[7] NCKU enrolls approximately 12,000 undergraduates and 10,000 postgraduate students, primarily in engineering, science, medicine, and design programs.

Starting from 2006, because of its academic performance and research potential, the Ministry of Education (Taiwan) has offered NCKU NT$1.7 billion annually for five consecutive years, which is the second highest amount received among the universities in the project.

[8] National Cheng Kung University was originally established under Japanese colonial government in January 1931 as the Tainan Technical College.

[citation needed] Former Minister for Education Wu Jin served as the first president of the new National Cheng Kung University.

[11] Natural ventilation, limited power usage, reduced window size, and energy efficient lighting all contribute to the building's carbon neutrality.

[13] During the same year, NCKU and Purdue University signed the agreement of collaboration for international dual degree program and online courses.

[30] According to the ESI database, NCKU has published 18,333 papers in the last ten years and has respectively ranked the 24th and the 51st in the list of world top 100 universities respectively in the engineering and computer science fields.