Among universities in Taiwan this department performs well in academic evaluation. In ESI research field ranking the published papers and citation frequency of material sciences in National Taiwan Ocean University ranked 10th nation-wide, according to Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan. Given the fact that only the best 1% universities world-wide are listed in ESI ranking this achievement is particularly noteworthy.
Outstanding academic performance roots in good teaching/research atmosphere; especially teacher-student interactions.