Based on valuable suggestions and efforts from both domestic and international communities in the biomedical engineering field in June 2000, the Division of Medical Engineering Research (ME) was founded and our mission is to develop valuable and innovative medical therapies, technologies, and medical products to increase the level of medical engineering research in Taiwan.

Later in August 2004, with the aim of promotion for nanobiomedicine, the Center for Nanomedicine Research (CNMR) was established to execute the National Nano Science and Technology Program. The mission of the Center is to integrate interdisciplinary research in nanotechnology and medical technology for the application of medicine and health.

Based on the complementary expertise of the ME and CNMR for the same goals of industry-academia collaboration, the two organizations merged in 2013 to become the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine (IBEN). The IBEN focuses on Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Biomedical Imaging, Nano-Medicine, and Biomedical Electronics; and it performs translational research in close collaboration with clinical institutions. The institute also forms close connections with local and international industrial players to enhance the commercialization of its research products.