The Taipei City University of Science and Technology (TPCU; ) is a technological university located in

Beitou District Beitou District is the northernmost of the twelve districts of Taipei City, Taiwan. The historical spelling of the district is Peitou. The name originates from the Ketagalan word ''Kipatauw'', meaning witch. Beitou is the most mountainous and ...

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

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History

TPCU's original name "Kuang Wu" is derived from

Emperor Guangwu of Han Emperor Guangwu of Han (; 15 January 5 BC – 29 March AD 57), born Liu Xiu (), courtesy name Wenshu (), was a Chinese monarch. He served as an emperor of the Han dynasty by restoring the dynasty in AD 25, thus founding the Eastern Han (Later ...

. After entering the 21st century, new school names such as "Northern Taiwan" and "Taipei" were successively changed.

Junior college

*1971: Kuang Wu Industry Junior College (光武工業專科學校; 光武工專) *1994: Kuang Wu Industry and Commerce Junior College (光武工商專科學校; 光武專校)

Technological institute

*2000: Kuang Wu Institute of Technology (光武技術學院) *2004: Northern Taiwan Institute of Science and Technology (北台科學技術學院) *2006: Technology and Science Institute of Northern Taiwan (北台湾科學技術學院)

Technological university

*2012: Taipei Chengshih University of Science and Technology (臺北城市科技大學) *2015: Taipei City University of Science and Technology (臺北城市科技大學)

Faculties

* College of Engineering * College of Business and Management * College of Human Ecology

Transportation

The university is accessible within walking distance north west from

Zhongyi Station The Taipei Metro Zhongyi station (formerly transliterated as Chungyi Station until 2003) is located in Beitou District, Taipei. Taiwan. It is a station on the Tamsui–Xinyi Line. In the past, the station belonged to the now-defunct TRA Tamsui ...

Taipei Metro Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei City, New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the State-owned enterprise, government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation ...

Notable people

Alien Huang Alien Huang (; 28 November 1983 – 15 September 2020), also known as Xiao Gui (Little Ghost), was a Taiwanese singer, actor, television presenter, illustrator and fashion designer. He was a member of Japanese TV Asahi's disbanded boy band ...

- a Taiwanese singer, actor, television presenter, illustrator and fashion designer. *

Ming Jie Brent Hsu, born Hsu Ming-chieh (; born 12 May 1993), is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He was a member of the boyband SpeXial from 2012 to 2020. Biography Hsu Ming-chieh was born in Taipei, Taiwan on 12 May 1993. His mother, Hsu Xianji, is an ...

- a Taiwanese actor and singer. *

Kent Tsai Kent Tsai Fan-hsi (; born Tsai Cheng-hung on 26 June 1997) is a Taiwanese actor. Life and career Tsai made his acting debut in HBO Asia's first original series in Mandarin, ''The Teenage Psychic'', in 2017. Also in the same year, he appeared ...

- a Taiwanese actor.

External links

University official website
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