Introduction
Brief
The Department of Applied Economics has set forth objectives for academic excellence, entrepreneurial interactions and consolidated economics education. All graduates are expected to be well equipped with skills to explore intriguing questions about economic change in the global context. In the light of infusing new economic and management thinking to Kaohsiung- a harbor city once acclaimed as the most important industrial city in Taiwan, the Department has teaching and research interests which range over the major areas of applied economics with particular emphasis on a solid theoretical background.
Strength
The Department is particularly strong in management economics, international economics, industrial economics, development economics, environmental economics, game theory, macroeconomic theory and policy, and it has been expanding the research interests into the areas of applied econometrics and labor economics.
State of Department
The Department was founded with the University in 2000 when Professor L.F.S Wang was invited from National Sun Yat-sen University to begin teaching and research in applied economics. Currently, the Department offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs. There are currently more than 250 students undertaking a series of courses in basic economics.
Contact
Department of Applied Economics, National University of Kaohsiung, 700, Kaohsiung University Road, Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan Phone: 886-7-5919318 Fax: 886-7-5919320 Email: econ@nuk.edu.tw