Shu-Te University is dedicated to excellence in teaching and elevating the standards of tertiary education in business and commerce, recreational services, and design industries. The university was established in September 1993 by three founders, Pei-Yu Chang, Chao Yein, and Fu-Peng Lee, along with 22 other educators. Dr. Yuan Hsiang Chu was appointed as the preparatory director. In 1997, the school received official enrollment accreditation; in August 2000, it was renamed Shu-Te University after obtaining accreditation from the Ministry of Education. The university’s institutional motto is “Academic, Intellectual, Happy, Hopeful,” and it strives to create a self-developed learning environment with an interdisciplinary, integrated, and open approach to a management philosophy and a self-disciplined campus life. Further, the university aims to foster both humanity and technology, cultivate problem-solving skills in professionals, and promote a balanced development of modern university theory and practice.

Further, the university aims to foster both humanity and technology, cultivate problem-solving skills in professionals, and promote a balanced development of modern university theory and practice. Currently, the university comprises five colleges with twenty-three departments, nine graduate schools, a doctoral program. Shu-Te University achieves its mission through instruction, research, opportunities for continuing education, and collaborations with private enterprises, public organizations, and non-governmental organizations. The university aims to produce well-rounded professionals with broad knowledge, specialized technological expertise, creativity, and experience to meet the challenges of the 21st century.