To help improve further techniques and designs and to increase the self-manufacture rate, the School of Engineering of National Taiwan University established the Institute of Naval Architecture in 1973. It undertakes ship model testing, research in engineering problems and training of technicians.
為了協助業者對造船技術與設計上的更新，並提高自製率，民國六十二年台灣大學工學院成立了造船工程學研究所，從事船舶模型試驗、工程問題探討及技術人才的培育等工作。