The university, abbreviated as NCCU, specializes in arts and humanities, mass media, linguistics and literature, social sciences, economics, management, politics, and international affairs.

[14] In 1929, it was renamed to Central School of Governance, after the Kuomintang reunified China in the Northern Expedition campaign.

The school was built on the basis of National Central University in Nanjing, which was the highest academic institution of the Republic of China.

In 1946, it merged with the Central School of Cadre, which was founded in 1944 by the Youth Corps of Three People's Principles in Chongqing.

In 1964, the school initiated the first-ever Mandarin-based Chinese Master of Business Administration program in the world.

[16] NCCU has 12 colleges, including colleges of Commerce, Communication, Foreign Languages and Literature, Education, International Affairs, Law, Liberal Arts, Science, Social Sciences, International Innovation, Global Banking and Finance [17] and Informatics, encompassing 34 departments and 48 graduate institutes.

There are an academic press, a community radio station, and a local newspaper agency located in NCCU.

Many NCCU alumni holds prominent positions in the fields of politics, finance, academics, and arts.