| 1915 |
NCU was founded at NanKing and became one of the top leading universities in South-Eastern China. |
| 1936 |
NCU was moved to Sapingba, Chungching during the anti-Japanese war. |
| 1962 |
NCU was reinstated in Taiwan at Miaoli, as the Graduate Institute of Geophysics of the National Central University. |
| 1968 |
NCU moved to Shuanglianpo, Jhongli and became the Science College of the National Central University. |
| 1975 |
8000 trees were planted to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen´s death. The university´s Chinese name was spelled out using golden Chinese banyan on the roundabout in front of the main gate. |
| 1979 |
NCU was officially reestablished with it original name, the National Central University. It comprised three colleges: Science, Engineering, and Liberal Arts. |
| 1994 |
NCU built the first satellite remote sensing of ground reception site in Taiwan. |
| 1999 |
ROCSAT-1, a satellite which NCU scientists helped build was successfully launched - a landmark in the history of Taiwan´s space technology studies. |
| 2001 |
NCU was selected as one of the major research-oriented universities eligible for government´s special project support. |
| 2002 |
NCU joined hands with Chiao Tung University, Tsing-Hua University and National Yang-Ming University in the vicinity to form the "University System of Taiwan". |
| 2003 |
The College of Hakka Studies was established as the seventh college. |
| 2004 |
NCU appended The Graduate Institute of Hakka Language and Literature, the Graduate Institute of Hakka Political Economy. |
| 2005 |
NCU celebrated its 90th commemoration. NCU obtained yearly support of extra NT$600 million for the coming five years from Taiwan´s Ministry of Education. |
| 2006 |
NCU appends Department of Optics and Photonics. |
