Tzu Chi University
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| Tzu Chi University | |
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| Motto: | Kindness, Compassion, Joy, and Unselfish Giving (慈悲喜捨) |
| Established: | 1994 |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | Pen-Jung, Weng |
| Location: | Hualien, Taiwan,  |
| Campus: | Suburban, |
| Colors: | Myrtle and Silver |
| Mascot: | Cheng Yen |
| Website: | www.tcu.edu.tw |
Tzu Chi University(Chinese: 慈濟大學), or TCU, is a private university in Hualien, Taiwan (Republic of China). It was founded by the Tzu Chi foundation. Tzu Chi University is famous for its Medical education in Taiwan. It is considered to be the best medical education institution in the eastern Taiwan.
The university is situated on the eastern part of the island of Taiwan, half an hour from the Hualien Airport.
TCU has very strong ties with Hualien Tzu Chi General Hospital.
- Sister Schools
- The University of California at Berkeley
- Bukkyo University in Japan
- British Columbia University in Canada
- University of Indonesia
- University of Hong Kong
- University Sains Malysia
- Mahidol University in Thailand
[edit] Organization
Tzu Chi University is organized into 4 colleges which contain 17 research institutes and 12 academic departments.
- College of Medicine
- Department of Medicine
- Graduate Institute of Microbiology Immunology and Molecular Medicine
- Department of Nursing
- Department of Medical Informatics
- Department of Public Health
- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Biotechnology
- College of Life Science
- Department of Life Science
- Graduate Institute of Life Science
- College of Humanities & Social Science
- Department of English Language and Literature
- College of Education & Communication
