Dayeh University

Dayeh University

大葉大學
Motto	手腦並用、敬業樂群[1]
Motto in English	Using the hands and mind together; dedicated and gregarious
Type	Private university
Established	1990
President	Prof. Dong-Sing Wuu
Provost	Dr. Meiling Chen
Academic staff	583
Administrative staff	223
Students	11,211 (2013, Oct.)
Undergraduates	9,202
Postgraduates	2,009
Location	Dacun, Changhua County, Taiwan
Campus	Dacun
Website	www.dyu.edu.tw

Dayeh University (DYU; Chinese: 大葉大學) is a private university in Dacun Township, Changhua County, Taiwan.^[2]

History

The school was established in 1990 as Dayeh Institute of Technology by Song Gen Yeh who wanted to establish the first German-style polytechnic in Taiwan.

In August 1997, Dayeh's status as a university was approved by the Ministry of Education and it was renamed Dayeh University.^[3]

In 2007, Dayeh University won the National Solar Model Car Race. This event was organized by the Ministry of Education and attracted 41 teams from 21 local universities and colleges.^[4]

This university is the home to over 11,211 students, who study in 6 different disciplines offered by the six different colleges from the university. These colleges are:

• College of Engineering,
• College of Design and Arts,
• College of Management,
• College of Foreign Languages and
• College of Biotechnology and Bio-resources.
• College of Tourism and Hospitality.

Furthermore, College of Nursing and Health Science will be fully established in 2014. DYU has been awarded with Teaching Excellence Project from Taiwan Ministry of Education in the last few years indicating overall high teaching quality, excellent management and the great potential of DYU.

Dayeh has been the host to many important sporting events which includes: 29th University and College Games, the 1st University and College College Club Expo, University President Conference, Hundred Industry Partnership-Strategy Alliances Fair, Ceremony for Industry-Academic Partnership Establishment, just to name a few.
In addition, DYU has also been awarded with Teaching Excellence Project from Ministry of Education in consecutive years, which indicates the teaching standard overall,
management and the potential of DYU.

DYU performs well in academic research perspective in recent years. According to the statistics of frequency on ESI papers in Taiwan, papers from the College of Engineering are quoted as many times as top 1% of the world. WOS statistics on papers also indicate the research potential in the areas of Mechanics, Agriculture, Materials, Biology and Immunology at DYU. The ranking of DYU has been improved to one of the world top 6% universities according to Webometrics from Span in January 2011. Exhibition of Inventions in Germany, Moscow Archimedes International Exhibition of Inventions in Russia, International Exhibition of Inventions in Italy, International Competition of Micro Institutions in Japan, and Seoul Female Film Festival in Korea. Recently at the Taipei Invention competition, students from various departments contributed to represent Dayeh University. Students and Professors represented the university in the booths as shown below: BSc. Biotechnology Students, BSc. Electrical Engineering Students, Environmental Engineering Students of H801, Professor Lee: Mr. Hung (PhD candidate), Mr. Liao (Phd candidate), Mr. Elon Cadogan (PhD candidate), Mr. Huang (MSc.), Mr. Yang MSc., Founder of DaYeh University, Vice President of DaYeh University. Dean, Office of Research & Development Distinguished Professor Chen, Assistant to the Dean.

College of Engineering

Table of Achievements

2012

World Bank Notes Collection Display Professor Ming-Kou Chuang collects nearly all of Bank Notes (paper money) from all around the world, his collections are now displayed to the public in Taipei for 4 months.

Recently, Chunghwa (where Da-Yeh is located) Government is planning to organize and build a “Bank Notes Museum” with professor Chuang.

Notable alumni

• Lego Li, actor
• Wei Ming-ku, Magistrate of Changhua County

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dayeh University.

• List of universities in Taiwan

References

External links

• Dayeh University website (in English)
• Dayeh University website (in Taiwanese Mandarin)

Coordinates: 24°0′0″N 120°35′46″E / 24.00000°N 120.59611°E / 24.00000; 120.59611

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