Founded in 1993, the Department of Information Management offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs. Its Ph.D. program, opened in 2005, was the first in information management at a private university in Taiwan.
The department has 20 full-time faculty members and about 560 undergraduate, 110 master’s and 20 doctoral students.
All programs are accredited by IEET (Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan) under the Computing Accreditation Criteria, so degrees are recognized by the signatories of the Seoul Accord.
Recognition
2026
All degree programs accredited by IEET (Computing Accreditation Criteria, CAC2024)
2026
Times Higher Education World University Rankings: Yuan Ze University ranked 601–800 worldwide, and in the top 500 for the information field
2026
QS World University Rankings, information field: 701–750 worldwide
2025–2026
Students won best paper and best presentation awards at the International Conference on Information Management and Practice and the Cryptology and Information Security Conference
2024
Times Higher Education Young University Rankings: 301–350 worldwide
2020
14 Yuan Ze faculty members named on Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists career-long list
Features
International dual degrees
Students can earn a Yuan Ze degree together with a master’s degree abroad. Partners include the University of Cincinnati and Temple University (USA), the University of Essex (UK) and Fukuoka Institute of Technology (Japan).
A full-year professional internship
Since 1995, undergraduates have been able to spend a full year working in industry before they graduate. Partners include the Industrial Technology Research Institute, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Mobile, ASE and Deloitte Taiwan.
Research areas
Business intelligence, biomedical informatics, social media analytics, smart manufacturing and information security. The department is a member of the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, alongside UC Berkeley and MIT.