The Department of Applied Chemistry of National Chia-Yi University (NCYU), located in the Lantan main campus, was founded in 2000.

The Department of Applied Chemistry offers Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Currently, there are about fifty graduate and two hundred undergraduate students enrolled in the program. The student to faculty ratio was kept at a low level; therefore, our students have the best opportunity to receive the guidance from our dedicated faculty.

Although the program's history was short, we are able to offer a state-of-the-art facility, and continue to improve on a daily basis. In addition, we keep recruiting internationally recognized researchers to serve as our faculty members. Their expertise areas include analytical, organic, inorganic, physical chemistry, and biochemistry, as well as biotechnology and nanotechnology.  Based on our efforts, we strongly believe this program will become one of the best chemistry programs in Taiwan.