Introduction

History

History The College of Arts was established in 1955, including three departments: Chinese Literature, Foreign Languages and Literature, and History.
1956 Departments of Political Science, Economics and Sociology were established.
1970 The Chinese Language Center was established.
1971 Department of Music was established.
1973 Departments of Business Administration and International Business were established (later became the department under College of Business).
1979 Departments of Philosophy and Social Work were established.
1980 Department of Law was established (became the department under College of Law in 1981).
1983 Department of Fine Arts was established.
1992 Department of Japanese Language and literature was established.
2001 Graduate Institute of Religious Studies Master's Program was established.
2008 The English Language Center was established.
2020 International Graduate Program of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language was established.

Present

The College of Arts comprises approximately 200 full-time and part-time faculty members, as well as around 1,650 undergraduate students, 170 master’s students, and 40 doctoral students. The College encompasses five academic departments, one independent graduate institute, and the English Language Center. These include the Department of Chinese (offering undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs), the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature (undergraduate and master’s programs), the Department of History (undergraduate and master’s programs), the Department of Philosophy (undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs), the Department of Japanese Language and Culture (undergraduate and master’s programs), and the International Graduate Program of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language.

Two fields covered by the College of Arts:
(I) Traditional Humanities: Humanity, history and philosophy are traditional human subjects, aiming to investigate human arts and offer human education courses in order to cultivate students’ humanity manners.
(II) Foreign Languages: Foreign and Japanese Languages and Literature departments provide students with foreign language teaching resources, aim to help students develop their language abilities, enlarge their global aspects, and gain more control over their futures in an increasingly multilingual and interdependent world.

The two mentioned fields not only offer students rich courses but also have their own characteristics. Our college internally aims to increase the interaction between faculties and different departments, externally encourages each department to enhance their service and held national or international academic conferences, as well as the interaction between other universities in order to become an ideal channel for academic scholars and the public to communicate.

Dean of the College

Wu, The-Yao (1955-1957)
Chang, Fo-Chuan (1957-1959)
Ku, Tun-jou (1959-1968)
Wu, Te-Yao (1968 Acting)
Tu, Heng-chih (1967-1978)
Chiang, Chu-chien (1978-1988)
Lu, Shih-peng (1988-1994)
Juan, Ta-nien (1994-1995 Acting)
Hung, Ming-Shui (1995-1998)
Lee, Li-Shin (1998-2001)
Huang, Hai-yun (2001-2004)
Ni, Tsai-Chin (2004-2007)
Chiu, Eugene W. (2007-2013)
Tung, Yuan-fang (2013-2016)
Kong, Stano (2016-2022)
Chou, Wen-hui (2022-2025)
Chou, Wen-hui (2025 Acting)