The Department of Government and Law was established to support the national political development and consolidate democracy in the country, expecting to cultivate political-minded legal professionals and legal-minded political leaders. The Department aims to educate political men and legal men by providing a balanced curriculum including politics and law. The term of “political men” is not confined to graduates of departments and institutes of political science. In general, it refers to those who are dedicated to political or public affairs. The term of “legal men” is not restricted to political and legal graduates either; instead, it describes those who engage in the legal profession or are interested in law. Combining both traditional disciplines of law and politics, the Department endeavors to train “political men” and “legal men” as a long-term objective, which is also of great significance to the country's constitutional development.

The focus of the curriculum is placed on the research and teaching of politics and law related to the public sector. In addition to the fundamental teaching and research of law studies and political science, special attention is paid to legal and political affairs in society, so as to avoid the phenomena in which legal men ignore political beliefs, while political men neglect legal conceptions.

The key feature of the Department is a balanced curriculum including theories and practices of politics and law.

Our graduates can, according to personal preferences, serve in the public sector as administrative, legal and legislative assistants, work for private corporations and institutions, or pursue higher education.

Public sector: our graduates can either attend national examinations for legal professionals, such as judges and lawyers, or join national high-class and ordinary examinations for public officers.

Legislative assistance: our graduates can serve as legislative or country/city representative assistants. With the development of democracy, they will find great job opportunities in this area.

Legal or Administrative work in private corporations or institutions: our graduates can certainly make good contributions to the private sector since they are equipped with abundant knowledge of administration and public law.

Higher education: our graduate can pursue higher education in the fields of politics and law abroad or in the country. For those who are awarded distinctions upon graduation, they can be referred to overseas academic institutions for higher education by professors of the Department.

The Department will continue inviting more distinguished scholars and professionals with Ph.D. degrees as well as political and legal expertise to enrich the faculty.

The Law College Building , scheduled to be completed in 2004, will provide sufficient space for both faculty and students so that the unity among the Department can be further secured.

The Department will enhance the research and development of the political and legal areas to promote academic quality, so as to help the Department synchronise with international trends to be one of the top universities in the world.

The Department will encourage international academic exchanges, hold academic seminars with international well-known universities, and make professor or student exchanges.

The Department will cooperate with “Research Centre for Human Rights”, “Research Centre for Public Law” and “Tribune of Political Science and Law” to facilitate academic symposiums, and conduct academic exchanges with universities abroad and in the country.