According to statistics from the Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, in 2003 Far East College ranked first among all Taiwan's institutes of higher education both in terms of patent applications filed, and of patents actually granted.
根據經濟部智慧財產局的統計顯示，民國九十二年我國專利申請件數百大排行榜中，遠東技術學院榮獲全國大專院校「專利申請」及「專利核准」雙料冠軍，大放異彩。