These days, the university's Department of Industrial and Commercial Design is the first choice for local students wishing to work in design. This year the bar for admission was raised to 68 points on the General Scholastic Ability Test. Two students who earned 73 points even gave up their aspirations to study law at National Taiwan University in favor of attending NTUST, such is the popularity of this program.
發展至今，台科大工商業設計系，已成為國內有志從事於設計領域學生的第一志願，今年推甄門檻高達學測 68 級分，甚至還有兩名 73 級分的學生，放棄台大法律系的第一志願而選擇台科大，其熱門可見一斑。