In 1990, the Ministry of Education (MOE) initiated the
founding of National Pingtung Instituteof Commerce(NPIC)
with a view to cultivating technological talents for national
construction, advancing the horizon of the nation's
technological-professional education, and balancing regional
educational development.

On January 1, 1991, Dr. J.F. Duo, under the invitation of MOE,
assumed the directorship of the Preparatory Office for the
construction of NPIC. In less than six months, the preparatory
work had been smoothly and successfully accomplished against
the odds of minimum funding, severely limited manpower and a
tight schedule. It was thanks to the entire staff’s dedication,
sense of responsibility and mission-like zeal that the Institute
was solidly and elegantly built from scratch.

On July 1, 1991, National Pingtung Institute of Commerce was
officially born and established with Dr. Duo appointed to serve
as its first president. In the same year, NPIC was officially
accredited by MOE to start accepting and recruiting students.

During the pioneering months, all because of the effort and
cooperation of Pingtung County Council, Pingtung County
Government and the people enthusiastic about education, the
Institute was able to procure in the shortest span of time 5.8726
hectares of land to add to its original campus of 9.2369 hectares,
making it a 15-hectare campus spacious enough to fulfill the
requirements for a new higher learning institution while a solid
basis for future growth and development was also consolidated.

On July 1, 1998, NPIC was upgraded to a degree-awarding,
university-level institute as a result of its distinguished
performance over the years. Currently, specialized programs at
the graduate level include Information Management, Marketing
& Logistics Management, Real Estate Management, and
Applied Foreign Languages, in addition to a brand new graduate
program in 2004, International Business Studies.
There are 13 programs at the undergraduate, department level,
namely International Trade, Business Administration, Finance
& Banking, Accounting, Real Estate Management, Information
Management, Leisure Business Management, Information
Technology, Applied Foreign Languages, Applied Japanese,
Translation & Interpretation, Marketing & Logistics Management,
and Commerce Automation & Management.
Meanwhile, a teacher certification program for secondary
school teaching is set up for students interested in seeking a
teaching career at a junior high school, a high school, or a
vocational high school. They will be qualified teachers if
completing the credit requirements and passing the
certification exam.

In its relentless pursuit for quality and internationalization,
NPIC has in recent years fully engaged itself in the integration
and perfection of its administrative processes. The efforts have
paid off, which is evidenced by the Institute’s winning of the
ISO-9001 certificate for perfection consecutively in 2000 and
2002. Particularly, NPIC has been noted for being the first
public college in Taiwan that was awarded an ISO-9001
international certificate in recognition of the Institute’s
achievement in delivering a quality education. In July, 2001,
the Institute won an approval form MOE for promotion to the
status of a technological university; on January 31, 2002, the
Executive Yuan sanctioned the preparatory work to be launched
for constructing the university. Having been noted for having
an elegant campus, NPIC is now more determined than ever to
construct as another solemn mission a second campus of
37-hectare, which has been awarded as a gift from Pingtung
County Government, while new graduate programs will be
added to meet more academic challenges ahead.

All in all, NPIC is looking forward with optimism and
confidence to transforming itself into a full-fledged university
oriented toward the integration of commerce and humanities
and distinguished for being a forward-looking, top-notched
institution in the 21st century.