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National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology is a national coeducational university in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is colloquially known as Gaokeda (高科大, Pinyin Gaōkēdà) or Gaoxiongkeda (高雄科大, Pinyin Gaōxióngkēdà). Its campus is on 750,000 m2.The university consists of the colleges of Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Management, Finance and Banking and Foreign Languages with 15 departments and 27 graduate institutes. Around 235 teachers and 6,718 students are engaged in academic activities.NKFUST aims to set up graduate programs and to continue to distinguish itself as a vital research and training center, ensuring that its graduates are well prepared for Taiwan's competitive job market.HistoryNKFUST, formerly known as National Institute of Technology at Kaohsiung, was established on July 1, 1995 by the Ministry of Education to educate students to develop Taiwan into an Asia-Pacific Regional Operations Center .The Ministry of Education approved the upgrade of its status to university on July 1, 1998 and it was renamed National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, the first higher education institution of technical and vocational education system in Kaohsiung.University presidentsNational Institute of Technology at KaohsiungChia-hung Ku: July 1995 - July 1998National Kaohsiung First University of Science and TechnologyChia-hung Ku: July 1998 - July 2004I-chang Jou: August 2004 - July 2009Jyh-Horng Chou: August 2009 - February 2010Meng-Hsiang Hsu: March 2010 - April 2010Roger C. Y. Chen: May 2010 - present