National Sun Yat-sen University

Overview

National Sun Yat-sen University

National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) is a public research university located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It was first established in 1924 as the Moscow Sun Yat-sen University and was reestablished in 1980 in response to national development needs. NSYSU is the first national comprehensive university in Southern Taiwan and one of four universities that compose the Taiwan Comprehensive University System. It is ranked amongst the top universities nationally.

National Sun Yat-sen University Key Statistics

The university comprises seven colleges, which are further divided into various departments and institutes. These colleges include the College of Engineering, the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Marine Sciences, the College of Social Sciences, and the Si-Wan College. It offers 21 undergraduate programs, 41 postgraduate programs, and 21 doctoral programs.

NSYSU has 4,814 undergraduate and 5,049 postgraduate students enrolled in its courses. It employs 536 academic staff and 716 administrative staff.

The university’s library provides access to approximately 3,000 current journals and houses over 582,000 volumes of books and bound periodicals. NSYSU also owns the Chinese Language Center, a government-recognized center for teaching Chinese.

Other National Sun Yat-sen University key statistics include its sister-university agreements with over 250 universities from more than 40 countries around the world. It has over 1,200 international students enrolled in its exchange programs, degree programs, research fellowships, or language learning.

National Sun Yat-sen University Research

NSYSU is one of the top research-intensive universities in Taiwan and has the most advanced marine current power generation technology in Asia.

The university's top three research fields are computer science, materials science, and engineering. National Sun Yat-sen University research teams have published in publications like Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, and the Astrophysical Journal. They have also been invited to attend and/or present papers at international conferences such as the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, the International Conference on Communications, and Decision Support Systems.

The most cited National Sun Yat-sen University research publication is Wu and Wang’s (2005) “What drives mobile commerce? An empirical evaluation of the revised technology acceptance model,” published in Information & Management, with a total of 2,673 citations to date. The second most cited paper is Wang et al.’s (2003) “Determinants of user acceptance of internet banking: an empirical study,” published in the International Journal of Service Industry Management. It has received a total of 1,899 citations. The university’s third most cited paper is Hartog et al.’s (1999) “Culture-specific and cross-culturally generalizable implicit leadership theories: Are attributes of charismatic/transformational leadership universally endorsed?” published in Leadership Quarterly. It has been cited by papers, articles, and other publications around 1,779 times so far.

Its research centers and relevant facilities include the Asia Pacific Ocean Research Center, the Electronic Commerce and Internet Society Research Center, the Large-Scale Multi-antenna System Research Center, the Functional Crystalline Amorphous Complex Research Center, the Medical Science and Technology Center, and the Centre for Humanities Innovation and Social Practices.