Found in 1956 when the former Taiwan Provincial College of Engineering was recommissioned into the Cheng-Kung University. The Institute of Physics was established in 1971 with Master of Science program, and the Ph.D. program was added in 1988. Our department emphasiss In the high quality of teaching and research. Currently we have 14 professors, 1 adjunct professor, 13 associate professors, 6 instructors. Our faculty actively engages researches in Low-Temperature Physics, Optical Thin-film, Surface Science, Semiconductors, Optoelectronics, Nonlinear Science, Magnetic Properties of novel materials.