Founded in 1991, the College of Humanities hosts four departments and two independent graduate institutes. All of the four departments offer both undergraduate and graduate programs. Altogether there are seven MA programs, two on-the-job MA programs, and five Ph. D. programs.

The time of establishment of each departments and graduate institutes are as follows:

Department of Chinese Literature
→ undergraduate programs (1992)
→ MA programs (1989)
→ Ph. D. Programs (1994)

Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
→ undergraduate programs (1992)
→ MA programs (1990)
→ MA programs of Comparative Literature (1999)
→ Ph. D. Programs (2002)

Department of History
→ undergraduate programs (1993)
→ MA programs (1991)
→ Ph. D. Programs (1994)

Department of Philosophy
→ undergraduate programs (1998)
→ MA programs (1993)
→ Ph. D. Programs (2002)

Graduate Institute of Linguistics
→ MA programs (1995)
→ Ph. D. Programs (2005)

Graduate Institute of Taiwanese Literature
→ MA programs (2004)