National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH) is a national hospital and was established in 1980 and formally opened to the public on June 12, 1988. We provide medical, educational and research services showing excellent achievement. NCKUH is accredited to be the model of excellent operation in Taiwan that other medical centers can learn from.

Number of surgical procedures is 37,022. Total number of patients undergoing organ or tissue transplantation is 85. Total number of Featured surgeries (Endoscopic surgery 5,140, Da Vinci Surgical System 242, Hybrid Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 718) is 6,100.

The number of the Hospital’s research projects in 2018 reached 460. The Hospital published a total of 452 SCI theses, with an average impact of 3.88 .

In terms of clinical teaching and training, we provide year-round and short-term trainings for 428 trainees, including PGY doctors and interns from Taiwan and other countries in 2018. We also trained 3,209 medical personnel, many of which were student interns from abroad.