Our future prospects can be categorized as the following 6 groups

1. Work for the needs of the people; cultivate talents for understanding and/or prevention of landslide, mudflows, crustal deformation, global positioning system (GPS), underground water level and quality, satellite information, regional geology, resource geology, and active fault investigations.

2. Actively take part in the development of focus of fundamental research in earth sciences in conjunction with the major geochemical and mineralogical facilities supported by the Program for Promoting Academic Excellence of Universities from the Ministry of Education and projects sponsored by the National Science Council.

3. Efficiently contribute to the NCKU Project of Promoting Academic Excellence & Developing World Class Research Centers supported by the Ministry of Education; push for the development plan of Earth Dynamic System Research Center and
Ocean Environment and Engineering Research Center.

4. Work with the talents and resources offered by the universitys Satellite Information Research Center and Disaster Prevention Research Center to enhance or cultivate new domains of satellite informatics and disaster prevention.

5. Actively participating in the Ocean Drilling Program ODP/IODP, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), and the International Marine Past Global Change Study (IMAGES), as well as other international collaborating research projects.

6. Actively pursuit collaborating opportunities with well-known international institutions in either research or teaching fields to further expand academic interchange and cooperation. Currently, we have already signed the collaboration pact (COE-21 program) with the Institute for Study of the Earths Interior at Okayama University in Japan to create closer exchange and cooperation between
students and teachers abroad. Development of collaborating opportunities with both America and Canada are also in progress.