NCHU has three main offices and five subsidiary offices.
National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) began as an agricultural college 87 years ago. The University has undergone a number of significant stages. It began as the Advanced Academy of Agronomy and Forestry, founded by the Japanese in Taipei in 1919. In February 2000, the Taipei Campus including the College of Law & Business and Taipei Evening School was combined into the newly established National Taipei University. The College of Social Science & Management was established in Taichung Campus at the same time.
Under the leadership of successive presidents, with the strenuous efforts of the faculty and students, and through abiding by the school principles of "Honesty, Simplicity, Exactitude, and Diligence",
NCHU now has six colleges plus two evening schools on two campuses, and it is noted for various fields of study. At present, the university has more than 17,000 students, of which over 2,000 are graduate students. And it has more than a thousand staff and faculty members.
For administration,
NCHU has three main offices and five subsidiary offices. The three main offices are the Office of Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and of General Affairs. The five subsidiary offices are the Secretariat Office, the Personnel Office, the Accounting Office, the Office of Military Training, and the Office of Physical Education. The University also has several service centers, a library, and other sub-units. The service centers include the Computer Center and Art Center.
The Taichung Campus includes the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Science, the College of Engineering, the College of Agriculture, the College of Life Science, the college of Veterinary Medicine , the college of Social and Management, and Evening School. It is located in the south of Taichung City with an area of approximately 53 hectares.
NCHU owns four experimental Forests located in Taipei County, Nantou County, Taichung , and Tainan County, respectively. It also owns two Experimental Farms located in Wu-Fung County and Wu-Jih in Taichung County.
The Chung Cheng Memorial Library is located on the Campus, facing the Chung Hsing Lake and the Administration Building. The library, in an area of 11,844 square meters, provides new equipment for electronic access to information plus traditional reading rooms and stack areas, reference and periodical rooms, giving vital support for studying, teaching, and research.
While the focus is on Agriculture, Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Liberal Arts, the library collects all print and non-print materials needed for study and research. Up to April 2000, the library holds 533,534 volumes, 3,039 current journal subscriptions, 42 CD-ROM titles, 8 Electronic Journals and 323,886 items of non-print materials. Some of the professional materials are kept by the 33 departmental libraries spread out on campus.
NCHU makes every effort to offer students assistance, guidance, service, and encouragement to help them solve any problems related to their daily life at the University. In addition, the university keeps in close contact with each student's family to help cultivate high moral character, thus the University sees to it that all students are provided with a wide range of services, no matter whether they are living on or off campus.
There are 92 student clubs and societies, which consist mostly of undergraduate students. In addition, every student has to be affiliated with his (or her) Departmental Association and General Students Association. The aim of the extracurricular activities is to make the student acquainted with the importance of self-determination followed by university regulations. Moreover, each student should learn the essence of moral, intelligence, athletics, cooperation and aesthetics from a variety of activities. Above all,
NCHU puts forth its best efforts to enhance the ethics for all of the students.
