Following the move to Taiwan, the Institute became an academy, offering four years of specialized studies. In 1968, by order of President Chiang Kai-shek, the academy, the Army Institute of Technology, the Navy Institute of Technology, and the Surveying School were consolidated into one institution - The Chung Cheng Institute of Technology.
民國五十七年，為使陸、海、空軍各單位，在國防科技教育、研究與發展上，能充分配合，且符合經濟效益，先總統蔣公特別指示將陸軍理工學院、海軍工程學院、聯勤測量學校合校，在桃園大溪員樹林，成立國防科技人才培養的最高學府﹘﹘中正理工學院。