National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) is a public research university formed on 1 February 2021 by merging National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan's leading school of electronics, semiconductors and ICT, with National Yang-Ming University, its first medicine-oriented university. The main campuses are the Yangming Campus in Taipei, for medicine and life sciences, and the Chiaotung Campus in Hsinchu next to the Hsinchu Science Park, for engineering, computer science, science and management. International students are admitted to bachelor's, master's and PhD programmes taught in Chinese or English.

NYCU in numbers

• No. 177 in the QS World University Rankings 2027 and No. 41 in QS Asia.
• 19 colleges, 7 national laboratories and 74 university- and college-level research centres.
• About 20,400 students, around 1,100 full-time faculty, 200 international faculty and 1,300 international students.
• Two main campuses, Yangming in Taipei and Chiaotung in Hsinchu, plus campuses in Taipei Beimen, Zhubei (Liujia), Tainan (Gueiren) and Kaohsiung.

Programmes for international students

• Bachelor's: 20 Chinese-taught programmes (including Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Dentistry and Electrical Engineering) and 3 English-taught: Computer Science, Civil Engineering and Electrophysics.
• Master's: 21 Chinese-taught and 49 English-taught programmes, including the EECS International Graduate Program, semiconductors, AI and the Global MBA.
• PhD: 9 Chinese-taught and 48 English-taught programmes, including joint programmes of the University System of Taiwan.
• NYCU has no full-time Mandarin programme for non-degree students; enrolled students take Chinese courses free of charge at the Language Teaching and Research Center.

Tuition fees (2027 intake)

Fees are the official 2026/27 rates for international students (semester amount times two); the 2027/28 schedule has not been published yet. Graduate students pay the full amount for the first two years and only the basic fee from the third year. Other costs: campus facilities fee TWD 1,500 per semester, books TWD 6,000–11,000 per semester, National Health Insurance about TWD 10,000 per year; the application fee is TWD 2,000 per department.

Application periods (2027 intake)

Language and age requirements

CSCA for bachelor's applicants

NYCU is in Taiwan and does not use the CSCA, which applies only to universities in mainland China. Bachelor's applicants are selected on their school diploma, full transcripts with GPA and class ranking, language certificates and two recommendation letters; national or international exam results such as the SAT, A Level or IB are accepted only as supporting documents, except that the School of Medicine requires the SAT.

Selection process

• An applicant may apply to no more than three departments and enrolls in only one.
• Bachelor's applicants are selected mainly on their documents; some departments add an interview, for example Medicine (80% of the score), Nursing, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Communication and Technology.
• Master's and PhD: a document review first, then a written or oral test or an online interview for shortlisted applicants.
• Results, including NYCU scholarships, come in mid-May for the fall intake and mid-November for the spring intake; admitted students confirm online by the deadline, and waitlisted candidates are notified by 31 July or 31 December.

Yangming Campus

In Beitou District, Taipei. It holds the colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Life Sciences, Biomedical Science and Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Humanities and Social Sciences, inherited from National Yang-Ming University.

Chiaotung Campus (Hsinchu)

In East District, Hsinchu, made up of the Guangfu and Boai campuses next to the Hsinchu Science Park, the centre of Taiwan's semiconductor industry. It holds electrical and computer engineering, computer science, engineering, science, management, the International College of Semiconductor Technology and the Industry Academia Innovation School.

Other campuses

• Beimen Campus, Taipei: Institute of Business and Management and part of Transportation and Logistics Management.
• Liujia Campus, Zhubei: College of Hakka Studies.
• Gueiren Campus, Tainan: College of Photonics and College of Artificial Intelligence.
• Kaohsiung Campus and a university hospital in Yilan that provides clinical training for medical students.

NYCU has 19 colleges, 7 national laboratories and 74 research centres; enrolled international students take Chinese courses free of charge at the Language Teaching and Research Center in Hsinchu.

On-campus apartments

Who gets a place

• Places for international degree students are arranged by the Housing Service Division of each campus; NYCU does not publish a housing guarantee.
• Off-campus rent: TWD 8,000–15,000 a month in Taipei and TWD 6,000–12,000 a month in Hsinchu.

Other living costs

Scholarships for international students

Deadlines and rules (2027 intake)

• New students apply for NYCU scholarships by ticking the option in the admission application; no extra documents are needed, and results come with admission (mid-May 2027 for the fall intake).
• Holders of another Taiwan scholarship cannot receive NYCU scholarships.
• Renewal requires a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 for undergraduates and 3.5 for graduate students, plus the required Chinese courses before graduation (4 for bachelor's, 2 for master's).
• Current students reapply from 15 January to 15 March for the fall semester and from 15 July to 15 September for the spring semester.
• Government scholarships (MOE, MOFA, ICDF) are awarded through Taiwan's offices abroad, not by NYCU.

Key milestones

Chiao Tung's graduates and research helped build Taiwan's semiconductor and ICT industries in Hsinchu, while Yang-Ming trained much of Taiwan's medical workforce.

Ranking positions

Disciplines

• By QS subject rankings NYCU is No. 1 in Taiwan in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and No. 3 in Computer Science, Statistics, Medicine and Mathematics.
• Strongest fields: semiconductors, electronics, ICT and AI from Chiao Tung, and medicine and biomedical research from Yang-Ming.
• The EECS International Graduate Program and the Civil Engineering bachelor's are accredited by IEET.

Global partnerships

• Member of the University System of Taiwan with National Tsing Hua, National Central and National Chengchi universities; joint international PhD programmes in photonics, environmental science, interdisciplinary neuroscience and an international master's in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies.
• Joint doctoral programmes with Academia Sinica (TIGP), Taiwan's national academy of sciences.
• Industry scholarship projects with TSMC for students from Southeast Asia, and the ICDF Taiwan–Europe scholarship for EECS master's students.
• Exchange and dual-degree agreements with partner universities worldwide.

International education

• About 1,300 international students and 200 international faculty.
• Programmes designed for international students: the EECS International Graduate Program, the International College of Semiconductor Technology, the Global MBA and the International Health Program.
• Free Chinese classes at four levels for enrolled students, plus a Chinese cultural salon and one-on-one tutoring.
• The Office of International Affairs on the Yangming and Chiaotung campuses supports international students from admission to graduation.