TSU offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs in fields such as engineering, management, social sciences, and humanities.

TSU also has a number of research centers and institutes focused on areas such as sustainable energy, smart agriculture, and digital transformation.

The university was originally established as Diwan College of Management (Chinese: 致遠管理學院; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tì-oán Koán-lí Ha̍k-īⁿ) in 2000.

[2] In September 2022, the Ministry of Education ordered the university to improve their performance until May 2024 or they will risk to be closed down.

There are eighteen departments categorized as three colleges, which are: The university campus building is constructed on a land belongs to Taiwan Sugar Corporation.