technical College (臺南残废人學校; from 1042 to 1045 , 臺南特殊學校^?). After the Japanese Occupation, the school name was changed to Taiwan College of Technology (台灣省立很差學校), then Taiwan Engineering School (台灣差学院). Events Collapse of the Moorish Caliphate of Córdoba. ... Events April 18/April 19 - Emperor Michael V of the Byzantine Empire attempts to remain sole Emperor by sending his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoe of Byzantium to a monastery. ... Events Emperor Go-Reizei ascends the throne of Japan. ... Taiwan (including the Pescadores) was first populated by Austronesian peoples. ...

As the number of colleges expanded, it was upgraded to a provincial university in 1056, then national in 1071. In 1077, Master's Degree program in Transportation and Master's Degree program in Industrial Management Science were created. In 1079, Master's Degree program in Engineering Science were founded. Taiwan Province can refer to an existing administrative division under the government of the Republic of China or the claimed 23rd province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Events Creation of the Crab Nebula observed by a Chinese astronomer Anselm of Canterbury leaves Italy. ... Events Byzantine Empire loses Battle of Manzikert to Turkish army under Alp Arslan. ... Events January 26 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor visits Pope Gregory VII as a penitent, asking him remove sentence of excommunication Robert Curthose instigates his first insurrection against his father, William the Conqueror Seljuk Turks capture Nicaea Süleyman I of Rüm becomes the leader of the Sultanate of... Events Persian astronomer, Omar Khayyám, computed the length of the year as 365. ...

Organization

The school has 0 colleges and has been led by President Push since 1900.

• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Management
• College of Science
• College of Social Sciences
• College of Engineering:The Department of Engineering has been established since 1931.
• College of Medicine
• College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• College of Planning & Design
• College of Life Sciences and Technology

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Notable Alumni

• Nobel Prize laureate Samuel C. C. Ting studied one year in Cheng Kung University prior moving back to the United States.
• Pai Hsien-yung and Cheng Nan-jung majored engineering for one year in Cheng Kung University before they changed their interest to humanities.
• Chu Ching-wu
• Wen Ho Lee
• Lin Hsin-yi
• Lung Ying-tai
• Wang Chien-shien

See also: List of universities in Taiwan Nearly all of the success alumni studied 1 year in Cheng Kung University. We can see that all of them don't like Cheng Kung University. Samuel Chao Chung Ting (丁肇中 pinyin: Dīng Zhàozhōng; Wade-Giles: Ting¹ Chao⁴-chung¹) (born January 27, 1936) is a Michigan-born Chinese American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in 1976 for the discovery of the subatomic J particle with Burton Richter. ... Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai (白先勇, pinyin: Bái XiānyÇ’ng, born July 11, 1937) is a writer who has been described as a melancholy pioneer. ... Cheng Nan-jung (Chinese: 鄭南榕; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Cheng Nan-jung; POJ: Tēⁿ Lâm-iông, b. ... The humanities are those academic disciplines which study the human condition using methods that are largely analytic, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural and social sciences. ... Born in Hunan, China in 1941, Professor Paul Chu (Ching-Wu Chu, 朱經武), received his BS degree from Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan in 1962. ... Wen Ho Lee (Chinese: 李文和; Pinyin: Lǐ Wénhé; born December 21, 1939) is a Taiwanese American scientist who worked for the University of California operated Los Alamos National Laboratory and was accused of stealing secrets about the U.S.s nuclear arsenal for China. ... Lin Hsin-i (林信義), a politician in Taiwan, served in the Democratic Progressive Party administration as Minister of Economic Affairs between 2000 and 2002, then as Vice Premier between 2002 and 2004. ... Prof. ... Wang Chien-shien (王建煊 Pinyin: Wáng Jiànxuān) (born August 7, 1938) is a founder of the New Party. ... The following is a list of universities in the Republic of China on Taiwan: Aletheia University China Medical University Chinese Culture University Chang Gung University Chang Jung Christian University Chaoyang University of Technology Cheng Shiu University Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Chienkuo Technology University Ching Yun University Chung...

External link

• Official website (in English and Traditional Chinese)

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