The department of Computer Science and Information Engineering is founded in 2005 at National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences.

In view of the development of information industry, the Dean of College of Engineering, Chun-Hsiung Fang, led Cheng-Hong Yang and Thou-Ho Chen (affiliated with the Department of Electronic Engineering), and Wen-Shyang Hwang and Tyng-Yeu Liang (affiliated with the Department of Electrical Engineering) to establish this department.

By combining the professors that have the IT ability, we can nurture IT talents for the information industry.In our department, we have engaged nine professors that have the doctoral degree in the information engineering related fields. And have diversified courses to meet the necessary for the student.

We aim to nurture IT talents with "internationalization" and "specialization" to supply the necessary for the information industry in Taiwan.

In our department, the undergraduate students have basic IT capabilities and logical thinking, and the graduate students have the innovation in the research and the application. Simultaneously, all students must have the ability of independent thinking and execution, and have the spirit of professional dedication, professional ethics and team work.