Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (STUST) was founded in 1969 as Nan-Tai Junior College of Engineering, established by local political consultant San-lian Wu together with academics Wen-Ping Hsin, Xiu-qi Wu, and Li-tang Chang, in response to a government push for private institutions to train industrial and business talent. It expanded into Nan-Tai Junior College of Engineering and Business in 1990, was upgraded to Nan-Tai Institute of Technology in 1996, and became Southern Taiwan University of Technology in 1999, adding graduate schools in 2000 and doctoral programs in 2002. It was renamed Southern Taiwan University in 2007, and took its current name in 2012.

南臺科技大學創立於1969年，前身為南台工業專科學校，由地方政治顧問吳三連偕同辛文炳、吳修齊、張麗堂等學者共同創辦，回應政府推動私立學校培育工商人才的政策。1990年擴大為南台工商專科學校，1996年升格為南台工業技術學院，1999年改名南台科技大學前身南台技術學院，2000年設立研究所，2002年增設博士班。2007年更名南台大學，2012年改為現名南臺科技大學。