The second floor contained dormitory rooms, while on the first floor there were classrooms and an office. The original name of the school was "Chung Yuan Christian College of Science and Engineering," a name the school kept until it became a fully accredited university in 1980. The original four departments were those of chemistry, physics, chemical engineering and civil engineering.
建校第二年即至中原擔任助教、現任夜間部主任的孫超一說，那時只有四個系：物理、化學、化工、土木，樓上是宿舍，樓下就是教室和辦公室，當年這一棟樓即是中原理工學院的全部。