Chang Jung Christian University (CJCU; ) is a privately funded, research-intensive,

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, co-educational

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located in

Gueiren District Gueiren District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency () is a rural district in southern Tainan, Taiwan. It is home to the Tainan HSR station. History After the Retrocession Day, handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic ...

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" ...

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. Chang Jung means ''everlasting glory'' in

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History

The university was founded in 1993. The instition can trace its history to the .

Edward Band Edward Band (7 January 1886 – 22 March 1971) was an English Presbyterian missionary and schoolteacher. He spent most of his career in Taiwan, arriving in 1912 and leaving in 1940. He was the first missionary there sent to Japan to learn Japanes ...

, who taught at the school from the 1910s to 1940, was credited with introducing association football to Taiwan.

Academic profile

Chang Jung Christian University (CJCU) is a private university located in southern Taiwan. In association with the Presbyterian beliefs, CJCU is committed in developing the God-given gifts and abilities of each student with love, respect, and service. Even though the university was founded in 1993, our vision began more than a hundred years ago, in 1885, with the founding of the first Western-methodology high school in Taiwan, Chang Jung Senior High School. There are currently 54 bachelors programs, 17 masters programs, and 1 doctoral program.

Organization

A president heads the university, which is divided into the following colleges: *College of Management *College of Health Science *College of Humanities and Social Sciences *School of Information and Design *School of Theology *College of Continuing Education *International College of Practice and Education for the Environment *School of Safety and Health Sciences *College of Fine Arts *School of Liberal Arts Education

Transportation

The university is accessible within walking distance South of

Chang Jung Christian University Station Chang Jung Christian University () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) Shalun line in Gueiren District, Tainan, Taiwan. Name The station was named after the nearby Chang Jung Christian University. History The statio ...

of the

Taiwan Railway Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway operator in Taiwan. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services ...

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