Tzu Chi University (TCU; ) is a private
university
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in
Hualien City
Hualien City (; Wade-Giles: Hua¹-lien² Shih⁴; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-chhī'' or ''Hoa-liân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Hualien County, Taiwan. It is located on the east coast of Taiwan on the Pacific Oce ...
,
Hualien County
Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. It ...
,
Taiwan
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. It was founded by the
Tzu Chi
Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation, known for short as the Tzu Chi Foundation ( zh, t=佛教慈濟慈善事業基金會, p=Fójiào Cí Jì Císhàn Shìyè Jījīn Huì, l=Buddhist Compassionate Relief Charity Foundation), is a Taiwanese in ...
Foundation (
NGO
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) and is famous in Taiwan for the quality of the medical education it provides. TCU has strong ties with
Hualien Tzu Chi General Hospital (on the same premises as the university) as well as five teaching hospitals in other parts of Taiwan.
History
The institution was established as the Tzu Chi Medical College in April 1994. Humanities and social science students have been accepted since 1998, when the name was changed to Tzu Chi College of Medicine and Humanities. In July 2000, the name was changed to Tzu Chi University.
Organization
![Fern tw tzu 01](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Fern_tw_tzu_01.jpg)
Tzu Chi University is headed by a president and a board of trustees. The university is organized into four colleges that contain 18 research institutes and 17 academic departments.
College of Medicine
*School of Medicine
*Master Program in Biochemistry
*Master Program in Microbiology and Immunology
*Master Program in Physiological and Anatomical Medicine
*Master/PhD Program in Pharmacology and Toxicology
*Graduate Institute of Medical Science
*Department of Nursing
*Department of Medical Informatics
*Department of Public Health
*Department of Laboratory Medicine & Biotechnology
*Department of Physical Therapy
*Department of Life Science
*Graduate Institute of Life Science
*Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics
*Graduate Institute of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics
College of Humanities & Social Science
*Department of Human Development & Psychology
*Department of Social Work
*Institute of Religion
*Institute of Social Work
*Department of Oriental Philology
College of Education & Communication
*Department of Communication
*Department of Child Development and Family Studies
*Institute of Education
*Center for Teacher Education
*Center for General Education
*Center for Physical Education
International College
* Department of English Language and Literature
* Bachelor Program in Management of Service Industries
* Foreign Language Education Center
* Chinese Language Center
* Media Production and Education Center
The university also runs the , a daughter institution for secondary-school students in Taiwan.
Academic centers
Medical Simulation Center*Doping Control Center
*Animal Experimentation Center
*Continuing Education Center
*Tzuchi University Radio Station (FM 88.3 MHz)
Campus facilities
![Da Xi building of Tzu Chi University](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Da_Xi_building_of_Tzu_Chi_University.JPG)
*Library: Around 350,000 volumes and Internet connection to other libraries in Taiwan.
*Information System Center: Computer training courses for students, staff, and faculty and a multimedia room.
*Gymnasium: Indoor facilities for badminton, basketball, table tennis, aerobics, and fitness, an indoor Olympic standard swimming pool, and outdoor basketball courts, tennis courts, volleyball courts, and a jogging track.
*On-campus dormitories: Four students share one room with a bathroom.
*Cafeteria: vegetable meals,
NT$
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15 for breakfast,
NT$
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25 for lunch and dinner.
Extracurricular activities
The university had 56 student clubs or societies in 2010.
Tradition
*10 km Road Race: Before students graduated, every undergraduate had to run the race in 80 minutes biyearly. Starting from 2013, however, it is no longer required for students to participate.
Presidents
* February 1993-May 2000,
Lee Ming-liang (李明亮),
MD-PhD: Minister of the
Department of Health
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of the
Republic of China
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, 2000-2002
* March 2001-July 2002, C.-F. Lan (藍忠孚), PhD.
* December 2002-November 2005, Jye – Siung Fang (方菊雄), PhD.
* March 2006-July 2019, Pen-Jung Wang (王本榮), MD-PhD.
* August 2019- , Ingrid Y. Liu (劉怡均), PhD.
Ranking
Top 4000 World Universities: 821 (webometric, Jan 2011)
Top 4000 World Universities: 1217 (webometric, Jan 2010)
International academic exchanges
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Transportation
The university is within walking distance west from
Hualien Station of
Taiwan Railways.
See also
*
List of Chinese language schools in Taiwan
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References
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