National Central University (NCU) (traditional Chinese: 國立中央大學) is a national comprehensive university in Taiwan (Republic of China). National Central University was founded in 1915 and originated in 258 CE at Nanjing, China. After NCU in Nanjing was renamed Nanjing University in 1949, NCU was re-established in Taiwan in 1962. The school was initially located in Miaoli, but was relocated to Jhongli in 1968, and developed into a comprehensive university. It has now become Taiwan's leading school in the fields of literature, drama, film studies, cultural studies, sex & gender studies, geophysics, space science, remote sensing, astronomy, optoelectronics, nano scitech, management and Hakka studies. In 2001, NCU was selected by Ministry of Education as one of the 11 research-oriented universities in Taiwan. NCU now has 7 colleges in different areas, including College of Liberal Arts, College of Science, College of Engineering, College of Management, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Earth Sciences, and College of Hakka Studies.