China University of Technology (CUTe; ) is a private
university
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in
Taipei
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,
Taiwan
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. The original campus is situated in Taipei's
Wenshan District
Wenshan District is a District (Taiwan), district in Taipei, Taiwan. It is the southernmost district of the twelve districts in Taipei. ''Wenshan'' previously referred to the region south of the Taipei Basin (including Sindian City, Xindian and ...
on five hectares of land. Since 2000, the owner has opened a second campus on 14 hectares of land in the
Hukou
''Hukou'' () is a system of household registration used in mainland China. The system itself is more properly called "''huji''" (), and has origins in ancient China; ''hukou'' is the registration of an individual in the system (''kou'' lit ...
township of
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County (Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; with a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county capital, where ...
, Taiwan.
History
CUTe was founded in 1965 as Chinese Municipal Vocational School. In 1983, the school was renamed to China Junior College of Industrial and Commercial Management. In 2000, the school was renamed again as Chung Kuo Institute of Technology. Finally, in 2005 the school was elevated to university status and on 1 August of the same year, it was renamed China University of Technology.
Faculties
* College of Business
* College of Computer Science
* College of Management
* College of Planning and Design
Campuses
The university is divided into two campuses, which are Taipei Campus and Hsinchu Campus. The Taipei Campus spans over an area of 5 hectares and Hsinchu Campus spans over 14 hectares.
Transportation
The Taipei campus of the university is accessible within walking distance West from
Wanfang Hospital Station of the
Taipei Metro
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. The Hsinchu campus of the university is accessible within walking distance South from
Beihu Station of the
Taiwan Railways.
See also
*
List of universities in Taiwan
The following is a list of universities, colleges, junior colleges, and institutes of technology in the Republic of China (ROC), which consists of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and the Matsu Islands.
Public universities and colleges
Private u ...
References
1965 establishments in Taiwan
Educational institutions established in 1965
Private universities and colleges in Taiwan
Universities and colleges in Hsinchu County
Universities and colleges in Taipei
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