Tzu Chi University

慈濟大學
Motto	慈悲喜捨 (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chû-pi Hí-siá)[1]
Motto in English	Kindness, Compassion, Joy, and Unselfish Giving[2]
Type	Private
Established	1994
Endowment	NT$ 1.2 billion ($ 40 million)
President	Ingrid Y. Liu
Academic staff	266
Undergraduates	3,308
Postgraduates	579
Location	Hualien City , Taiwan ,  Taiwan 23°59′37″N 121°35′21″E / 23.99353°N 121.58918°E / 23.99353; 121.58918
Campus	Suburban, 0.69 km², (168.28 acres)
Colors	Green and Silver
Affiliations	JPMAS
Website	tcu.edu.tw

Tzu Chi University (TCU; Chinese: 慈濟大學; Wade–Giles: Tz’u² Chi⁴ Ta⁴-hsüeh²; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chû-chè Tāi-ha̍k) is a private university in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. It was founded by the Tzu Chi Foundation (NGO) and is famous in Taiwan for the quality of the medical education it provides. TCU has strong ties with Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation (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 to Tzu Chi University.

Rankings

Organization

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

College of Medicine

• School of Medicine
• Master Program in Biochemistry
• Master Program in Microbiology and Immunology
• Master Program in Physiological and Anatomical Medicine
• Master/PhD Program in Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Graduate Institute of Medical Science
• Department of Nursing
• Department of Medical Informatics
• Department of Public Health
• Department of Laboratory Medicine & Biotechnology
• Department of Physical Therapy
• 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 & Psychology
• 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
• Center for Teacher Education
• Center for General Education
• Center for Physical Education

International College

• Department of English Language and Literature
• Bachelor Program in Management of Service Industries
• Foreign Language Education Center
• Chinese Language Center
• Media Production and Education Center

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

Academic centers

• Medical Simulation Center
• Doping Control Center
• Animal Experimentation Center
• Continuing Education Center
• Tzuchi University Radio Station (FM 88.3 MHz)

Campus 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: Four students share one room with a bathroom.
• Cafeteria: vegetable meals, NT$15 for breakfast, NT$25 for lunch and dinner.

Extracurricular activities

The university had 56 student clubs or societies in 2010.

Tradition

• 10 km Road Race: Before students graduated, every undergraduate had to run the race in 80 minutes biyearly. Starting from 2013, however, it is no longer required for students to participate.

Presidents

• February 1993-May 2000, Lee Ming-liang (李明亮), MD-PhD: Minister of the Department of Health of the Republic of China, 2000-2002
• March 2001-July 2002, C.-F. Lan (藍忠孚), PhD.
• December 2002-November 2005, Jye – Siung Fang (方菊雄), PhD.
• March 2006-July 2019, Pen-Jung Wang (王本榮), MD-PhD.
• August 2019- , Ingrid Y. Liu (劉怡均), PhD.

International academic exchanges

Sister schools

Transportation

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