RAW DRAFTS NCKU / READING ATLAS / 2026 Read the essay ↗ A university, reconstructed through its books
What does every departmentthink reality is? A searchable atlas of the foundational books behind 134 academic units at National Cheng Kung University, and the ideas each discipline trains its students to notice.
12 college groups
134 academic units
212 books mapped
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READING NOTE 00
This is not an official mandatory reading list. NCKU courses change by instructor and semester. The atlas combines books documented in public NCKU syllabi with canonical field texts and primary works. It is a map of disciplinary starting points, not a claim that every student reads every title.
READING NOTE 01
Cross two departments. Put two ways of seeing next to each other and the university stops looking like separate buildings.
Generate a crossing A city can be infrastructure. A city can be behaviour. A city can be memory. The object stays the same. The discipline changes.
01 College of Liberal Arts 10 units / 17 books
01 College of Liberal Arts Department of Chinese Literature 2 books−
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Primary work core shelf
The Analects Confucius, translated by Edward Slingerland or D. C. Lau
Ethics begins with practiced habits and relationships, not abstract rules. Good government depends on cultivated character and trustworthy ritual. Learning is iterative: study, reflect, imitate, and correct yourself. 02
Primary work core shelf
The Story of the Stone / Dream of the Red Chamber Cao Xueqin
A family can be read as a miniature political and economic system. Desire, status, gender, and ritual shape what characters can become. Literary detail preserves social history better than simple moral lessons. 02 College of Liberal Arts Department of Foreign Languages and Literature 2 books+ 03 College of Liberal Arts Department of History 2 books+ 04 College of Liberal Arts Department of Taiwanese Literature 2 books+ 05 College of Liberal Arts Institute of Art 2 books+ 06 College of Liberal Arts Institute of Archaeology 2 books+ 07 College of Liberal Arts Master Academic Program in Drama 2 books+ 08 College of Liberal Arts Chinese Language Center 1 book+ 09 College of Liberal Arts Foreign Language Center 1 book+ 10 College of Liberal Arts Center for Multi-cultural Studies 1 book+ 02 College of Science 7 units / 13 books
01 College of Science Department of Mathematics 2 books+ 02 College of Science Department of Chemistry 2 books+ 03 College of Science Department of Physics 2 books+ 04 College of Science Department of Earth Sciences 2 books+ 05 College of Science Department of Photonics 2 books+ 06 College of Science Institute of Space and Plasma Sciences 2 books+ 07 College of Science Center for Theoretical Sciences 1 book+ 03 College of Management 15 units / 26 books
01 College of Management Department of Accountancy 2 books+ 02 College of Management Institute of Finance 2 books+ 03 College of Management Department of Statistics 2 books+ 04 College of Management Department of Industrial and Information Management 2 books+ 05 College of Management Institute of Information Management 2 books+ 06 College of Management Department of Transportation and Communication Management Science 2 books+ 07 College of Management Department of Business Administration 2 books+ 08 College of Management Institute of International Business 2 books+ 09 College of Management Institute of Data Science 2 books+ 10 College of Management Institute of Telecommunications Management 2 books+ 11 College of Management Institute of Physical Education, Health and Leisure Studies 2 books+ 12 College of Management EMBA 1 book+ 13 College of Management Institute of International Management (IMBA) 1 book+ 14 College of Management Advanced MBA (AMBA) 1 book+ 15 College of Management Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) 1 book+ 04 College of Engineering 21 units / 36 books
01 College of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering 2 books+ 02 College of Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering 2 books+ 03 College of Engineering Department of Resources Engineering 2 books+ 04 College of Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 2 books+ 05 College of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering 2 books+ 06 College of Engineering Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering 2 books+ 07 College of Engineering Department of Engineering Science 2 books+ 08 College of Engineering Department of System and Naval Mechatronic Engineering 2 books+ 09 College of Engineering Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2 books+ 10 College of Engineering Department of Geomatics 2 books+ 11 College of Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering 2 books+ 12 College of Engineering Department of Environmental Engineering 2 books+ 13 College of Engineering Institute of Ocean Technology and Marine Affairs 1 book+ 14 College of Engineering Institute of Civil Aviation 1 book+ 15 College of Engineering Institute of Space Systems Engineering 1 book+ 16 College of Engineering International Degree Program on Energy Engineering 2 books+ 17 College of Engineering International Curriculum for Advanced Materials Program 1 book+ 18 College of Engineering Engineering Management Graduate Program 1 book+ 19 College of Engineering International Master Program on Natural Hazards Mitigation and Management 2 books+ 20 College of Engineering Institute of International Medical Device Innovation 1 book+ 21 College of Engineering International Master Program on Intelligent Manufacturing 2 books+ 05 College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 8 units / 15 books
01 College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of Electrical Engineering 2 books+ 02 College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering 2 books+ 03 College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Institute of Manufacturing Information and Systems 2 books+ 04 College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Institute of Microelectronics 2 books+ 05 College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering 2 books+ 06 College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Institute of Medical Informatics 2 books+ 07 College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Master Degree Program on Nano-Integrated-Circuit Engineering 1 book+ 08 College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Master Degree Program on Cyber-Security Intelligence 2 books+ 06 College of Social Sciences 6 units / 11 books
01 College of Social Sciences Department of Political Science 2 books+ 02 College of Social Sciences Department of Economics 2 books+ 03 College of Social Sciences Department of Law 2 books+ 04 College of Social Sciences Department of Psychology 2 books+ 05 College of Social Sciences Institute of Education 2 books+ 06 College of Social Sciences Mind Research and Imaging Center 1 book+ 07 College of Planning and Design 5 units / 10 books
01 College of Planning and Design Department of Architecture 2 books+ 02 College of Planning and Design Department of Urban Planning 2 books+ 03 College of Planning and Design Department of Industrial Design 2 books+ 04 College of Planning and Design Institute of Creative Industries Design 2 books+ 05 College of Planning and Design Master Program on Techno Art 2 books+ 08 College of Bioscience and Biotechnology 4 units / 8 books
01 College of Bioscience and Biotechnology Department of Life Sciences 2 books+ 02 College of Bioscience and Biotechnology Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences 2 books+ 03 College of Bioscience and Biotechnology Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences and Microbiology 2 books+ 04 College of Bioscience and Biotechnology NCKU-AS Graduate Program in Translational Agricultural Sciences 2 books+ 09 College of Medicine 45 units / 57 books
01 College of Medicine School of Medicine 2 books+ 02 College of Medicine Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy 2 books+ 03 College of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1 book+ 04 College of Medicine Department of Physiology 1 book+ 05 College of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology 2 books+ 06 College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology 1 book+ 07 College of Medicine Department of Environmental and Occupational Health 1 book+ 08 College of Medicine Department of Parasitology 1 book+ 09 College of Medicine Department of Medical Humanities and Social Medicine 2 books+ 10 College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine 1 book+ 11 College of Medicine Department of Surgery 1 book+ 12 College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics 2 books+ 13 College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 books+ 14 College of Medicine Department of Orthopedics 1 book+ 15 College of Medicine Department of Neurology 1 book+ 16 College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry 1 book+ 17 College of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology 1 book+ 18 College of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1 book+ 19 College of Medicine Department of Dermatology 1 book+ 20 College of Medicine Department of Urology 1 book+ 21 College of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology 1 book+ 22 College of Medicine Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1 book+ 23 College of Medicine Department of Medical Imaging 1 book+ 24 College of Medicine Department of Family Medicine 1 book+ 25 College of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine 1 book+ 26 College of Medicine Department of Pathology 1 book+ 27 College of Medicine Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1 book+ 28 College of Medicine Department of Oncology 1 book+ 29 College of Medicine Department of Geriatric Medicine 1 book+ 30 College of Medicine School of Pharmacy 2 books+ 31 College of Medicine Department of Nursing 2 books+ 32 College of Medicine School of Dentistry 2 books+ 33 College of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy 2 books+ 34 College of Medicine Department of Occupational Therapy 1 book+ 35 College of Medicine Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology 2 books+ 36 College of Medicine Department of Public Health 2 books+ 37 College of Medicine Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 1 book+ 38 College of Medicine Institute of Basic Medical Sciences 1 book+ 39 College of Medicine Institute of Behavioral Medicine 1 book+ 40 College of Medicine Institute of Molecular Medicine 1 book+ 41 College of Medicine Institute of Oral Medicine 1 book+ 42 College of Medicine Institute of Clinical Medicine 1 book+ 43 College of Medicine Institute of Allied Health Sciences 1 book+ 44 College of Medicine Institute of Gerontology 1 book+ 45 College of Medicine Department of Food Safety, Hygiene and Risk Management 1 book+ 10 Miin Wu School of Computing 3 units / 6 books
01 Miin Wu School of Computing MS Degree Program in Intelligent Technology Systems 2 books+ 02 Miin Wu School of Computing MS Degree Program in Intelligent Computing 2 books+ 03 Miin Wu School of Computing Intelligent Computing Industrial Doctorate Program 2 books+ 11 Academy of Innovative Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing 6 units / 7 books
01 Academy of Innovative Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing Program on Integrated Circuit Design 1 book+ 02 Academy of Innovative Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing Program on Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology 1 book+ 03 Academy of Innovative Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing Program on Semiconductor Packaging and Testing 1 book+ 04 Academy of Innovative Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing Program on Key Materials 1 book+ 05 Academy of Innovative Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing Program on Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing 1 book+ 06 Academy of Innovative Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing Taiwan Semiconductor Master of Management 2 books+ 12 Cross-college and General Programs 4 units / 6 books
01 Cross-college and General Programs CollegeX 1 book+ 02 Cross-college and General Programs Cross College Elite Program 1 book+ 03 Cross-college and General Programs International Master's Program in Interdisciplinary Sustainability Studies 2 books+ 04 Cross-college and General Programs Center for General Education 2 books+ READING NOTE 03
A degree may be a machine for deciding what becomes visible. The books do not only transfer information. They teach students which details deserve attention, what counts as evidence, and which kinds of explanation feel legitimate. The university is one institution, but it contains more than a hundred different operating systems.
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