The Instrumentation Center, established in 1995, centrally manages and maintains shared equipment with NSTC support. It offers online reservations for academic and industrial use. With two divisions, expert consultants, and trained staff, it ensures optimal performance, technical support, and research collaboration. Publications generated using the facilities of the NTU Instrumentation Center can be found here. (Web of Science Publication List, subscription access required)
The Instrumentation Center was transformed from an NSTC (National Science and Technology Council) institution to a unit in College of Science on May 1, 1996, after approval by the Ministry of Education. Its running cost has been partially supported, on a project-based manner, by NSTC. The reservations of the service and machine time are opened to the public on the NSTC website (https://vir.nstc.gov.tw/ ) to ensure that these instruments are used efficiently by the academic as well as industrial users. Currently the Center consists of two divisions―"Analysis and Measurement" and "Marine Exploration".
The Center recruits experienced consultants to pursue excellent instrumental performance. Its trained technical staff are responsible for the instrumental operation and maintenance, as well as analyzing/interpreting results and assisting with related research tasks, including customized experimental design and state-of-the-art techniques. It also has an advisory board that formulates operational guidelines, reviews technical staff promotions, and facilitates cooperation with other units. It has provided services to numerous principal investigators, graduate students, undergraduates, and research fellows, benefiting NTU, domestic research institutes, and industries in the disciplines of physics, chemistry, life science, electrical engineering, materials science, and geology.
In 2025, 22 instruments were made available through the same system, providing 73,000 service jobs totaling 74,000 working hours, and contributing to more than 350 peer-reviewed journal articles.