Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science (CNU; ) is a private

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Rende District Rende District () is a rural district in southern Tainan, Taiwan. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Rende was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County ...

Tainan City Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a 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" for its over 200 years of hist ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. Its mission is to prepare professionals in the fields of

pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal ...

health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

and

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. Currently, there are 28 departments and graduate schools in six colleges: Pharmacy and Science, Human Ecology, Health and Information, Humanities and Social Sciences, Sustainable Environment, and Leisure and Recreation Management. The university has an enrollment of 16,835 students, and more than 500 full-time faculty members. The university is active in the fields of

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, and

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prevention.

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, housing, and international

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are specially tailored to the needs of international students.

History

Chia Nan College of Pharmacy

* March 1966, Chia Nan College of Pharmacy was established, with Department of Pharmacy (six years). * 1969, additional Department of Healthcare Pharmacy. * 1970, additional Department of Pharmacy (two years). * 1973, Department of Pharmacy (two years) stop recruiting. * 1976, Department of Healthcare Pharmacy stop recruiting. * 1976, additional Department of Applied Chemistry (five years) and Department of Industrial Safety (five years). Department of Applied Chemistry divided into the Group of Farm Pharmaceutical and the Group of Cosmetic. * 1980, additional Department of Food Hygiene (five years). * 1982, Department of Applied Chemistry cancel the Group of Farm Pharmaceutical and the Group of Cosmetic. Additional Department of Industrial Safety and Health for Night School (two years). * 1987, additional Department of Food Hygiene for Night School (two years). * 1988, additional Department of Applied Chemistry for Night School (two years), Department of Applied Chemistry (two years) and Department of Medical Management (five years). * 1990, additional Department of Applied Chemistry (two years) and Department of Environmental Engineering Safety (two years). * 1991, additional Department of Environmental Engineering Safety for Night School (two years). * 1992, additional Department of Environmental Engineering Safety (five years) and Department of Pharmacy for Training Division (three years) * 1993, additional Department of Applied Cosmetic and Management (two years). * 1994, additional Department of Children Nursery (two years).

Chia Nan College of Pharmacy and Science

* August 1996, reform to Chia Nan College of Pharmacy and Science. * 1997, Department of Applied Chemistry renamed to Department of Medicinal Chemistry. * 1998, additional Department of Information Management and Department of Health and Nutrition, Department of Children Nursery renamed to Department of Childhood Education and Nursery. * 1999, additional Department of Applied Life Science and Health, Department of Teenagers and Children Welfare and Department of Recreation and Healthcare Management. Set the educational program.

Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science (2000~present)

Academics

College of Pharmacy and Science

College of Human Ecology

College of Humanities and Applied Information

College of Sustainable Environment

College of Recreation and Health Management

Center of General Education

Transportation

Taiwan Railway 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 ...
West Coast Line

Bao'an Station Bao'an () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) West Coast line (Taiwan), West Coast line located in Rende District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The station was opened 1899. Architecture The station was constructed with C ...

(1.7 km) *

Rende Station Rende () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Rende District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The station was opened on 10 January 2014. See also * List of railway stations in Taiwan There are current ...

(2.0 km)

Bus

Tainan City Bus

Kaohsiung City Bus

Tainan City T-Bike Public Bicycle Rental System

* February 17, 2017, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science donate rental station and public bicycles, CNU become first private donation agencies on

. Chia Nan University Station was set up immediately, total 32 bicycles and lock devices, provide students and residents round trip to

and school.

Kaohsiung MRT Kaohsiung Metro () is a rapid transit and light rail system covering the metropolitan area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Its rapid transit network is known as Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit or Kaohsiung MRT. Construction of the MRT started in October 200 ...

* In 2016, Kaohsiung City Government Mass Rapid Transit Bureau announced Chih-Mei Extension Line, code CM. This route length 7.05 km, start from Gangshan Lujhu Line Dahu Station, along

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, through

Hunei District Hunei District () is a rural district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Hunei was organized as a rural township of Kaohsiung County. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung C ...

Kaohsiung City Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiu ...

and Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, terminal station plan to set in front Chih-Mei Museum main entrance. But this route not yet audited by the

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, so it's not sure whether to build.