Kao Yuan University, formerly known as the Private Kao Yuan Junior College of Technology (founded in 1986), is the first E-generation academy located in the Kaohsiung Science Park, Taiwan. Officially approved by the Ministry of Education (referred to as MOE hereafter), the Kao Yuan Junior College of Technology began recruiting students in 1989 and Professor Liaw, Feng-Jeng was its first president. 　In 1991, the Kao Yuan Junior College of Technology was renamed Kao Yuan Junior College of Technology and Commerce; the School of Continuing Education was established in 1995. In 1998, approved by the MOE, the Kao Yuan Junior College of Technology and Commerce, was renamed the Kao Yuan Institute of Technology and recruited students for the two-year college program. In the same year the Junior College and Night School were designated as part of the School of Continuing Education and the four-year college program started recruiting students in 1999.