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National Chung Cheng University 國立中正大學 Motto 積極創新 修德澤人 Established Jul. 1, 1986 Type Public (National) President Jyh-Yang Wu Academic staff 475 Undergraduates 6,580 Postgraduates 5,269 Location Minhsiung, Chiayi County, Republic of China (Taiwan) Campus Suburban, 332 acres (1.34 km²) Endowment US$-- (NT$--) Mascot None Affiliations Taiwan T4 Alliance Website www.ccu.edu.tw National Chung Cheng University (Chinese: 國立中正大學; pinyin: Guólì Zhōngzhèng Dàxué), abbreviated CCU, is a public research university located in Minhsiung, Chiayi County, Taiwan. It is distinctive among universities in Taiwan in that it is dedicated to the core humanities and the basic sciences, both natural and social. In both quality and quantity of research it annually places among the top 5% of universities in Taiwan (see reference section).
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History
National Chung Cheng University was the first public university established after Taiwan's economic boom of the 1980s. In 1986, in order to promote research and to develop higher education in the Yunlin, Chiayi and Tainan areas, the Executive Yuan approved a plan to establish a strongly research-oriented university in Chiayi. It was officially founded on July 1, 1989 with Lin Ching-Jiang (林清江) serving as its first president.
Lin established the original five colleges: namely, the College of Humanities, the College of Sciences, the College of Social Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the College of Management. He stepped down in 1996, and was succeeded by Guo-Shuen Jeng (鄭國順, 1997–2001), who in turn was succeeded by Ren C. Luo (羅仁權, 2001–2008).
Jyh-Yang Wu (吳志揚) , a professor of mathematics, is the current president. One among Wu's most significant accomplishments as a scholar is the Grove-Petersen-Wu Finiteness Theorem.[1]
Academics
Profile
National Chung Cheng University is alone among Taiwan universities in devoting itself primarily to the most basic fields of scholarship: physics, chemistry, biology, economics, mathematics, philosophy, history, and literature. In Taiwan, only National Chung Cheng University and National Taiwan University are able to offer a complete, traditional liberal arts curriculum, a curriculum similar in spirit to that of the University of Chicago's Common Core.
One of the distinctive aspects of National Chung Cheng University's liberal arts program is that it is the only university in Asia that provides a complete course of study in Analytic Philosophy. Philosophy of this type predominates among most of the highly ranked universities in North America, Great Britain, and Australia. This philosophical approach establishes strong links with the other core fields of scholarship, including the empirical sciences, mathematics, law, and linguistics.
CCU is the first in Taiwan to establish a TEAL (technology enabled active learning) classroom. It is modeled after the design used at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In construction of a multi-media facility, through its personal response system, and by installation of the software program, TEAL not only helps to increase class attendance, it also promotes student engagement with the class content.[2]
Collaboration with universities in Taiwan
Recently, the university has forged a Taiwan T4 Alliance with the three other main research-intensive universities in central and southern Taiwan--National Cheng Kung University, National Sun Yat-sen University, and National Chung Hsing University. Purposes of this alliance include: pooling of educational resources, promotion of collaborative research with local industries, and the fostering of inter-university research projects.
International Collaboration
CCU is also involved in multiple forms of international collaboration. For example, the College of Engineering is now working with the German gear manufacturer, Klingelnberg GmbH, to develop a quality analysis software for bevel gear.[3] And, included among its partner universities are: University of Pittsburgh (USA), Indiana University (Bloomington) (USA), UCLA (USA), Tohoku University (Japan), and Korea University (Korea).
Rankings
Although it is only 20 years old, among the more than 160 universities in Taiwan, its research performance is annually ranked among the top 5%. To illustrate this point, note that the National Science Council of Taiwan, when evaluating research project applications, rated Chung Cheng University as number 8, nation-wide, for the four-year period from 2003-2007.[4] In the 2010 Times Higher Education QS Asian rankings, the university advanced 30 places relative to its 2009 ranking.[5]
Within Taiwan, National Chung Cheng University has pioneered research into and the pedagogy of such diverse disciplines as opto-mechatronics and chemical engineering,[6] criminology,[7] and seismology.[8] The university also has highly ranked Colleges of Law,[9] Management,[10] and Engineering.[11] In 2010, the Computer Science Program was ranked number eight and the Electrical Engineering Program was ranked number nine, nation-wide, by the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan.[12][13] Moreover, the university library is well suited for research: when ranked for both the provision of services and total resources (collections, personnel, expenditures, and buildings) it is among the top four in Taiwan.[14]
CCU has been ranked as the best school in Taiwan at protecting student rights.[15] Results of a survey conducted by the 1111 Human Resources Institute, published in July 2010, indicate that the university has advanced seven places (from 16th to 9th), when comparing on-the-job performance of recent graduates.[16]Accreditation Spring 2010
In the Spring of 2010, all departments were formally accredited by the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (aka HEEACT). HEEACT began the process of systematically reviewing university departments and institutes in the Spring of 2007.[17]
Campus
Administration Building of National Chung Cheng University
Library at National Chung Cheng University
National Chung Cheng University CampusThe Setting
The university is located in north-central Chiayi County, one of Taiwan's main agricultural areas. It is fifteen kilometers (or approximately ten miles) away from the city of Chiayi, and just a bit farther from the Taiwan High Speed Rail Station that is located in Taibao. The campus sits atop a hill overlooking the township of Min-Hsiung, which is home to the Chiayi Performing Arts Center. The university is within convenient driving distance of many other attractions as well: to the east is the Alishan National Scenic Area of Chiayi, one of the most beautiful mountain districts in the world; to the west are various coastal towns along the Taiwan Strait, such as Budai, Chiayi, which is famous for its fish market; and, to the northwest, on the border with Yunlin County, is the township of Beigang, home to the oldest Mazu Temple in Taiwan, Chaotian Temple. Annually, on Mazu's birthday, which is the 23rd day of the 3rd lunar month (as early as mid-April or as late as early May), pilgrims flock to Beigang by the thousands to participate in the spectacular festival.
The Campus Itself
The campus itself is one of the most beautiful in Taiwan, noted both for its greenery and its distinctive architecture.[18] Among the many species of tree are the Bengal almond, the cotton tree, the Spanish flag, and the silk floss. Among the more striking edifices is the pyramid-shaped Administration Building, which is located at the campus center. No less impressive is the eight-story Library and Information Building, that has been rated as one of the five best university libraries in Taiwan. It was designed by the eminent architect Chiu-Hwa Wang (王秋華). Adjacent to the library is the gymnasium, which includes a fitness center, an indoor olympic-size pool, and an outdoor pool. It is one of the best sports complexes in Taiwan. Near the entrance to the university is the Student Activity Center, which borders Tranquility Lake, a lake populated by a gaggle of black swans. This area has become a popular scenic spot for visitors and residents of the nearby community.
Organization
- Department and Institute of Philosophy
- Department and Institute of Chinese Literature
- Department and Institute of History
- Department and Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature
- Institute of Taiwanese Literature
- Institute of Linguistics
- The Taiwan Institute for the Humanities
- Department of Physics*
- Department of Mathematics & Graduate Institute of Mathematics & Graduate Institute of Applied Mathematics & Graduate Institute of Statistical Science
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Department of Life Science & Institute of Molecular Biology & Institute of Biomedical Science
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Graduate Institute of Seismology & Graduate Institute of Applied Geophysics
- Department and Graduate Institute of Psychology
- Department and Graduate Institute of Political Science
- Department of Social Welfare
- Institute of Strategic Studies and International Affairs
- Department of Labor Relations and Graduate Institute of Labor Studies
- Department of Communication & Graduate Institute of Telecommunications
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Graduate Institute of Opto-Mechatronics
- System-on-Chips Research Center
- Advanced Machine Tools Research Center
- Department and Graduate Institute of Criminology
- Graduate Institute of Education
- Adult and Continuing Education
*National Chung Cheng University Library
Facilities Near the University
- Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital in Dalin, Chiayi: five minutes by car from campus.
- Nanhua University in Dalin, Chiayi: five minutes by car from campus.
- Chiay Performing Arts Center in Minxiong, Chiayi: fifteen minutes by car from campus.
- Taiwan High Speed Rail Chiayi Station in Taibao: twenty-five minutes by car from campus.
- Chiayi Airport in Shuishang, Chiayi: twenty-five minutes by car from campus.
- Chiayi Train Station in Chiayi City: twenty minutes by car from campus.
- Chiayi Christian Hospital in Chiayi City: twenty minutes by car from campus.
- St. Martin De Porres Hospital in Chiayi City: twenty minutes by car from campus.
- Nice-Prince Hotel in Chiayi City: twenty minutes by car from campus.
See also
- Taiwan T4 Alliance
- List of universities in Taiwan
- Education in the Republic of China
- List of law schools in Taiwan
- List of business schools in Asia
- Engineering education in Taiwan
General References
Review and web ranking
Times Higher Education QS Asian University Rankings 2010
Top 100 Universities in Asia
University Web Ranking by Country 2010
Education.com
Publication Productivity
Publications and Citation Count
Paper Citation Rank
The Ranking of Research Funds Among Universities in Taiwan
University Ranking by Academic Performance
Top 25% Institutions and Economists in Taiwan as of December 2010
Business Community's Ranking of Universities Based Upon Recent Graduate Performance 2010
Law School Entrance Exam Rankings
Analysis of University Libraries in Taiwan
Analysis of ESI Papers
Analysis of Programs in Finance
Analysis of Research Performance in Management
Analysis of Dissertations in Taiwan
Protecting Student Rights
Technology-Enabled Active Learning (TEAL)
New Personalized Ranking of the Taiwanese Universities
Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan Complete Report
Footnotes
- ^ Controlled Topology in Geometry Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society
- ^ The Impact of Implementing TEAL
- ^ Collaboration with Klingelnberg GmbH
- ^ http://www.teacher.org.cn/doc/uceud201003/ucedu20100301.pdf NSC Research Grant Rankings]
- ^ Asian University Rankings
- ^ Morphological and electroluminescent effects of Ao nanoparticles on light-emitting polymers Nanotechnology
- ^ Engendering Imprisonment: The State and Incarcerated Female Subjects in Taiwan Critical Criminology
- ^ Detecting Low-Frequency Earthquakes Within non-Volcanic Tremor in Southern Taiwan Triggered by the 2005 Mw 8.6 Nias Earthquake Geophysical Research Letters
- ^ Law School Rankings
- ^ Research Performance in Management
- ^ Best Engineering Universities in Asia
- ^ Computer Science Ranking 2010 HEEACT
- ^ Electrical Engineering Ranking 2010 HEEACT
- ^ Evaluation of University Libraries in Taiwan
- ^ Protection of Student Rights
- ^ Human Resources Institute Evaluation of recent graduates
- ^ Full Report of Accreditation by HEEACT
- ^ Article from the China Post
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