[2][3] By extending this system to the highest level, the university was intended to meet the need created by the rapid economic and industrial development for highly trained engineers and managers.

[2] From the year 2001, certain departments also began to accept students into doctoral programs in the continuing education division.

[11] After more than thirty years of growth and evolution, under the outstanding leadership of successive presidents,[10] nowadays, the Taiwan Tech has become one of the 11 top universities in Taiwan,[3] and has been recognized by all sectors of society for its academic and practical achievements in such areas as cooperation with industry, promotion of entrepreneurship and technology licensing.

[2][11] Those with a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in related fields from schools here or abroad are eligible to take the entrance exam.

Students in these graduate programs who have successfully completed all the requirements, including a thesis and defense, are awarded a Master's degree.

From the year 2001, certain departments also began to accept students into doctoral programs in the continuing education division.

[4] In the 2005-2006 school year, NTUST admitted four foreign students into a new English-based program in the Mechanical Engineering Department.

[17] Opened in March 1975, the Taiwan Tech library has an unbroken history of offering services for academic research and teaching resources.

The department alone had 14 pieces of Top 100 artwork in 2011, leading Taiwan Tech the title of 'single university earning the most awards' in iF record.

From 1994 to date, a total of 33 faculties received the Distinguished Research Awards from the NSC, ranked 6th in Taiwan.

[30][31] Taiwan Tech's graduates are chosen by Cheer's Magazine as among the industry's top six most-preferred students.

In addition, the new TBTC building, currently under construction, will provide a real-world laboratory for testing and exhibiting the ideas and results of the Center's projects, thus assisting the TBTC in taking its place on the world stage as a leading research center for intelligent green building technology.

[34] The National Contact Point-Taiwan Office (NCP-Taiwan), established in Sep. of 2008, seeks to facilitate the engagement of Taiwanese universities, industry, research institutes and their researchers with the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and other related EU opportunities for mutual collaboration between the European Union and Taiwan.

The aim of NCP-Taiwan is to increase the quality, quantity, profile and impact of Taiwan-EU research cooperation under FP7 by developing and executing a suite of activities such as info-days, seminars, exchange visits, technical assistance, workshops and other activities designed to increase the awareness of, and involvement in, new collaborative opportunities.

[35] The Research and Development Office was established as a bridge between the university itself and government organizations and enterprises, with the aim of strengthening cooperative relationships.

Key functions have included creating the conditions for a space/satellite cluster, providing consultation in regard to business plans and the establishment of companies or factories, as well as supporting the development and registration of technology applications, providing business management and training programs, assisting with government funding applications, and helping with the development of publicity campaigns.

On the faculty and administrative level, Taiwan Tech welcomes a large number of international scholars each year, including for long or short term faculty appointments, international conferences, seminars or lectures, research projects, or just to discuss establishing a cooperative relationship with their home institutions, thus adding to the list of 181 academic institutions on five continents throughout the world with which the university has signed such agreements.