In Taiwan it is also known as 台中科大 (pinyin: tái zhōng kē dà; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-tiong Kho-tāi).

The two schools merged on December 1, 2011 to form National Taichung University of Science and Technology.

near Yizhong Street shopping area,[3] while the Min-sheng campus, where the College of Health is located, is down the same road near Taichung Hospital.

In 1999, the school became National Taichung Institute of Technology (NTIT) and began to award undergraduate degrees to students, with master's degrees beginning in 2003 and more recently, after merging with National Taichung Nursing College in December 2011, the school became a comprehensive public university in science and technology.

The university will actively focus on advancing its faculty research performances, facility renovation, moreover expanding its industrial-academic cooperation and international academic partnerships.

Library facilities are located in the newly built Zhong Shang Building (中商大樓).

[10] Every year, NTCUST has sent students who receive grants from the Taiwan Ministry of Education to sister universities for exchange studies or short-term study-abroad programs.