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NYCU College of Science

College History

  • Update Date:2025-06-11
  • Units:College of Science
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    1960s
    1964  Department of Electrophysics established – under the Graduate Institute of Electronics
    1967  The Graduate Institute of Electronics reorganized into the College of Engineering: Department of Electrophysics under the College of Engineering
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    1970s
    1972  Department of Applied Mathematics established – under the College of Engineering
    1977  Graduate Institute of Applied Mathematics established its Master's program – under the College of Engineering
    1979
    • National Chiao Tung University reinstated as a university, College of Science established
    • Department of Electrophysics transferred to the College of Science – Bachelor's students still awarded a Bachelor of Engineering degree
    • Department of Applied Mathematics transferred to the College of Science (moved from the Bo-Ai Campus to Management Building 1 on the Guangfu Campus)
    1980
    • Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering established – under the Department of Electrophysics
    • Department of Computer Science established
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    1980s
    1982  Graduate Institute of Applied Chemistry established (New Student Dormitory)
    1983
    • Science Building 1 completed and opened
    • Department of Electrophysics (including the Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering) moved into Science Building 1
    1984  Department and Graduate Institute of Applied Mathematics merged, moved into Science Building 1, Doctoral program in Applied Mathematics established
    1988  Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering became an independent institute
    1990  Department of Applied Chemistry established
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    1990s
    1992
    • Graduate Institute of Statistics established (Science Building 1)
    • Doctoral program in the Department of Applied Chemistry established
    • Science Building 2 completed and opened; College of Science, Department and Graduate Institute of Applied Chemistry moved into Science Building 2
    1993  Master's program in the Graduate Institute of Physics established
    1994  Graduate Institute of Biotechnology established
    1995
    • Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering transferred to the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Department of Computer Science transferred to the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    1996
    • Graduate Institute of Statistics moved into General Building 1
    • Graduate Institute of Physics moved from the Bo-Ai Campus to the 3rd floor of the Computer and Network Center on the Guangfu Campus
    1997  Doctoral program in the Graduate Institute of Statistics established
    1998  Doctoral program in the Graduate Institute of Biotechnology established
    1999
    • Doctoral program in the Graduate Institute of Physics established
    • Department of Biotechnology established
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    2000s
    2001
    • Executive Master's Program of the College of Science established
    • Graduate Institute of Biochemical Engineering established
    2002  Graduate Institute of Bioinformatics established
    2004
    • Graduate Institute of Molecular Science established
    • College of Biological Science and Technology established; Department and Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, Graduate Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Graduate Institute of Bioinformatics transferred to the College of Biological Science and Technology
    • Department of Electrophysics moved into Engineering Building VI
    • Outstanding Dean's Award of the College of Science established
    2006  Bachelor of Science Degree Program of the College of Science (abbreviated as Bachelor of Science Program) established
    2007
    • Master's Program in Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing established
    • Outstanding Dean's Award of the College of Science renamed Young Scholar Research Award of the College of Science
    2009
    • Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling established
    • Tian Jabin Optoelectronics Center Building completed and opened
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    2010s
    2011  Basic Science Teaching and Research Building (abbreviated as Science Building 3) completed and opened
    2012
    • Yau Center established (Science Building 1)
    • College of Science, Department of Electrophysics, Graduate Institute of Physics, Executive Master's Program, Bachelor of Science Program moved into Science Building 3
    2016  The Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling completed its phased mission and its operations ended
    2017  Young Scholar Research Award of the College of Science renamed Innovation in Teaching Award and Young Scholar Research Award of the College of Science
    2018  Molecular Science Research Center completed its phased mission and its operations ended
    2019  Basic Science Teaching and Research Building renamed Science Building 3
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    2020s
    2021  Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics established (Science Building 3)
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