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History of Department

The development of the Department of Public Finance traces back to the Department of Public Finance in Taiwan Provincial College of Public Administration, established in 1949. It was promoted in 1956 and became the Department of Public Finance in Taiwan Provincial College of Law and Commerce. A year later in 1957, following government policy, some faculty members of this department were transferred to National Chengchi University, while those who stayed helped build the Department of Economics. Taiwan Provincial College of Law and Commerce became part of Taiwan Provincial Chung Hsing University in 1961. By 1971, Taiwan Provincial Chung Hsing University was promoted and renamed as National Chung Hsing University. To fulfill the rapid need for public finance and taxation experts, the Ministry of Education revived the Department of Public Finance under the College of Law and Commerce, National Chung Hsing University, and after a series of transformations, in February 2000 the department was transformed into the Department of Public Finance, College of Public Affairs, National Taipei University (NTPU). Currently, the Department of Public Finance offers undergraduate (including an extension program) and graduate programs. The goal of the department is to train public finance and taxation specialists and researchers for government agencies and the private sector.