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National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology

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National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology

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National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology (NKFUST) was a national university in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It was colloquially known as Gaokeda (Pinyin Gaōkēdà) or Gaoxiongkeda (Pinyin Gaōxióngkēdà). Its campus is on 750,000 m2. In 2018, NKFUST merged with National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences (KUAS) and National Kaohsiung Marine University (NKMU) to form National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST).

The university consisted of the colleges of Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Management, Finance and Banking and Foreign Languages with 15 departments and 27 graduate institutes. It housed approximately 269 teachers and enrolled about 7,804 students.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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