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<div class="timeline-title"><span style="font-size:130%;">1960s</span></div>
<div class="timeline-content">1964 Department of Electrophysics established – under the Graduate Institute of Electronics</div>
<div class="timeline-content">1967 The Graduate Institute of Electronics reorganized into the College of Engineering: Department of Electrophysics under the College of Engineering</div>
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<div class="timeline-content">1972 Department of Applied Mathematics established – under the College of Engineering</div>
<div class="timeline-content">1977 Graduate Institute of Applied Mathematics established its Master's program – under the College of Engineering</div>
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<div class="timeline-content">1979</div>
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<li>National Chiao Tung University reinstated as a university, College of Science established</li>
<li>Department of Electrophysics transferred to the College of Science – Bachelor's students still awarded a Bachelor of Engineering degree</li>
<li>Department of Applied Mathematics transferred to the College of Science (moved from the Bo-Ai Campus to Management Building 1 on the Guangfu Campus)</li>
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<li>Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering established – under the Department of Electrophysics</li>
<li>Department of Computer Science established</li>
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<div class="timeline-title"><span style="font-size:130%;">1980s</span></div>
<div class="timeline-content">1982 Graduate Institute of Applied Chemistry established (New Student Dormitory)</div>
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<li>Science Building 1 completed and opened</li>
<li>Department of Electrophysics (including the Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering) moved into Science Building 1</li>
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<div class="timeline-content">1984 Department and Graduate Institute of Applied Mathematics merged, moved into Science Building 1, Doctoral program in Applied Mathematics established</div>
<div class="timeline-content">1988 Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering became an independent institute</div>
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<div class="timeline-title"><span style="font-size:130%;">1990s</span></div>
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<li>Graduate Institute of Statistics established (Science Building 1)</li>
<li>Doctoral program in the Department of Applied Chemistry established</li>
<li>Science Building 2 completed and opened; College of Science, Department and Graduate Institute of Applied Chemistry moved into Science Building 2</li>
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<div class="timeline-content">1993 Master's program in the Graduate Institute of Physics established</div>
<div class="timeline-content">1994 Graduate Institute of Biotechnology established</div>
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<li>Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering transferred to the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering</li>
<li>Department of Computer Science transferred to the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering</li>
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<li>Graduate Institute of Statistics moved into General Building 1</li>
<li>Graduate Institute of Physics moved from the Bo-Ai Campus to the 3rd floor of the Computer and Network Center on the Guangfu Campus</li>
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<div class="timeline-content">1997 Doctoral program in the Graduate Institute of Statistics established</div>
<div class="timeline-content">1998 Doctoral program in the Graduate Institute of Biotechnology established</div>
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<li>Doctoral program in the Graduate Institute of Physics established</li>
<li>Department of Biotechnology established</li>
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<div class="timeline-title"><span style="font-size:130%;">2000s</span></div>
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<li>Executive Master's Program of the College of Science established</li>
<li>Graduate Institute of Biochemical Engineering established</li>
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<li>Graduate Institute of Molecular Science established</li>
<li>College of Biological Science and Technology established; Department and Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, Graduate Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Graduate Institute of Bioinformatics transferred to the College of Biological Science and Technology</li>
<li>Department of Electrophysics moved into Engineering Building VI</li>
<li>Outstanding Dean's Award of the College of Science established</li>
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<div class="timeline-content">2006 Bachelor of Science Degree Program of the College of Science (abbreviated as Bachelor of Science Program) established</div>
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<li>Master's Program in Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing established</li>
<li>Outstanding Dean's Award of the College of Science renamed Young Scholar Research Award of the College of Science</li>
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<div class="timeline-content">2009</div>
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<li>Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling established</li>
<li>Tian Jabin Optoelectronics Center Building completed and opened</li>
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<div class="timeline-title"><span style="font-size:130%;">2010s</span></div>
<div class="timeline-content">2011 Basic Science Teaching and Research Building (abbreviated as Science Building 3) completed and opened</div>
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<li>Yau Center established (Science Building 1)</li>
<li>College of Science, Department of Electrophysics, Graduate Institute of Physics, Executive Master's Program, Bachelor of Science Program moved into Science Building 3</li>
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<div class="timeline-content">2016 The Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling completed its phased mission and its operations ended</div>
<div class="timeline-content">2017 Young Scholar Research Award of the College of Science renamed Innovation in Teaching Award and Young Scholar Research Award of the College of Science</div>
<div class="timeline-content">2018 Molecular Science Research Center completed its phased mission and its operations ended</div>
<div class="timeline-content">2019 Basic Science Teaching and Research Building renamed Science Building 3</div>
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<div class="timeline-title"><span style="font-size:130%;">2020s</span></div>
<div class="timeline-content">2021 Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics established (Science Building 3)</div>
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