National Tsing Hua University

National Tsing Hua University is a research university in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.

The university was first founded in Beijing. After the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan in 1949 following its defeat by the Communist Party of China in the Chinese Civil War, NTHU was re-established in Hsinchu City in 1956. NTHU was selected as one of the National Seven Research Universities in 2002.Today, there are 10 colleges, 26 departments and 28 graduate institutes affiliated to the university. College of Nuclear Science of NTHU is the sole educational and research institution focusing on the peaceful applications of nuclear power in Taiwan.