Feng Chia University Ranks Among Top Three Nationwide in Enrollment Size, Achieves Full Enrollment for Three Consecutive Years

The admission list for the 2025 academic year (114th academic year) was announced yesterday (13th). Despite the impact of declining birth rates, Feng Chia University continues to deliver outstanding results, maintaining a full enrollment record for three consecutive years. This achievement reflects the high level of trust and recognition from students and parents in Feng Chia University’s dedication to education. It also extends the university’s record for the highest number of distributed admissions nationwide, with 2,407 students admitted through the application process.

According to the Ministry of Education, Feng Chia University’s approved enrollment quota for the 2025 academic year reaches 3,975 students (including 125 additional spots), ranking third among all public and private universities in Taiwan. The recent expansion focuses on key disciplines such as Artificial Intelligence, Information, Photonics, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, Mechanical and Computer-Aided Engineering, Automatic Control Engineering, Communications Engineering, Electronic Engineering, and Electrical Engineering. This highlights the university’s deep cultivation and proactive layout in forward-looking technology fields.

Feng Chia University has long been renowned for its strong industry-academia collaboration. According to the Ministry of Education’s national university affairs statistics, the university’s industry-academia collaboration project funding exceeded NT$600 million in 2023, ranking eighth nationwide and first among private universities for eight consecutive years. In addition to jointly establishing professional laboratories with enterprises and introducing cutting-edge industry resources and technologies, the university also collaborates with well-known domestic and international companies such as TSMC, Macronix, King Yuan Electronics, and Micron to offer named programs. These programs are designed to precisely cultivate professional talents with immediate employability based on industry needs, forming a solid industry-academia co-creation network.

Feng Chia University and Macronix have jointly launched the “Five-Year Integrated Advanced Semiconductor Shift Process Equipment Engineer Pre-Training Program,” creating a pathway for students to become reserve talents in the semiconductor industry.

In terms of teaching achievements, Feng Chia University upholds the “Big Fish Leads Small Fish” philosophy, encouraging faculty to lead students in research and competitions. This year, in the National Science and Technology Council’s “College Student Research Program,” the university ranked sixth nationwide and first among private comprehensive universities, with 145 approved projects. Competition performance is equally outstanding, with faculty-student teams winning the top prize in the “Taiwan Generative AI Application Hackathon” in both 2024 and 2025, fully demonstrating the university’s robust academic and talent cultivation capabilities. Thanks to this educational philosophy and proactive actions, Feng Chia University has been ranked the top private university in the “Cheers Magazine University Performance Survey” for ten consecutive years, earning high recognition from higher education and industry sectors.

Students from the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, the Bachelor's Program of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Application, and the Department of Business Administration at Feng Chia University teamed up with industry professionals to win the top prize in the enterprise category (Chunghwa Telecom Group) at the 2025 Taiwan Generative AI Application Hackathon.

Facing the challenge of declining birth rates, Feng Chia University continues to invest in campus optimization and teaching innovation. The newly opened Virtuosi Hall this year is the largest construction project since the university’s founding. Through spatial transformation, the university explores the essence of education and the future of society, while emphasizing the importance of face-to-face interaction. This allows students to spark creativity, hone critical thinking, and develop problem-solving skills through real interactions.

Located in the Taichung Shuinan Economic and Trade Park, Virtuosi Hall serves as a base for competency cultivation and interdisciplinary learning for all Feng Chia University students.

President Vey Wang emphasized that Feng Chia University never rests on past achievements but is courageous in innovation, pioneering the university’s “second curve” of development to stay ahead. Whether in innovative teaching, industry-academia collaboration, international exchange, or the current spotlight on AI, Feng Chia University continues to actively promote progress. The university not only cultivates technology and talent behind the scenes but also showcases results and influence on stage, embodying comprehensive forward-looking planning and execution.