Phone +886 2 2905 2000 Founded 1925 Academic staff 1,942 | Affiliation Roman Catholic Color Yellow Undergraduates 22,395 Postgraduates 4,041 | |
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Motto in English Truth, Goodness, Beauty, Sanctity Established Founded 1925, Re-established 1961 Notable alumni Wang Guangmei, Lee C Teng, Yeh Chu‑lan, Lin Chuan, Andrew Yang Similar Tamkang University, Chinese Culture University, Soochow University, National Chengchi University, Tunghai University Profiles | ||
2010 2014an introduction to fu jen catholic university
Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU or simply Fu Jen; Chinese: 輔仁大學), formerly The Catholic University of Peking, is a private, co-educational university founded by the Holy See, located in New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is the oldest Jesuit-Catholic university in the Sinophone world and is known for its strong ties with the Roman Curia. It takes its name from the Chinese Fu Jen meaning "assistance" and "benevolence". Among the Chinese, it is colloquially known as "FǔDà" (輔大). Fu Jen was ranked as one of Asia's top 100 and world's top 500 universities, its transnational joint master's program "jMGEM" was ranked 58th globally by Financial Times in 2015. To date, it is the 5th best ranked business school, top 8 colleges in alumni employment and the second largest university in the number of students in the country.
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- 2010 2014an introduction to fu jen catholic university
- Founding
- Programs
- Emblem and logo
- Colleges and Schools
- Campus
- Fu Jen Academia Catholica
- Libraries
- University rankings
- Notable alumni faculty and staff
- Affiliated schools
- References
Fu Jen has many collaborative institutions and exchange programs with other colleges in G8 countries, such as Stanford University in the US, the University of Oxford in the UK and Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Italy. In Taiwan, it is the only university with an Italian Language and Literature Department. Its College of Management was the first one there with AACSB accreditation (2005). Also the College of Medicine was the earliest to promote PBL, developed at McMaster University Medical School in Canada, as pedagogy for medical education. Fu Jen alumni are referred to as "FǔDàRén" (輔大人). They include the Premier Lin Chuan, former First Lady Wang Guangmei, a number of politicians represented in the Legislative Yuan and professors at various world-class institutions.
Fu Jen has established sister-school relationships with more than 360 universities worldwide, such as the Notre Dame, UC Berkeley, Tohoku, and C9 League universities. In addition, Fu Jen is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia, and International Federation of Catholic Universities. The International Secretariat of UMAP is located on the Fu Jen campus.
Its campus adjoins the Fu Jen University Station, a metro station named after the university.
Founding
The institution was originally established in Beijing in 1925 by the Benedictines of St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, at request of the Holy See. Fu Jen, then commonly known as The Catholic University of Peking, was itself a successor to the Fu Jen Academy (輔仁社), which was created through the efforts of Catholic scholars Ma Xiangbo and Ying Lianzhi. The university's first president (1925–1927) was the American missionary George Barry O'Toole, OSB. He was succeeded by Chen Yuan (陳垣), a Chinese Protestant, who remained university president until the school's forced closure by the Chinese government in 1952.
In 1933 the Benedictines in the United States, in the midst of the Great Depression, were no longer able to sustain Fu Jen's mission. Administration of the university passed to the Society of the Divine Word in Germany. Its affiliation with Germany, an ally of Imperial Japan, helped protect university personnel from extreme brutality inflicted elsewhere by occupying Imperial Japanese soldiers during the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). After the Communists assumed power in China in 1949, religious organisations, including the Catholic Church, began to be systematically repressed. In 1952 this intensified and the government merged Fu Jen with the Beijing Normal University, Peking University, Renmin University, China University of Political Science and Law, and Central University of Finance and Economics. Fu Jen was re-established in 1961 in Taiwan. The new school opened under the auspices of the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference, the Society of Jesus, and the Society of the Divine Word.
Programs
The University at present comprises 11 colleges with a student body of more than 25,000. It is especially known for its academic excellence in philosophy, sinology, foreign languages, mass communication, graphic design, law, management, physical education, medicine, applied science, and engineering. Since 2008, the Global Leadership Program was started for students from 4 Jesuit universities in East Asia: Ateneo de Manila University in The Philippines, Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan, Sogang University in South Korea, and Sophia University in Japan, which share their Catholic inspiration.
Emblem and logo
The university motto, "真善美聖" in Chinese and Veritas, Bonitas, Pulchritudo, Sanctitas in Latin, expresses four ideals: Truth, Goodness, Beauty, Sanctity.
The laurel wreath symbolizes honor and peace while the twelve stars signify the Virgin Mary. The cross represents the Christian faith. The two colors on the shield suggest Christ's dual nature as the rounded shape of the shield recalls the Sacred Heart. The Latin words on the banner beneath the emblem, the university motto, express the four ideals of the university while the three folds of the banner suggest the Trinity.
Colleges and Schools
Fu Jen University established Taiwan's first graduate-level program in conference interpreting. The Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpreting Studies (GITIS) (翻譯學研究所) is the only MA-granting program in a private university conferring degrees and training in translation and interpretation in Chinese<>English and Chinese<>Japanese combinations (Chinese<>French having been discontinued). Small class sizes and individualized attention from faculty keep the program popular among applicants and its graduates remain highly competitive both in Taiwan and internationally.
Also Fu Jen has annexed a Mandarin Language Center (語言中心), established in 1964 to address the need for foreign missionaries to learn Chinese. In 1969, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, the center was renamed “Language Center” (LC). It teaches non-degree Mandarin Chinese courses, Taiwanese, and every semester offers cultural classes such as Chinese Poetry, Chinese Calligraphy, and Taijiquan. The LC accommodates hundreds of students each semester from countries worldwide.
Campus
Fu Jen's Xinzhuang campus is a small forest; it is known as "tree house campus".
Fu Jen Academia Catholica
Fu Jen Academia Catholica was inaugurated on August 1, 2008, to enable interdisciplinary pursuits in Catholic studies. The Academia consists of five Fu Jen academic institutes or centers: the Institute of Scholastic Philosophy, Institutem Historiae Ecclesiae, Center for the Study of Science and Religion, Monumenta Serica Sinological Research Center, and John Paul II Institute for Research into Dialogue for Peace.
Libraries
University rankings
Fu Jen ranks at the top of Taiwan's private universities for top-ranked fields of study and distinguished alumni. In UW-Madison's description, Fu Jen is one of Taiwan's top private schools.
The University comprises 11 colleges. It has earned particular distinction for its philosophy, sinology, linguistics, mass communication, textiles, law, management, physical education, and clinical medicine programs.