In response to the nation’s 2050 net-zero emissions policy and the growing demand for talent in the green transition, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) has taken on the Ministry of Environment (MOENV) Net-Zero Green-Collar Talent Development Program, bringing together 15 universities and colleges in southern Taiwan to establish the Southern Training Center. The center was officially unveiled on August 17th, the ceremony was attended by NCKU Executive Vice President Dr. Yung-Chun Lee, Minister of Environment Chi-Ming Peng, President Shuenn-Chin Chang of the National Environmental Research Academy (NERA), and Director-General Jen-Tse Hsu of the Tainan City Environmental Protection Bureau.

In the summer of 2026, a transnational event bringing together Eastern and Western creativity and sustainable thinking officially kicked off. Co-hosted by the University of Washington (UW), USA and the Department of Industrial Design at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, with resources connected from Deisgn School at National Taiwan University (D-School@NTU), the three-week "Cross-Cultural Experience Design Workshop: Design in Taiwan" was jointly organized. The event will begin on August 23 with a preliminary itinerary at NTU in Taipei, and subsequently move to its base at the NCKU Industrial Design Dacheng Hall in Tainan from August 31 to September 11. It leads 15 UW students and 12 NCKU students to engage in in-depth co-creation centered on "circular design" and "cultural experience."

National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) warmly welcomed a delegation on July 29, 2026, including Mr. Matthieu Branders, Director of the Belgian Office Taipei; Ms. Yu-Chun (Patty) Liao, City Councillor of Leuven, Belgium; and Ms. Doris Wu, Head of the Flemish Economic Section. Executive Vice President Shyy-Woei Chang led university-level representatives from the Office of International Affairs, Office of Research and Development, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Academy of Innovative Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing (AISSM), and College of Bioscience and Biotechnology to receive the delegation. The visit aimed to solidify NCKU's existing collaboration with top Belgian academic and research institutions—such as KU Leuven and imec—in semiconductors, microelectronics, and biomedicine, while elevating the partnership from traditional professor-to-professor (PI-to-PI) cooperation to a "mission-oriented" and "Cluster-to-Cluster" interdisciplinary strategic alliance.

On the afternoon of Monday, July 27, 2026, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) hosted a visiting delegation led by Dr. Pauline Ravinet, Attachée for Science & University Cooperation of the French Office in Taipei (Bureau Français de Taipei, BFT). Both sides engaged in in-depth discussions on Taiwan-France academic exchanges, the Cluster-to-Cluster research framework, and future industry-academia implementation, joining hands to propel the Taiwan-France scientific research partnership toward a new milestone.

The Academy of Innovative Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing (AISSM) at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) continues to advance the internationalization of semiconductor education through its flagship summer program. The 5th NCKU All-English Semiconductor Summer School is being held from July 28 to August 7, 2026, bringing together 72 international students from partner universities across 14 countries, including the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Czechia, to study and exchange ideas in Taiwan.