Initially the college included three undergraduate departments: Chinese, English and mathematics. In the ensuing years a technical education department (those courses of a more specialized nature such as drafting and mechanics) was added along with an education and chemistry department. The early years were ones of constant struggle and frequent financial constraint.
當時高師只設國文、英語、數學三系；僅有的三棟二層樓校舍及一座餐廳，均已相當陳舊，經費又侷促，學生沒有活動中心，各系得共用教室，更別提添購教學設備了。