National Central University is a university located in Taiwan. It is situated on the northern part of the island on a remote hilltop some distance away from the busy city of Jhongli. The NCU campus covers up to 0.6 km², and offers a proper environment for students. The university is located half an hour away from Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport.
NCU was originally founded in Nanjing in 1915. At the end of the Chinese Civil War, NCU on the mainland was renamed the Nanjing University where it remains today. In 1962, NCU was "reinstated" in Miaoli, Taiwan, as the Graduate Institute of Geophysics of the National Central University. NCU moved to Shuanglianpo to became the Science College of the National Central University in 1968. It was "officially reestablished" under its current name in 1979. In 2002, it joined the University System of Taiwan. |
