Fu Jen Catholic University

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Fu Jen Catholic University 天主教輔仁大學


Motto	Veritas bonitas sanctitas pulchritudo 真善美聖（Truth, Goodness, Beauty, and Holiness）
Established	Founded 1925, "Reactivated" 1960
Type	Private
President	Bernard Li （黎建球）, Ph.D.
Location	Sinjhuang, Taipei County, Taiwan, Republic of China
Campus	Suburban
Mascot	None
Website	www.fju.edu.tw

Fu Jen Catholic University （Traditional Chinese: 輔仁大學, Tongyong Pinyin: FǔRén DàSyué, Wade-Giles: Fu3-jen2 Ta4-hsüeh2, Hanyu Pinyin: Fǔrén Dàxué） is a private university in Sinjhuang, Taipei County, Taiwan, Republic of China.

The university was originally established in Peking （Beijing） in 1925 by the Benedictines of St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania at request of the Holy See, and recreated after Chinese Civil War in Taiwan in 1960. Its remnants in Beijing were merged into Beijing Normal University in 1952.

Fu-Jen is now a comprehensive, four-year university with graduate programs in various areas. It contains ten colleges or independent academic bodies, including College of Liberal Arts （文學院）, College of Foreign Languages and Literatures （外語學院）, College of Sciences and Engineering （理工學院）, College of Law （法學院）, College of Management （管理學院）, College of Human Ecology （民生學院）, College of Fine Arts （藝術學院）, Graduate School of Social Sciences （社會科學院）, a newly founded College of Medical Science （醫學院）, and School of Continuing Education （進修部）, excluding a proposed College of Mass Communication （傳播學院） comprised of departments of Journalism, Advertisement, and Visual Communication. A theological seminary is attached to its campus.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Wang Guangmei（wife of late PRC President Liu Shaoqi）
Yeh Chu-lan（Acting-Mayor of the City of Kaohsiung）
Andrew Hsia（Ambassador, Director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, an equivalence to a Consular-General）
Lai Sheng-Chuan（famous stage play director）
Lin Chuen（former Minister of Treasury of the ROC）
Hu Yin-Meng（famous film actress）
Li Yen-Chiu（senior television anchor and talk show host）
Shen Chun-Hua（senior television anchor）
Chang Ta-Chun（famous fiction writer）
Wu Nien-Chen（famous screenwriter and film director）
Chou Shi-Wei（Chief Magistrate of the County of Taipei）
Su Huan-Chih（Chief Magistrate of the County of Tainan）
Lu Kuo-Hua（Chief Magistrate of the County of Yilan）
Chu Chih-Ching（professional basketball player）
Chen Yi-Hsin（professional baseball player）
Jolin Tsai（famous Mandarin pop singer）
Faye Zhan（F.I.R. member）
Summer Hsu （vocalist of Taiwanese band Relax One）
All members of Cherry Boom, a Taiwanese pop-rock band.
Alfonso Wong（Creator of Old Master Q comic strip）

[edit] External link

Official website

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