44 Notable alumni of Tamkang University

Miguel Tsao or Tsao Li-jey is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician.

Chen Bang-yen is a Taiwanese-American mathematician who works mainly on differential geometry and related subjects. He was a University Distinguished Professor of Michigan State University from 1990 to 2012 until his retirement. After 2012, he became University Distinguished Professor Emeritus.

Li Yuerong, better known as Iván Yueh-Jung Lee, is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat. He is the current Executive Director of the Congressional Affairs Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Previously, He served as his country's final Ambassador to Nicaragua from November to December 2021, prior to the severence of relations between the countries.

Wang Chung-ming is a Taiwanese politician who is the current magistrate of Lienchiang County since 25 December 2022.

Chen I-hsin, also known by his English name Edward I-hsin Chen, was a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese political scientist, politician, and academic. He served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 1999 from the New Party.

Chiu Chih-wei is a Taiwanese politician and a member of the Legislative Yuan. Of Hakka descent, he is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. He served as Kaohsiung's chief of bureau of civil affairs between 2007 and 2011. He was elected into the Legislative Yuan representing Kaohsiung 2nd district since 2012. He was reelected in 2016.

Cai Sufen is a Taiwanese novelist, working for the Liberty Times. Her best known books, The Child of Salt Pan and The Olive Tree, describe the life and development of a mother and her daughter. The Olive Tree, after being featured on Long-Si Ho's Book of the Month Club, became a best-seller.

Lee Sush-der is a Taiwanese financier. He is currently the president of the Taiwan Stock Exchange. He was the Minister of Finance from 2008 to 2012. Lee has also served in the Taipei and Kaohsiung city governments.

Johnny Mak Ip-sing is a pro-ROC and pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong. He has been a Yuen Long District Councillor since 1991 and is the current Chairman of the Democratic Alliance.

Hsieh Ying-chun is a Taiwanese architect and contractor.

Hung Meng-chi is a Taiwanese politician who was the Minister of Culture from 23 January 2015 until 20 May 2016, having previously served as acting minister from December 2014 to 2015.

Roan Ching-Yueh is a Taiwanese architect, writer, curator and a Professor of Department of Art and Design, Yuan Ze University.

Chang Hsien-yao or Vincent Chang is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. He was the Special Deputy Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan in September 2013 until August 2014 and concurrently as the Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in February 2014 until August 2014.

Mo Luo-fu, known by the pen name Luo Fu (洛夫; Luòfū), was a Taiwanese writer and poet.

Alfred Chen or Chen Fei-lung Chinese: 陳飛龍; 2 October 1937 – 12 February 2026) was a Taiwanese business executive and politician.

Lin Yu-fang is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. Lin was a Kuomintang legislator from 2008 to 2016 and the chairman of the Legislative Yuan's Diplomacy and National Defense Committee.

Chu Tʻien-wen is a Taiwanese fiction writer. Chu is perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for most Hou Hsiao-hsien films. She is the recipient of the 2015 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature.

Lin Shengxiang (November 25, 1971–) is an independent music composer born in Meinong, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, known for his Hakka compositions that are concerned with his hometown.

Jocelyn Wang is an actress, former news anchorwoman and TV hostess in Taiwan. She is best known for her role as the lead anchor for TVBS-NEWS in the evening. Since November 2005, she has phased out her involvement in the mass media to focus on a career in show business.

Chen Wei-ling was a Taiwanese director.

Yang Ya-che is a Taiwanese film and television director and screenwriter. He was nominated for the Taipei Golden Horse Awards for Best Director two times, for Girlfriend, Boyfriend (女朋友·男朋友) in 2012 and The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful (血觀音) in 2017.

Hsu Yen-pu is a Republic of China Army general. Since 1 May 2023, he is the current Vice Minister of the Ministry of National Defense. Hsu previously served as the Commander of the Republic of China Army from 2021 to 2023. He also served as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces from 2020 to...

Wu Mei-ju is a Taiwanese lawyer who is the seventh First Lady of the Republic of China since 2024 as the wife of President Lai Ching-te.

Liu Pang-yu was a Taiwanese politician. He served as the Magistrate of Taoyuan County from 1989 until his death in 1996. Taoyuan County is now Taoyuan City, and the office of the Magistrate is now the office of the Mayor.

Enno Cheng is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter who is also an author and a film actress. She is currently part of the band Chocolate Tiger (猛虎巧克力) in addition to performing and releasing albums solo. She is the daughter of film director Cheng Wen-tang, who she often collaborates with by writing screenplays and film scores as well as performing in his...

Wu Nien-hsuan is a Taiwanese actor and television host. He was nominated for a Golden Horse Award and a Golden Bell Award for his roles in the film The Tag-Along 2 (2017) and the television series Age of Rebellion (2018), respectively.

Abby Fung is a Taiwanese actress and model.

Ma Nien-hsien is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor. Debuting as a member of funk rock band Sticky Rice in 1997, Ma rose to fame in Asia with the band's second album The Bird King. He later pursued careers in music and acting, achieving recognition for his role as Malasun in the musical drama film Cape No. 7 (2008). He then...

Wen Chen-ling is a Taiwanese actress and television host.

José María Liu is a Taiwanese diplomat.

Peng Tien-fu was a Taiwanese politician.

Fan Sun-lu is a Taiwanese politician who served on the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2000. She served twice as deputy education minister from 2000 to 2006 and again between 2018 and 2020. Since 2020, Fan has been a member of the Control Yuan.

Chiu Ching-chun is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Hsinchu County since 20 December 2009 until 25 December 2018.

Ker Chien-ming is a Taiwanese politician and former dentist who serves as minority leader in the Legislative Yuan. From 2016 to February 2024, he was the majority leader, after the Democratic Progressive Party won a majority of seats in the Legislative Yuan for the first time.

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...

Liu Shyh-fang is a Taiwanese politician who currently serves as the Minister of the Interior since 2024.

Bruce Jung Da Linghu is a Taiwanese diplomat. He was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) from 24 September 2015 until 20 May 2016.

Chen Shei-saint, also known by his English name Apollo Chen, is a Taiwanese journalist and politician.

Lu Shiow-yen is a Taiwanese politician and former television presenter. She is the incumbent mayor of Taichung since 25 December 2018.

Daniel Hwang was a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Kuomintang and the People First Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2012.

Tsai Ming-yen is a Taiwanese polemologist and diplomat who currently serves as the director-general of the National Security Bureau.

Crowd Lu Kuang-chung is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter and actor. He is also nicknamed "Vitas Lu" after making a parody of the song Opera No. 2 by the Russian singer Vitas, having the ability to hit the same high notes. Due to a serious car accident in his first year at Tamkang University, Lu learned to play guitar during his...

Hsieh Yi-fong is a Taiwanese economist and politician. She was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2020 for Changhua County's third constituency.