Founding Years of the Institutes

Institute of Mathematics	The Preparatory Office was set up in 1941.
	The Institute was inaugurated in 1947,and moved to Taiwan in 1948.
Institute of Physics	The Institute was established in Shanghai in July 1928
	and was reactivated in Taiwan in 1962.
Institute of Chemistry	The Institute was set up in Shanghai in July 1928
	and was reactivated in Taiwan in 1965.
Institute of Earth Science	The Preparatory Office was set up in July 1976.
	The Institute was established in Aug. 1982.
Institute of Information Science	The Preparatory Office was set up in July 1976.
	The Institute was established in Aug. 1987.
Institute of Statistical Science	The Preparatory Office was set up in February 1981.
	The Institute was inaugurated in August 1987.
Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Preparatory Office	The Preparatory Office was set up in December 1982.
Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Preparatory Office	The Preparatory Office was set up in June 1993.
Institute of Botany	The forerunner of this Institute was the Museum of Natural History of Academia Sinica.
	In 1962, the Institute was reactivated in Nankang, Taipei.
Institute of Zoology	The forerunner of this Institute was the Museum of Natural History of Academia Sinica.
	In 1970, the Institute was reactivated in Nankang, Taipei.
Institute of Biological Chem.	The Preparatory Office was set up in 1970. The Institute was established in 1977.
Institute of Biomedical Science	The Preparatory Office was set up in Nankang, Taipei in Februay 1981.
	The Institute was established in December 1993.
Institute of Molecular Biology	The Preparatory Office was set up in Nankang, Taipei in December 1982.
	The Institute was established in March 1993.
Institute of History and Philology	The Preparatory Office was set up in Sun Yat-Sen University in March 1928.
	The Institute was established in July 1928 and moved to Taiwan in 1948.
Institute of Ethnology	The Preparatory Office was set up in February 1955.
	The Institute was inaugurated in Nankang, Taipei in April 1965.
Institute of Modern History	The Preparatory Office was set up in February 1955.
	The Institute was inaugurated in Nankang, Taipei in April 1965.
Institute of Economics	The Preparatory Office was set up in Oct. 1962.
	The Institute was inaugurated in Nankang in February 1970.
Institute of European and American Studies	The Preparatory Office was set up in December 1969.
	The Institute was established in Nankang, Taipei in February 1970.
Institute of Sociology	The Office was set up in May 1995.The Institute was established in January 2000.
Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy	The Preparatory Office was set up in July 1974. The Institute was established in Nankang, Taipei in August 1981.
Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Preparatory Office	The Preparatory Office was set up in Nankang in August 1989.
Institute of Taiwan History, Preparatory Office	The Preparatory Office was set up in July 1993.