1963, "Taiwan Province provincial kaohsiung institute of technology" was established at the present site, initially setting up chemical engineering and civil engineering.

1979 changed its name to "Kaohsiung Municipal Institute of Technology"

198 1 was changed to "National Kaohsiung Institute of Technology".

1992, the business class was added for two years and renamed as "National Kaohsiung Institute of Business and Technology".

1997 was transformed into a technical college, and its name was changed to "National Kaohsiung Institute of Science and Technology".

In 2000, it was renamed "national kaohsiung university of applied sciences"