Ming Chuan University

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**Ming Chuan University**

Established	1957
Type	Private (family owned)
President	Lee Chuan (李銓)
Faculty	513 full time 388 part time
Undergraduates	15,124
Postgraduates	1,414
Location	Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.mcu.edu.tw/

Ming Chuan University is a family owned university founded by Pao Teh-Ming and her husband Lee Ying-Chao. Named after the famous progressive Qing Dynasty governor of Taiwan Liu Mingchuan, it is known to be a decent business and management institution in Taiwan.

1 History
2 Campus
3 Organization
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

The institution was originally founded as a three year junior women's college in 1963 known as Ming Chuan College. It expanded to offer a five year junior women's college program in 1964. In Taiwan, the junior college program allows a high school freshman to by-pass the remining years of high school and to enter a type of vocational college.

The institution experienced rapid growth in the 1990s. In 1990, the institution gradually eliminated its junior college program and offered a coed program with a bachelor's degree. With the completion of the construction of two additional campuses and the introduction of graduate degrees, Ming Chuan College was fully upgraded into Ming Chuan University in 1997.

[edit] Campus

The university is divided into three campuses. The main campus is located in Taipei City's Shihlin District near the Grand Hotel. Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong_May-ling donated the land for the main campus, resulting in the Lee family being one of the staunchest supporters in keeping the memory of Chiang Kai-shek alive in Taiwan. The second campus is located in Kueishan, Taoyuan county. The Lee family originally intended the land for the second campus to be a fruit orchard, but decided to use the land to expand the school so that it could achieve full-university status. The third campus on Kinmen Island is meant to expand the educational opportunities of the residents there.

[edit] Organization

The current president Lee Chuan is the son of the university founders Pao Teh-Ming and Lee Ying-Chao. The university is divided into the following schools: