History
- The Five-Year Junior College Program was established at the founding of the university in 1980.
- In the 1990 academic year, a Two-Year Junior College Program for continuing education was established.
- In the 1991 academic year, a Two-Year Junior College Program was established.
- In the 1998 academic year, the department was reorganized as the Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, and a Two-Year Technical Program was established; enrollment for the Two-Year Junior College Program was discontinued.
- In the 1999 academic year, a Two-Year Technical Program was established under the College of Continuing Education.
- In the 2001 academic year, the Four-Year Technical Program began enrolling students.
- Starting from the 2002 academic year, enrollment for the Five-Year Junior College Program was discontinued.
- Starting from the 2004 academic year, the department joined the Graduate Institute of Mechanical and Electromechanical Engineering under the College of Engineering.
- Starting from the 2009 academic year, the Master’s Program in Mechanical Design Engineering was established.
- Starting from the 2009 academic year, enrollment for the daytime Two-Year Technical Program was discontinued.
- Starting from the 2009 academic year, the Industry–Academia Cooperation Program began enrolling students.
- Starting from the 2016 academic year, the Industry–Academia Training Program began enrolling students.
- In the 2018 academic year, the Five-Year Junior College Program was reinstated.
- Starting from the 2021 academic year, the Outstanding Technical Talent Program began enrolling students.
Department Characteristics
Since the establishment of the Four-Year Technical Program and the Master’s Program, the department has adhered to its founding mission of cultivating high-quality mechanical design professionals needed by the nation. The educational goal is to equip students primarily with analytical and design capabilities as well as practical skills. In response to national policies and economic development needs, and in alignment with government initiatives promoting continuing education, lifelong learning, and integrated five-year education pathways, the department has established the Industry–Academia Cooperation Program, the Industry–Academia Training Program, and the Five-Year Junior College Program. These efforts assist in industrial technology upgrading, reduce the gap between technical workforce training outcomes and industry skill requirements, enhance global competitiveness, and contribute to the upgrading of Taiwan’s mechanical industry.
Department Development
With mechanical design and innovative product design as its core competencies, the department is founded on solid theoretical knowledge and practical experience. By integrating technologies such as precision machinery, micro-components, mechanical design, mechatronics, and information system integration, the department designs and implements products that meet industrial and consumer needs. Through long-term industry–academia collaboration involving faculty and students, encouragement of innovative design, patent applications, and the offering of capstone and practical project courses, the department further cultivates product-oriented mechanical design professionals, supporting innovation and upgrading in engineering-related industries.
The department’s key development areas encompass nine major fields, including: (1) interdisciplinary precision machinery and electronic component design; (2) intelligent assistive system technologies; (3) advanced controller and intelligent automation biotechnology smart manufacturing platform research and development; (4) academic research and industrial applications in thermal-fluid-related fields; (5) design, manufacturing, testing, verification, and applied research of gears and transmission components, as well as intelligent gears and transmission components, high-efficiency gears and transmission components, and sustainable gears and transmission components; (6) intelligent machinery; (7) biomedical engineering, medical device applications, and welfare and assistive technology applications; (8) intelligent machinery technologies related to signal processing and machine learning; and (9) precision measurement technologies. The department actively engages in technology development and applied research, collaborates with industry through industry–academia partnerships to support industrial innovation and upgrading, and enhances the university’s research and development capacity and overall standards.
