1. To improve the sports environment on the Shida Campus, NCUE built a covered all-weather court, aiming to promote a new culture of sports on campus. Construction and acceptance inspection has been completed, and the court is now open for use, providing faculty, staff, and students with a higher-quality, safer space that can be used regardless of weather conditions. (Figure 1)

2. NCUE has both indoor and outdoor sports facilities. Outdoor facilities such as the athletics track are free for staff, students and local residents. Residents use the track for exercise each morning and evening, and a community dance group practices at one end of the track in the early evening. Above the tennis courts there are three outdoor basketball courts and two volleyball courts, which draw players in the evenings and at weekends; the high and low bars and the horizontal and parallel bars in the shade nearby are used by older residents for stretching and warming up. Indoor facilities such as the badminton courts and multipurpose court are free for staff and students on application and available to local residents for a fee and can be booked by community or external groups for weekend competitions.

3. The ground floor of the Wang Jin-Ping Activity Center is an open space named Lakeside Plaza because of its position beside Baisha Lake, a landmark on campus. Shaded and spacious, it is regularly used by students and residents for gymnastics, dancing, skipping and other informal exercise. NCUE has also established the U-First Sports Coaching Service Team, which since 2020 has run the University Social Responsibility (USR) Hub project “Changbei LOHAS Muscle Power – Kimochi Exercise Program” and delivers free technology-assisted fitness testing with the Sports Administration of the Ministry of Education. The testing is open to NCUE staff and students and to local residents and helps participants understand their physical condition and choose suitable exercise. The program introduces older residents to exercise through simple warm-up routines and encourages them to keep exercising regularly.

4. The swimming pool operates on a paid-entry basis. It is leased to Shin Shang Enterprise Co., Ltd. and is open to staff, students and local residents for a fee. (Figures 2–3)

Figures 2–3. Use of the NCUE swimming pool by staff, students and local residents

5. Outdoor facilities on the Shida Campus include volleyball, basketball, tennis and football pitches; indoor facilities include a table tennis room and a weight training room. All outdoor facilities except the tennis courts are free for staff, students and local residents. The football pitch is used at weekends by local softball players, and the basketball and volleyball courts attract younger residents. Many residents also walk the campus paths, which rise and fall across the site, combining light aerobic exercise with time among the trees. The tennis courts and indoor facilities are free for NCUE staff and students on application only. (Figure 5)

6. Outdoor sports facilities available free of charge (Figures 6–10):

7. Indoor sports facilities available for a fee (Figures 11–16):

8. Facilities free for NCUE staff and students only, not available for external booking (Figures 17–24):

9. NCUE values sports and physical activity among faculty, staff, and students, encourages them to stay healthy through exercise, and has trained many outstanding athletes who have brought honor to Taiwan and the university.

(1) The Department of Sports taekwondo squad competed at the 2026 Dutch Open and Belgian Open, winning two gold and four bronze medals. Lin Wei-Chun and Huang Yu-Jen took the gold medals, and Liu Yu-Yun and Chen Liang-Hsi also placed. Ten squad members were selected for the national team for the Asian Taekwondo Championships in Mongolia in May, where they will compete for qualification for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi–Nagoya. (Figures 27–28)

(2) Liu Yu-Yun, a first-year student in the Department of Sports, won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg category at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships — Taiwan's first world championship gold in ten years. The event attracted more than 2,000 competitors from over 190 countries. Professor Su Tai-Yuan of NCUE was head coach of the national team. (Figures 29–30)

(3) The Department of Sports taekwondo squad competed at the 2025 Oceania President's Cup and the 2025 Australian Open, winning eight gold, two silver and ten bronze medals. Professor Su Tai-Yuan led the Chinese Taipei team, and Liu Yu-Yun, Lin Wei-Chun, Huang Yu-Jen and Hung Chun-Yi all medaled. (Figures 31–32)

(4) The Department of Sports taekwondo squad competed at the 2025 Rhine-Ruhr World University Games under Professor Su Tai-Yuan and won three silver medals. Hung Chun-Yi took silver in the men's 80 kg category, Chin Yi-Chun took silver in the women's over-73 kg category, and Chung Chun-Chieh, Hung Chun-Yi and Huang Cho-Cheng took silver in the men's team event. (Figures 33–34)