48 Notable alumni of National Cheng Kung University
Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees
National Cheng Kung University is ranked #422 in the world and #2 in Taiwan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 48 notable alumni from National Cheng Kung University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with National Cheng Kung University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Chang Yu-hern
1954-. (aged 72)
traffic researcher
Chang Yu-hern is a Taiwanese engineer and educator. He served as Chairman of the Aviation Safety Council between 2010 and 2015.
2. Chuang Yin-ching
1973-1980 (aged 7)
epidemiologist
Kenneth Chuang Yin-ching is a Taiwanese epidemiologist. As of January 2020, he leads the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (TCDC) Communicable Disease Control Medical Network.
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3. Mark Li
1955-. (aged 71)
businessperson
Mark Li is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Kuomintang, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 2008 to 2012.
4. Chen Yen-po
official
Chen Yen-po is a Taiwanese politician who has served as the deputy minister of Transportation and Communications since 2024 and acts as minister from August to September 2024.
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5. Jimmy Kuo
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Kuo Chun-ming, also known by his English name Jimmy Kuo, is a Taiwanese politician.
6. Chang Tzi-chin
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Chang Tzi-chin is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration from 14 January 2019 to 21 August 2023.
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7. Chu Fong-chi
1948-. (aged 78)
politician
Chu Fong-chi is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1990 to 2012.
8. Hsu Ching-yuan
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Hsu Ching-yuan is a former Taiwanese politician. Huang served as a member of the Taitung County Council. During his career he ran as a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) representative, an independent, and a People First Party (PFP) candidate while also forming an alliance with and campaigning for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). He rose to become Taitung County Magistrate from...
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9. Kang L. Wang
1941-. (aged 85)
researcher
engineer
physicist
Kang Lung Wang is a Taiwanese physicist and electrical engineer specializing in nanotechnology, semiconductors, and quantum systems. He is the Raytheon Chair in Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he leads its Device Research Laboratory. He was previously a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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10. Mike Frerichs
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Michael W. Frerichs is an American politician serving his third term as the State Treasurer of Illinois, after taking office on January 12, 2015. Before being elected treasurer, he was a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 52nd District from 2007 until 2015. The district, located in Champaign and Vermilion counties, includes all or parts of Champaign, Danville,...
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11. Chang Chun-Yen
1937-2018 (aged 81)
electrical engineer
Chang Chun-yen was a Taiwanese academic administrator and electrical engineer who served as the president of National Chiao Tung University (NCTU).
12. Hwung Hwung-hweng
1946-2019 (aged 73)
hydraulic engineer
Hwung Hwung-hweng was a Taiwanese civil engineer, hydraulic engineer, and academic. He was the president of National Cheng Kung University from 2011 to 2015 and served as chairman of the Aviation Safety Council from 2015 to 2018 and minister of the Ocean Affairs Council from 2018 to 2019.
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13. Lin Hung-chih
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Lin Hung-chih is a Taiwanese politician.
14. Cheng Tzu-tsai
1936-. (aged 90)
painter
political activist
politician
Cheng Tzu-tsai is a Taiwanese architect and political dissident who conspired with others in the 1970 assassination attempt of Chiang Ching-kuo, the son of Chiang Kai-shek, in New York City.
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15. Chen Hsiung-wen
1954-. (aged 72)
civil servant
Chen Hsiung-wen, also known by his English name Sherman Chen, is a Taiwanese engineer and politician. He was the Minister of Labor from 20 August 2014 until 20 May 2016.
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16. Han Pao-teh
1934-2014 (aged 80)
artist
architect
Han Pao-teh was a Taiwanese architect, educator, scholar, writer, museum curator and calligrapher.
17. Ou Chin-der
1944-. (aged 82)
civil engineer
Ou Chin-der is a Taiwanese civil engineer.
18. Chang Chia-juch
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Chang Chia-juch is a Taiwanese engineer and politician who was the Minister of Economic Affairs of Taiwan from 2013 to 2014.
19. Teng Chia-chi
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Teng Chia-chi is a Taiwanese politician. He was Deputy Mayor of Taipei from 25 December 2014 to 15 October 2019.
20. Lin Hsin-i
1946-. (aged 80)
businessperson
politician
Lin Hsin-i is a Taiwanese businessman and politician. He served in the Democratic Progressive Party administration as Minister of Economic Affairs between 2000 and 2002, then as Vice Premier between 2002 and 2004.
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21. Chen Liang-gee
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Chen Liang-gee is a Taiwanese engineer who served as Minister of Science and Technology from 8 February 2017 to 20 May 2020.
22. Chu Ching-wu
1941-. (aged 85)
justice of the peace
physicist
Paul Ching Wu Chu is a Taiwanese-American physicist specializing in superconductivity, magnetism, and dielectrics. He is a professor of physics and T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science in the Physics Department at the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. He was the president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2001 to 2009. In 1987,...
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23. Su Nan-cheng
1936-2014 (aged 78)
politician
Su Nan-cheng was a Taiwanese politician and Senior Advisor to ROC President Chen Shui-bian. He was a mayor of Tainan, serving from 1977 to 1985, and an appointed mayor of Kaohsiung, serving from 1985 to 1990. He was the speaker of the ROC National Assembly in 1999. Su was in the Kuomintang and was part of the faction that supported...
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24. Jason Chen
1960-. (aged 66)
businessperson
Chen Chun-shen, also known in English as Jason Chen, is a Taiwanese businessman who is the current chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Taiwanese electronics company Acer Inc.
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25. C. Y. Lee
1938-. (aged 88)
artist
architect
Chu-yuan Lee (Chinese: 李祖原; pinyin: Lǐ Zǔyuán; Wade–Giles: Li Tsu-yuan; born 30 December 1938) is a Taiwanese architect best known for designing the skyscraper Taipei 101.
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26. Wu Maw-kuen
1949-. (aged 77)
physicist
Maw-Kuen Wu is a Taiwanese physicist specializing in superconductivity, low-temperature physics, and high-pressure physics. He was a professor of physics at University of Alabama in Huntsville, Columbia University, and National Tsing Hua University, the Director of the Institute of Physics at Academia Sinica, the President of National Dong Hwa University, and is currently a distinguished research fellow of the Institute...
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27. Tsay Ting-kuei
1949-. (aged 77)
civil servant
social activist
Tsay Ting-kuei is a Taiwanese civil engineer and political activist. He is a professor of engineering at National Taiwan University, where he has conducted research in areas including coastal engineering and computational hydraulics. In politics, he served in various positions in the Chen Shui-bian administration in the mid-2000s, and rose to greater prominence for his protests in support of the...
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28. Yu Wo
1984-. (aged 42)
children's writer
manhuajia
writer
Yu Wo, born Chen Wenxuan (陳玟瑄), is a Taiwanese light novelist, best known for creating 1/2 Prince.
29. Hsu Hsin-ying
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Hsu Hsin-ying is a Taiwanese politician and civil engineer. Prior to joining the Kuomintang (KMT) in 2009, Hsu was an independent. She left the KMT to found the Minkuotang (MKT) in 2015. In 2019, the MKT was absorbed by the Congress Party Alliance. Hsu rejoined the Kuomintang in 2022, and was reelected in the 2024 legislative election.
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30. Wu Po-hsiung
1939-. (aged 87)
politician
Wu Po-hsiung is a Taiwanese politician served as the mayor of Taipei from 1988 to 1990 and as the chairman of the Kuomintang from 2007 to 2009. Previously, he was also interior minister (1984–1988) and secretary-general to the president (1991–1996). Wu was nominated as honorary chairman of the Kuomintang when he was succeeded by Ma Ying-jeou as the chairman of...
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31. Mao Chi-kuo
1948-. (aged 78)
university teacher
economist
politician
Mao Chi-kuo is a Taiwanese engineering professor and politician. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he served as the premier of the Republic of China from 2014 to 2016 and was previously the president of the Executive Yuan from 2014 to 2016.
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32. Wang Kwo-tsai
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Wang Kwo-tsai is a Taiwanese engineer who served as the Minister of Transportation and Communications from 2021 to 2024. He had also served as the Political Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications between 2016 and 2021.
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33. Lung Ying-tai
1952-. (aged 74)
university teacher
writer
politician
Lung Ying-tai is a Taiwanese writer and public intellectual. She has written more than 30 books. Lung served as Taiwan's first Minister of Culture from 2012 to 2014 under the Ma Ying-jeou administration.
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34. Samuel C. C. Ting
1936-. (aged 90)
physicist
university teacher
Chao Chung Ting, also known by his English name Samuel, is a Taiwanese-American particle physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976 with Burton Richter for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle. He is the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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35. Lee Hong-yuan
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Lee Hong-yuan is a Taiwanese civil engineer, environmental engineer, and politician. He was the Minister of the Interior from 2012 to 2014, and previously the Minister of the Public Construction Commission from 2011 to 2012.
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36. Lin Fei-fan
1988-. (aged 38)
social activist
LGBTQ rights activist
Lin Fei-fan is a Taiwanese politician and activist currently serving as deputy secretary-general of Taiwan's National Security Council. Lin was one of the leaders of the Sunflower Student Movement. He joined the Democratic Progressive Party as deputy secretary-general in 2019.
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37. Cheng Nan-jung
1947-1989 (aged 42)
journalist
Cheng Nan-jung was a Taiwanese publisher and pro-democracy activist. He was the founder of the Freedom Era Weekly. He is most known internationally for setting himself on fire in support of freedom of speech.
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38. Pai Hsien-yung
1937-. (aged 89)
writer
Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai is a Taiwanese writer who has been described as a "melancholy pioneer". He was born in Guilin, Guangxi at the cusp of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Pai's father was the Kuomintang (KMT) general Bai Chongxi (Pai Chung-hsi), whom he later described as a "stern, Confucian father" with "some soft spots in his heart." Pai was diagnosed with...
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39. Lai Ching-te
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
physician
Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, is a Taiwanese politician, physician, and nephrologist who has served as the eighth president of the Republic of China since 2024. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), he has been the party's chairman since 2023.
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40. Chen Chieh-ju
1937-. (aged 89)
politician
Chen Chieh-ju is a Taiwanese disability rights activist and politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2008 to 2016 as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.
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41. Hsu Jan-yau
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Hsu Jan-yau is a Taiwanese politician and current chairman of the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
42. Lai Shyh-bao
1951-. (aged 75)
university teacher
politician
Lai Shyh-bao is a Taiwanese engineer and politician currently serving as a member of the Legislative Yuan. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he has served on the party's Central Standing Committee and in the National Assembly.
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43. Chen Wei-zen
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Chen Wei-zen or Chen Wei-jen, is a Taiwanese architect who was the Minister of the Interior from 2014 to 2016.
44. Lin I-chin
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Lin I-chin is a Taiwanese politician.
45. Wang Chien-shien
1938-. (aged 88)
politician
Wang Chien-shien is a Taiwanese politician who is the founder of the New Party. He was finance minister of the Republic of China from 1990 to 1992 and is the chairman of the Chinese Management Association (CMA) (since 1990). Wang was the President of the Control Yuan from August 2008 to August 2014.
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46. Kuo Kuo-wen
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Kuo Kuo-wen, also known by the English name Robert Kuo, is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. He has served as a member of the Legislative Yuan since 2019. From 2016 to 2017, he was a deputy minister of labor. Previously, he was the secretary-general to the Taiwan Confederation of Trade Unions and a member of the Tainan City Council.
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47. Li Wo-shi
1960-. (aged 66)
civil servant
politician
Lee Wo-shih is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. He was the Magistrate of Kinmen County from 20 December 2009 until 25 December 2014.
48. Ho Hsin-chun
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Ho Hsin-chun is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, she has served on the Legislative Yuan since 2012.