The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Tainan Section was initiated by a preparatory committee and formally formed 2003. Currently it has more than 250 members in Taiwan. Taiwan is grouped into Region 10 Asia Pacific and has two sections: the Taipei Section and the Tainan Section. The Tainan Section's boundaries include Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingtun. Members who reside in the area are automatically recognized as members of Tainan Section by IEEE.

There are 15 Chapters, 1 Council Chapter, 2 Affinity Groups, and 2 Student Branches in the Tainan Section. The role of these chapters is to facilitate the specialized interest in their various fields of expertise. The detailed information is as follows:

  1. Antennas and Propagation Society Tainan Chapter
  2. Broadcast Technology Society Tainan Chapter
  3. Computer Society Tainan Chapter
  4. Circuits and Systems Society Tainan Chapter
  5. Computational Intelligence Society Tainan Chapter
  6. Communications Society Tainan Chapter
  7. Electron Devices Society Tainan Chapter
  8. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Tainan Chapter
  9. IEEE Young Professionals Tainan Chapter
  10. Information Theory Society Tainan Chapter
  11. Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Tainan Chapter
  12. Nanotechnology Council Tainan Chapter
  13. Sensors Council Chapter Tainan Chapter
  14. Systems, Man, Cybernetics Tainan Chapter
  15. Signal Processing Society Tainan Chapter
  16. Solid-State Circuit Society Tainan Chapter
  17. Vehicular Technology Society Tainan Chapter
  18. Women in Engineering Tainan Chapter
  19. National Cheng Kung University Student Branch
  20. National Sun Yat-sen University Student Branch

There is an active student branch( IEEE Student Branch at NCKU ) that provides a forum for student networking and exchange of ideas.

The main objectives and functions of Tainan Section are:

  1. To provide basic assistance to members of Tainan Section in membership development
  2. Dissemination of knowledge in the broader fields of Electrical and Electronics Engineering through holding of technical talk, seminar, conference, symposium, workshop, tutorial, etc.
  3. To assist IEEE members in developing chapters holding activities.
  4. To provide support to Student Branches