2003: The cross-campus UST Cultural Studies Program was established. Cross-university collaborations started.
2003: The office for the UST Cultural Studies Program was established at National Chiao Tung University.
2004: Offices for the UST Cultural Studies Program were established at National Central University and National Tsing Hua University.
2009: National Yang Ming University joined the cultural studies team. Office for the UST Cultural Studies Program was established at National Yang Ming University.
2010: The Preparatory Office for the International Institute of Cultural Studies (UST) was established.
2012: The International Institute for Cultural Studies at the University System of Taiwan (IICS-UST) was officially established and registered with the Ministry of Education.
2012: The International Master’s Program in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (IACS-UST) was approved by the Ministry of Education and began recruiting students.
September 2013: The first students enrolled in the International Master’s Program in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (IACS-UST).
September 2015: The International Institute for Cultural Studies (IICS-NCTU) was promoted to a college-level institute at National Chiao Tung University.
2018: Sponsored by the Higher Education SPROUT Project through the Ministry of Education, IICS-NCTU was renamed as the International Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS-NCTU). The five-year SPROUT project “Conflict, Justice, and Decolonization: Critical Studies in Inter-Asian Societies” started.
2023: Office for the IACS was established at National Chengchi University
As of 2023, a total of 121 students have been admitted, including 45 local students and 77 international students. There have been 42 graduates, including 12 local students and 30 international students. The international students come from 23 countries: 19 from Hong Kong, 7 from Malaysia, 2 from South Korea, 9 from China, 2 from the United Kingdom, 3 from Japan, 10 from Indonesia, 3 from India, 4 from Vietnam, 4 from Ukraine, 1 from Russia, and 1 each from Macau, Israel, South Africa, France, Thailand, Belgium, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Italy, and Poland.
