The aim of these bodies is to organize academic resources and provide a platform for industry-academia cooperation.

In 1981, the school changed its name to National Yunlin Institute of Technology (NYIT).

In 1991, the English name of NYIT was changed to National Yunlin Polytechnic Institute (NYPI).

With the approbation from the Ministry of Education in 1997, NYPI was renamed to National Huwei Institute of Technology (NHIT), whose five-year junior college system was to be replaced gradually by two-year and four-year college systems.

In 2002, the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, the Department of Finance, the Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical and Materials Science, and the Graduate Institute of Power Mechanical Engineering were established.

In 2004, NHIT was renamed National Huwei University of Science and Technology (NHUST).

The Department of Multimedia Design, the Department of Leisure Management, the Graduate Institute of Industrial Engineering and Management, and the Graduate Institute of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering were established.

In 2005, the English name of NHUST was changed to National Formosa University (NFU).

In 2012, the Executive Yuan allocated a land of 17.18 hectares in THSR Yunlin Station area for NFU new campus.

In 2013, NFU received funding from the Subsidy Directions for Developing Technological University Paradigms, the Ministry of Education.