In 1984, Taiwan Provincial College of Physical Education closed its night school.

Even though Chiayi campus had two departments and a graduate school, it's still been criticized cause its low usage.

Therefore, in 2008, the Ministry of Education pushes the merger of two schools, but main campus set in Taoyuan lead to teachers and students of the former National Taiwan College of Physical Education unpleased, eventually the merging case were failed in 2009.

In November 2011, MOE approved school change its name to National Taiwan University of Physical Education (NTUPE), and keep Chinese abbreviation of the National Taiwan Sports University (Chinese: 臺體、臺灣體大).

School change its English name to National Taiwan University of Sport in August 2014, and closed Chiayi Campus after a year.