In the 1960’s while both the industrial and economic developments were taking off in Taiwan, there was a lack of mid-level professionals in the industries. In response to the developmental needs, Mr. Y. C. Wang and Mr. Y. Z. Wang, the founders of Formosa Plastics Group, donated the funds for the establishment of the University in December 1963 in order to strengthen the cultivation of talents. 

The University is located on the hillside of Kueizi Village in Taishan District, New Taipei City and was originally named “Ming Chi Institute of Technology.” The campus occupies an area of 62 hectares with vast green areas and beautiful yet tranquil sceneries. More than 200 years ago, during the reign of Emperor Chienlong in the Ching Dynasty, the “Ming Chi Academy,” founded by a Tributary Scholar, Mr. Hu Cho-yu in Southern Fukien, was located in the vicinity of the University. At that time the Academy was a center of intellectual and cultural hub and was also the cultural origin of northern Taiwan. This university was named “Ming Chi” with an aim to encourage the faculty and the students to learn from the virtuous elders and to embrace heritage and vision as their own mission. 

With the traditions of "residential schooling" and "part-time practical training", Ming Chi University of Technology has set an excellent example of successfully combining theory and practice and inaugurating a new technical education system. By fostering the spirit of diligence through on-campus life education and cultivating students' practical problem-solving abilities via practical training, we hope to improve the present, create opportunities, and foster future developments to reconstruct Ming Chi as the model institution for technological and vocational education. 

Looking to the future, we will continuously improve the teaching structure and strengthen the quantity of academic-industrial cooperation. Moreover, we will also make efforts to build up international learning environment and teaching in English to enhance students" language abilities. We are actively internationalizing Ming Chi and our students by introducing our practical training programs to universities around the world as well as encouraging our teachers and students to participate in international conferences and events. We will be working with overseas institutes to recruit more international professionals and foreign students to our school in order to help our students develop international perspectives in an open-mined and positive way. 

The school’s motto is ‘Diligence, Perseverance, Frugality and Trustworthiness.’ In terms of ‘Diligence and Perseverance’, we expect our students not only to work hard, but also to do right and useful things. Students are encouraged to build their wisdom and enhance self-confidence through the accumulation of such useful experiences. ‘Frugality and Trustworthiness’ implies a simple and honest life; therefore, students should concentrate on the pursuit of their life goals. With this motto as well as professional knowledge and skills, all our students are expected to be useful members of the society. 

As part of the technological and vocational education system, Ming Chi has consistently adhered to the philosophy of sophisticated school administration and practice-oriented education since the establishment in 1963. We focus not only on developing students’ professional knowledge and practical abilities, but also on enhancing the cultivation of their humanism quality. By working along both lines, students come to build the correct outlook on life and become excellent and talented people capable of both humanism quality and professional techniques. It is our ultimate goal to ‘use holistic education to cultivate talented people with equal emphasis on the development of a diligent and guileless attitude as well as theoretical and practical ability to do life-long learning.’ 

Residential schooling’ and ‘part-time practical training’ are two of our longstanding school traditions. To live on campus while studying helps students mould their characteristics and maintain a diligent attitude in daily life. With good reputation for education performance, the school was approved by the Ministry of Education to transform itself into “Ming Chi Institute of Technology” in 1999 and continued to establish relevant departments. In 2004, the institute was further renamed into “Ming Chi University of Technology”. We shall continue with our existing efforts and commitments in education, and, more importantly, focus the development of the university on the “Cooperation between the industry and the university”. We aim at elevating both the quality and quantity of our research through a close cooperation with the industries, in the meantime reciprocating our achievements to the industries. The ultimate purpose is to achieve a win-win situation through the simultaneous elevation of the educational effectiveness and the technological dynamics in industries. Moral education is a crucial educational strategy nowadays, and it is also our core value to see students gradually learn the moral virtues of sincerity, integrity, mildness, manners, gratitude, thoughtfulness, industriousness and endurance along with the cultivation of leadership and a wholesome personality to serve mankind. As for working part-time outside the school, it is our objective to help students quickly accumulate practical abilities, gain real-life experiences, and learn the true meaning of diligence, perseverance, being down-to-earth, and searching to the root of things. Especially, our overseas practical training program that began in 2006 has become the pioneer among all universities and colleges in Taiwan.