Resulting from Taiwan's increasing industrial progress and the government's emphasis on higher learning in the sciences, the university has attracted more and more students and generous funding to acquire the latest equipment.
近十年來，我國工業急速發展，工科教育備受重視，成大因此爭取到不少經費，用以興建校舍、更新教學及研究設備。民國六十七年，王唯農博士接掌校務後，積極延攬海外學人回國任教，進一步提高成大的學術水準。