Tzu Chi University

Coordinates: 23°59′37″N 121°35′21″E / 23.99353°N 121.58918°E / 23.99353; 121.58918

Tzu Chi University
慈濟大學
Motto	慈悲喜捨 (Chinese)[1]
Motto in English	Kindness, Compassion, Joy, and Unselfish Giving[2]
Established	1994
Type	Private
Endowment	NT$ 1.2 billion ($ 40 million)
President	Pen-Jung, Weng
Academic staff	266
Undergraduates	3,308
Postgraduates	579
Location	Hualien City, Taiwan,
Campus	Suburban, 0.69 km², (168.28 acres)
Colors	Green and Silver
Mascot	Cheng Yen
Affiliations	JPMAS
Website	(English) (Chinese)

Tzu Chi University (TCU; Chinese: 慈濟大學; pinyin: Cíjì Dàxué) is a private university located in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. It was founded by the Tzu Chi Foundation (UN's NGO member) and is famous in Taiwan for the quality of the medical education it provides. TCU has strong ties with Hualien Tzu Chi General Hospital (located on the same premises as the university) as well as five teaching hospitals in other parts of Taiwan.^[3]

History

The institution was established as the Tzu Chi Medical College in April 1994. Humanities and Social Science students have been accepted since 1998, when the name was changed to Tzu Chi College of Medicine and Humanities. In July 2000, the name was changed again to Tzu Chi University.

Organization

Tzu Chi university is headed by a president and a board of trustees. The University is organized into 4 colleges which contain 18 research institutes and 17 academic departments.

• College of Medicine
  • Department of Medicine
  • Graduate Institute of Microbiology Immunology and Biochemistry
  • Department of Nursing
  • Department of Medical Informatics
  • Department of Public Health
  • Department of Laboratory Medicine & Biotechnology
  • Department of Physical Therapy

• College of Life Science
  • Department of Life Science
  • Graduate Institute of Life Science
  • Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics
  • Graduate Institute of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics

• College of Humanities & Social Science
  • Department of Human Development
  • Department of English Language and Literature
  • Department of Social Work
  • Institute of Religion
  • Institute of Social Work
  • Department of Oriental Philology

• College of Education & Communication
  • Department of Communication
  • Department of Child Development and Family Studies
  • Institute of Education

The university also runs the Affiliated Senior High School of Tzu Chi University, a daughter institution for secondary-school students in Taiwan.

Academic Centers

• Medical Simulation Center
• Doping Control Center
• English Education Center
• Centers for Language Studies
• Health Communication Center
• Animal Experimentation Center
• Continuing Education Center
• Tzuchi University Radio Station (FM 88.3 MHz)

Facilities

• Library: Around 350,000 volumes and Internet connection to other libraries in Taiwan.
• Information System Center: Computer training courses for students, staff, and faculty and a multimedia room.
• Gymnasium: Indoor facilities for badminton, basketball, table tennis, aerobics, and fitness, an indoor Olympic standard swimming pool, and outdoor basketball courts, tennis courts, volleyball courts, and a jogging track.
• On-campus dormitories: 4 students share one room with a bathroom.
• Cafeteria: vegetable meals, NT$15 for breakfast, NT$25 for lunch and dinner.

Extracurricular activities

The university has 56 student clubs or societies.(2010)

Traditions

• 10 km Road Race: Before students graduated, every undergraduate student should pass the marathon within 80 min biyearly.

List of presidents

• February 1993 - May 2005, Lee Ming-liang (李明亮), MD-PhD: Minister of the Department of Health of the Republic of China, 2000-2002

Ranking

Top 4000 World Universities: 821 (webometric, Jan 2011)
Top 4000 World Universities: 1217 (webometric, Jan 2010)

International academic exchanges

Sister Schools USA University of California, Berkeley Cy-Fair College Colorado College Indiana University California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Canada University of British Columbia First Nations University of Canada Australia Griffith University China Peking University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Central South University Sun Yat-Sen University Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Japan Bukkyo University Shukutoku University Shokei Gakuin University Taiwan National Chiao Tung University National Chung Hsing University National Taipei University of Technology Korea Honam University

Malaysia University of Malaya Universiti Sains Malaysia Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Malay College Kuala Kangsar Thailand Mahidol University Songkhla Rajabhat University Chulalongkorn University Khon Kaen University Sripatum University Philippines University of Santo Tomas St. Luke's College of Medicine Angeles University Foundation Sweden Halmstad University Indonesia University of Indonesia Nicaragua Universidad de Ciencias Comerciales Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology Venezuela Universidad Central de Venezuela

Transportation

The university is accessible within walking distance west from Hualien Station of Taiwan Railways Administration.

See also

• List of Chinese language schools in Taiwan

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References

External links

• TCU Official site (Chinese (Taiwan)) (English)
• 慈濟Tzu Chi Glossary

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