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National University of Kaohsiung (abbreviation:NUK) is located in Nanzih (楠梓區), Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. The university is close to the Nanzih interchange of National Highway 1 and 30 minutes from the Kaohaiung train station.

The university was founded in February 2000 and is still partially under construction. The university aims to narrow the gap in education between southern and northern Taiwan and promote the economy of the southen area. There are sixteen departments in the university, including Western Languages and Literature, Kinesiology, Healthand Leisure Studies, Law, Government and Law, Economic and Financial Law, Applied Economics, Applied Mathematics, Applied Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Life Sciences, and Asia-pacific Industrial and Business Management, Traditional Arts, Finance, Information Management, and Applied physics. Among these department, Asia-pacific Industrial and Business Management is especially designed for cultivating industrial elites. There are eleven departmaents of graduate school. In 2006, the number of contestants of graduate school entrance exams increased 9% compared with 2005. In the future, there may be 36 departments and research institutes.

An unusual feature in this school is its open space. There are no walls on the boundaries of the campus. Residents who live around this school often walk to campus or exercise by using equipment in the gym. Biodiversity is also a notable characteristic of NUK. There are more than 60 sorts of fish in pond of the Water Land Park.

• University of Kaohsiung (in English)
• National University of Kaohsiung (in Mandarin)