National Chengchi University was established in Nanjing City and relocated to Taipei City. NCCU has been considered as one of the most prestigious universities of Republic of China. Colloquially, NCCU is known by the Chinese as "National University of Governance, " "Zhèngdà" (政大). The name, Chengchi (政治) refers to "Governance." The school was founded by the Kuomintang-dominated Nationalist government of Nanjing in 1927 as an only incubator for senior civil service in China. It has been considered one of the most important institutions of the Republic of China with Central Military Academy (中央陸軍軍官學校), which is a prestigious incubator for commanders. Today, NCCU has been elected as the "Aim for the Top University Project" sponsored school of the Ministry of Education.