In February of 2005, in order to meet the national education policy of the time, to cultivate industrial specialists with both academic and moral integrity, and to achieve the goal of industrialization and national economic development, Mr. WAN Shao-chang, a pioneer in the education field, initiated the planning and selection of Ching-Hua-Li, Tucheng Township, Taipei County, as the base for the establishment of the school, and the school was properly planned and approved by the Ministry of Education for the establishment of the school in August of 2007, and the board of trustees was established in May of 2005, and Mr. LEE Ching-Te was selected as the first chairman of the board of trustees, and the registration as a consortium was completed in January of 2006, when it was approved for establishment. The board of directors was established in May of 2008 and elected Mr. Lee King Tak as the first chairman of the board of directors and completed the registration of the consortium; the school was approved to be registered in January of 2006 and enrolled in the first semester of that school year, and Mr. Wu Guangya was hired as the first principal of the school. After four years of operation, the school was in a difficult situation, and enrollment in all subjects was suspended. In June 2005, the board of trustees re-elected Mr. Ding Younian as the second chairman of the board of trustees, and Mr. Hu Hanchuan was appointed as the second president of the school, in the hope that the school could strive for a revitalization. This was the "founding period" of the school.
In February of 2007, Mr. Lin Yuqi, Chairman of Hongguo Guo-Related Business, and his wife, Mrs. Lin Xiehanmian, together with entrepreneurs of Hongjie Related Enterprises, such as Xie Chuntian, Xie Longsheng, Xie Jinwang, and Xie Jinzhao, in view of the "Education for a Better Nation" and the responsibility to the society, resolutely donated funds to take over the operation, and were authorized to reorganize the third board of directors ahead of time, electing Mr. Xie Chuntian as the third chairman of board of directors, and urgently employing Mr. Chen Zenghu as the third president of the school, and setting up a five-year whole construction plan. A five-year renovation plan was drawn up, creating a new opportunity for the "revitalization of the four seas". This was the "Reconstruction Period" of our school.
With the full support of the Board of Trustees, the construction of major facilities, such as a department and a library, student dormitories, and a joint cafeteria, was completed on schedule. In view of the development of the information industry, a computer center has been added to enrich teaching and learning.
Following the resignation of President Chen in 1971, the Board of Trustees re-elected Mrs. Lin Hsieh Hammond as the fourth president and appointed Mr. Hsieh Lung Shing as the fourth principal. The second phase of the five-year school building project was launched, with the construction of sports fields, chemistry labs, and language classrooms, as well as the complete greening of the campus.
In 1972, the two-year evening department was established, and the school's hardware and software facilities were already in full swing. In that year, the school entered into an alliance with Kyungpook National University of Technology as a sister school. The following year, the University of Pittsburgh entered into an academic cooperation and exchange agreement with the University of Pittsburgh in the U.S.A. In April of 1979, approval was given to establish a two-year daytime department. At the end of 1980, Mr. Xie resigned from his position as President of the University in order to focus on national affairs as he took over important national positions and was engaged in constitutional reform.
In October of 1980, the former president of the Cultural University, Mr. Cheng Jiawu, was invited to take over as the fifth president, and in the same year, the name of the school was approved to be changed to "Four Seas College of Commerce and Industry" and the daytime department of the second tertiary business department was set up; in March of '82, the Ministry of Education rated it as an excellent school with the fastest progress, and in June, President Cheng Jiawu resigned, and Mr. Yu Kingbusbus was recruited to be the sixth president; and in '85, the evening department of the second tertiary business department was added, and the grand gymnasium and the magnificent commercial building were also opened. The magnificent Gymnasium and the beautifully designed Business Building were also completed and opened.
88年由前台灣大學商學院院長張鴻章先生接任校長。90年8月學校因辦學績優，受教育部及社會各界肯定，奉准升格改制為技術學院，乃以「德化學子，霖霑社會」為目標，更名為「德霖技術學院」，增設土木工程系、機械工程系、企業管理系等三系。
90年由本校土木工程系張裕民博士接任改制后首任校長，在董事長大力支持下，持續充實各項教學設備。91年3月，堉琪樓落成，提供更便捷的行政服務；通識教育中心、3D 數位設計中心、數位金融中心、高速上網中心、國際會議廳、餐旅實習教室等教學中心相繼啟用，為學校開展了新的景象與契機。在國際合作方面，先後與蒙大拿州立大學、蒙大拿大學、印第安那大學、明尼蘇達州立大學、肯塔基州立大學、巴特勒大學、澳洲墨爾本大學、沙隆學院、中國東北電力學院、北京首都體育學院、大連輕工業技術學院、坎培拉大學等各校簽訂交流合作關係。學院部再增設國際貿易系及財務金融系，擴充為五個學系。
92年，陸續完成數位語言中心、光電空間資訊中心、外語情境中心、嵌入式晶片中心及圖書館的整建，對本校在教學與研究上，具有莫大的助益。
94年11月，張裕民校長任期屆滿，由本校電子工程科鄭建銓博士代理，持續推動校務發展。
95年4月，公開向各界徵選校長，由遴選委員會選定，經董事會通過，自7月起由前佛光大學校長趙寧博士接任本校改制後第二任校長。趙校長強調言教、身教、境教之具體實踐，積極改善教學品質，著重教師研究能力之提升，打造一個充滿人文素養、專業並進的創意校園，為未來升格科技大學奠下良好基礎。
96年8月，增設電子工程系，著手建置學群架構。
97年7月，趙校長因病請辭，由教務長鄭建銓博士再度代理校長，以平實作風及踏實態度經營校務，使本校在充滿競爭的教育環境中，仍有一定程度的發展。
97年9月，公開向各界徵選校長，由校長遴選委員會選定，經董事會通過，自98年2月起由中臺科技大學校長陳富都博士接任本校改制後第三任校長。 陳校長揭示「評鑑一等、邁向科大、追求卓越」為校務發展目標，致力科大改制作業。
98年6月由本校學務長羅仕鵬博士代理校長，帶領全校師生獲得「98-99年度技職校院獎勵大學教學卓越計畫」和「98年度品德教育績優學校」兩項殊榮。
98年11月，公開向各界徵選校長，由校長遴選委員會選定，經董事會通過，自99年2月起由前國立台灣師範大學研發長/學務長、景文科技大學觀光餐旅學院院長洪久賢博士接任本校改制後第四任校長。洪校長就任以來，積極推動教學卓越、優質產學合作、落實全面品質管理、強化師資及提升教學品質、拓展國際交流，以「追求卓越，永續經營」為目標。顯見活絡的師生海外交換/研修/實習、國際合作交流與產學合作，以及快速倍增的師生國際/國內競賽獲獎數、專業證照數等，成效顯著。
100年8月，增設空間設計系及部份學系增設專科部。
101年8月，增設創意產品設計系及部份學系增設專科部。
102年1月，洪校長屆滿請辭，由本校教務長林清芳博士代理校長，積極執行專案評鑑及改制科技大學各項指標之推動。
102年1月，公開向各界徵選校長，由校長遴選委員會選定，經董事會通過，自102年6月起由前醒吾技術學院校長、國立台北科技大學人文與社會科學學院教授周家華博士接任本校改制後第五任校長。周校長就任後即以「整合資源，創造績效，迎接專案評鑑」為首要校務目標，積極向國內外爭取各項資源與合作，倍速的創造、創新各種績效，並於102年10月榮獲「102年度教育部品德特色學校」表揚。
103年2月，由本校學務長羅仕鵬博士代理校長；103年3月，公開向各界徵選校長，由校長遴選委員會選定，經董事會通過，自103年6月起，由羅仕鵬博士接任本校改制後第六任校長。羅校長就任後即以「積極準備專案評鑑，昂首邁向科技大學」為首要校務目標，並於104年1月在八系專案評鑑中，榮獲七個系一等的佳績。
104年6月，本校接受教育部改名科技大學訪視；104年8月，本校獲准籌備改名科技大學。學校以提升學生就業力為目標，訂定四大整體發展特色，致力於「德霖品德教育，發善願行善事」、「務實致用教學、拓展就業藍海」、「善用宏國資源、打造就業領航」及「德霖產學契合、在地就業深耕」的實踐。在104年獲頒友善校園特殊貢獻獎、105年獲得「105年度友善校園績優學校」。106年因辦學績優，奉教育部核定改名科技大學。為邁向卓越技職典範，全校教職員工生更加齊力一心，在董事會及宏國集團全力支持與資源挹注下，於106年8月1日正式改名「宏國學校財團法人宏國德霖科技大學」。107年獲頒「生命教育特色學校」，108年獲頒「三好校園實踐學校」；同年6月本校獲准增設「企業管理系碩士班」，並於109學年度正式招生，繼續為技職教育培育人才盡最大心力！
In August 109, the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) and the Office of International Affairs (OIA) were created by the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Zunwei Zhang.
In February, 110, an open call was made to all sectors for the selection of a president. The Presidential Search Committee selected and the Board of Directors approved Dr. Ching-Shui Lo, the former Director of Youth Development of the Ministry of Education, to be the second president of the University after its renaming to HKUST, with the philosophy of "service instead of leadership, planning instead of authority, and system to build up sustainability", and the development vision of "cultivating professional, technical, and entrepreneurial talents with professional and civic qualities", and "pragmatic and visionary" as the goal. With the vision of development and the goal of being "pragmatic and far-reaching," the university has started from the local level, deeply cultivated Taiwan, and expanded into the Asia-Pacific region, leading all the colleagues in the university to develop in a sustainable manner. At the same time, the school has continued to build unique teaching areas, and has completed the "Four Seas Club" internship hotel, which includes an IFT internship restaurant, a banquet hall, a leisure and sports area, a live marketing room, a multinational culture room, a large-scale conference and exhibition, and internship guest rooms, so that all teachers and students can fully integrate theory and practice.
The Day and Continuing Education Departments of the University now offer five-technical, two-technical, two-technical, four-technical, and postgraduate programs, as well as industry-academia cooperative courses. In terms of departments, there are College of Engineering: Department of Mechanical Engineering (Section), Department of Information Engineering (Section), Department of Computer and Communication Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering (Section), Department of Creative Product Design; College of Real Estate: Department of Business Administration (Section), Department of Real Estate Management (Section), Department of Civil Engineering (Section), Department of Interior Design, Department of Horticulture, Department of Architecture; College of Food and Tourism: Department of Food and Tourism Management (Section), Department of Food and Catering (Section), Department of Leisure and Hospitality Management (Section), Department of Convention and Exhibition Management (Section), and College of Tourism Management (Section), Department of Cuisine (Section), and College of Tourism Management (Section), Department of Leisure and Hospitality Management (Section). School of Hospitality: Department of Hospitality Management (Section), Department of Food and Beverage Culinary Arts (Section), Department of Leisure Industry Management (Section), Department of Convention and Exhibition Management (Section), Department of Applied English (Applied Foreign Languages), etc., totaling 15 departments (sections) in 3 colleges.
Education is an important mission for the inheritance of human civilization and the social development of the country. How to enable students to develop their potentials and make the country more competitive are the beliefs and goals that our school insists on and strives to achieve. We have been cultivating this field of infinite possibilities with a steady and practical pace, as if we were walking on thin ice, in order to cultivate talents of the new century with a "scientific and technological brain," "humanistic heart," "Taiwanese sentiment," and "global outlook!