Lifelong Learning

In addition to offering credit courses in management, law, information, language, architecture, and electrical engineering in conjunction with related departments of the University, the school also integrates into local life by offering practical and life-oriented courses in language learning, health care, childcare, law, and life knowledge. It also cooperates with the Kaohsiung City Government in establishing the Citizen's Academy, which offers a total of 139 classes in 2024,

established to combine the professional teachers of the University to teach the elderly concept of exercise, and practical life and legal knowledge, and provide guidance to establish learning societies for the elderly, so as to assist the elderly to return to school and enjoy learning independently. The program has been in operation since 2017 and has been fully enrolled since then, with a total of 529 enrollments.

In order to provide more diversified viewpoints and perspectives to our faculty, staff, students, and the community at large, and to inspire new thinking, the University organizes “NUK Excellence Lecture", inviting distinguished speakers from all walks of life, including industry, government, academia, and research institutes, to deliver lectures, integrating and sharing teaching resources, and enhancing learning rapport on campus, with a total of 25 lectures in 2024.

Functional Training

In order to strengthen the connection with the local industry, the University participates in the Industrial Talent Cultivation Program, planning specialized courses in line with industry trends, strengthening functional training, connecting with the needs of the industry, and fostering new-generation industrial talents.

The school cooperates with government agencies to provide functional training, and cooperates with Regional Brach of Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Penghu and Taitung, Workforce Development Agency, MOL and Council of Indigenous Peoples to provide various vocational training courses such as the vocational training program for the unemployed, the pilot program for new industrial pioneers, the investment program for industrial talents, and the manpower enhancement program for small enterprises to train professionals. It also plans practical-oriented and employment-oriented courses, arranges corporate internships, company visits, industry trend seminars, and employment matchmaking meetings to provide vocational training for the unemployed, as well as functional education for the working population, and develops corporate-chartered classes to provide customized education and training, with a total of 19 classes to be held in 2024.