2005-NCKU received a subsidy for the Aim for the Top University Project and aspired to develop as a Top University
2003-Amid the pandemic of SARS since 2003, NCKU continued to shoulder its responsibility for public health in southern Taiwan
2003-SATU was formed to facilitate the integration of resources from prestigious universities for the cultivation of top talents
1996-NCKU established its General Research Center, the first of its kind in Taiwan, in 1996. NCKU established its Innovation Headquarters in 2020 to facilitate the administion of industry-academia collaboration, technology transfers, and innovation
1993-The Research and Development Foundation was founded in 1993, intiating a new model of cooperation between academia and industry
1987-In 1987, NCKU founded an aerospace science research center to enhance national defense capibility
1981-NCKU sought to set up a medical School and a hospital as a part of the Fourteen Major Construction Projects in southern Taiwan
1972-A world-class hydraulic model test laboratory was set up for construction of water infrastructure in 1972