Ming Chuan University
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| 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 |
| 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.
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[edit] History
The institution was 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 remaining 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 Gueishan, 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:
- Management
- Tourism
- Law
- Communication
- Information
- Design
- Applied Languages
- Social Science
- Health
[edit] Sports
The university currently has a team called "Bros" playing in the Enterprise Football League.
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