NUK was founded in February 2000, aims to narrow the gap in education between southern and northern Taiwan and promote the economy of the southern area.

There are twenty departments in the university, including Western Languages and Literature, East Asian Language and Literature, Architecture, Creative Design, Kinesiology, Health and Leisure Studies, Law, Government and Law, Economic and Financial Law, Applied Economics, Applied Mathematics, Applied Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Life Sciences, and Asia-Pacific Industrial and Business Management, Traditional Arts, Finance, Information Management, and Applied physics.

An unusual feature in this school is its open space.

Residents who live around this school often walk to campus or exercise by using equipment in the gym.

There are more than 60 sorts of fish in pond of the Water Land Park.