Founded in 1963, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences (KUAS) was originally known as the Provincial Kaohsiung Institute of Technology with the aim to educate technical professionals to meet the demands of national economic development.In 2000, the beginning of the new millennium, the Institute evolved to be a four-year technical university and the present name was adopted. This transformation from a junior college to a technological university has opened up a new page for KUAS. After more than a decade of development and expansion, now KUAS has reinvented itself as the leading technological university in southern Taiwan. "In 1963, Taiwan Provincial Government assigned funds to establish the Provincial Kaohsiung Institute of Technology at its present location. In the fall of 1963, the Institute opened its gates to admit junior high graduates to Chemical Engineering and Civil Engineering Departments for five-year programs. Since 1965, studies have begun successively in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, and Mold & Die Engineering Departments. In 1965, the two-year night-school program was set up to offer training in the field of Chemical, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, and Mold & Die Engineering, as well as Industrial Engineering & Management."