St. John's University (Taiwan)
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St. John's University (SJU; ) is a higher education institution in
Tamsui District Tamsui District (Hokkien POJ: ''Tām-chúi''; Hokkien Tâi-lô: ''Tām-tsuí''; Mandarin Pinyin: ''Dànshuǐ'') is a seaside district in New Taipei, Taiwan. It is named after the Tamsui River; the name means "fresh water". The town is popul ...
,
New Taipei New Taipei City is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest s ...
,
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 ...
. It is the successor institution of the former
St. John's University, Shanghai St. John's University (SJU) was a Christian university in Shanghai. Founded in 1879 by American missionaries, it was one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China, often regarded as the Harvard of China. After the founding of th ...
and St. Mary's Hall, Shanghai. Two well-known educational institutions, they were founded in 1879 and 1918, respectively, by Bishop John Schereschewsky of the
American Episcopal Church The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop of ...
. SJU is accredited by the and affiliates with and .


History

In 1952, the Chinese Communists forced St. John's University in
Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
to give up its name and merge with other universities. In response to the loss of the school's identity, a group of distinguished alumni in Taiwan resolved to restore their alma mater in
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 ...
. In 1961, with the approval of the American Episcopal Church in Taiwan, the alumni of St. John's University, in conjunction with the alumnae of the former St. Mary's Hall of Shanghai, enthusiastically donated money to purchase land in the town of
Tamsui Tamsui District (Hokkien POJ: ''Tām-chúi''; Hokkien Tâi-lô: ''Tām-tsuí''; Mandarin Pinyin: ''Dànshuǐ'') is a seaside district in New Taipei, Taiwan. It is named after the Tamsui River; the name means "fresh water". The town is popula ...
in Taipei County for the school campus. In 1967, The Ministry of Education authorized the school to open as a five-year junior college of Industry and named it after its location, Hsin-pu (新埔). Nonetheless, its English name—St. John's & St. Mary's Institute of Technology—continued to honor the history and traditions of the alumni's two illustrious alma maters. In 1993, the school was accredited as an Institute of Business and Industry; and then, because of its excellent educational reputation, upgraded its status to an Institute of Technology in 1999. After decades of work to fulfill the aspirations of its alumni at home and abroad, the school's official Chinese name was changed on October 10, 2003, from 新埔技術學院 (Hsinpu Institute of Technology) to 聖約翰技術學院 (St. John's & St. Mary's Institute of Technology). On August 1, 2005, after constant and collective efforts, the school was officially upgraded to a University of Science and Technology, and was able to restore its original school name, St. John's University (SJU). The founder of the school was Dr. James C. L. Wong, the first Chinese Bishop of the Taiwan Episcopal Church. Dr. Vivien Yen was the school's first president, and Bishop James C. L. Wong was its first board chairman. The succeeding chairpersons have been Dr. George K. C. Yeh( Acting Chair); Bishop James T. M. Pong; and, since 1972, Dr. Cecilia Koo. Past presidents, in addition to Dr. Yen, were Bishop James Pong, Professor William Yue-Jen Hsia, Dr. Yeh Chi-Tung, and Dr. Andrew C. Chang. Dr. Peter Tuen-Ho Yang has served as president since August 1, 2002. In 2019, the university had an enrollment rate of 43.10%.


Academic departments

College of Engineering * Master's Program in Industrial Engineering and Management * Department of Industrial Engineering and Management * Department of Mechanical and Computer Aided Engineering * Graduate School of Automation and Mechatronics College of Electrical-Electronic and Computer Engineering * Master's Program in Electrical Engineering * Department of Electrical Engineering * Master's Program in Electronic Engineering * Department of Electronic Engineering * Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering * Department of Computer and Communication Engineering College of Business and Management * Department of Information Management * Department of Business Administration * Department of International Business * Department of Finance * Department of Marketing and Logistics Management * Department of Fashion Administration & Management (The first one and the only one fashion management department in Taiwan) College of Humanities and Social Sciences * Department of Applied English * Department of Digital Literature and Arts * Department of Leisure Sports and Health Management


Research Laboratories


Precision Instrument Center

The Precision Instrument Center (PIC) of St. John's University was founded on April 26, 2006 with the purposes of improving teaching quality and promoting high-tech researching calibers. The PIC has integrated Opto-Mechatronics Research Center(OMRC) and High Speed Circuit Board(HSPCB) Research Center of this school, it is installed with valued instruments and equipment (Clean Room and Sputter are donated by alumnus) to support teaching and the R&D works for the academic and industrial users. The PIC is part of the Department of Mechanical and Computer Aided Engineering; Dr. Rwei-Ching Chang is the dean. Research Focus: Education Programs Offered * Semiconductor Technology Program * Electric Properties Measuring and Testing Program * Physical Properties Measuring and Testing Program * Micro Mechatronical Technology Program * Nano Science and Technology Program * Semiconductor Equipment Program Research Fields * High Dielectric oxidize Electric Characteristic Research of Silicon Semiconductor * Electric Characteristic and Etching Research of Porous Silicon * Printed Circuit Board Dielectric Material Characteristic Research * High Frequency Electric Circuit Designing * Cordless Reception System Making * Nano Technology Research * TFT Making and Analysis * Micro Mechatronical System Making and Analysis


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 ...
*
St. John's College, University of British Columbia St. John's College is one of two residential colleges at the University of British Columbia which are modeled on the Oxbridge collegiate system, the other being Green College. It provides a community for graduate students and postdoctoral resear ...
, also founded by SJU alumni


References


External links


Official web site

Fashion Andministration and Management Department
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