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Kaohsiung Polytechnic Institute (高雄工學院) Pragmatism and Innovation 1986 (as Kaohsiung Polytechnic Institute)
1997 (as ISU) No. 1, Section 1, Xuecheng Rd, Dashu District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 840 Domestic tuition: 40,789 TWD (2012), International tuition: 40,789 TWD (2012) Fu Jen Catholic University, Ming Chuan University, Providence University, Chung Yuan Christian, Tunghai University
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Formerly known as Kaohsiung Polytechnic Institute (KPI), I-Shou University (ISU; Chinese: 義守大學) is a private university located in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. ISU was established in 1986 by Mr. I-Shou Lin, the founder of E United Group, to commemorate his mother as well as to benefit the villages and towns where he started his business. KPI was officially upgraded and renamed I-Shou University on August 1, 1997.
Currently ISU has nine colleges and one center: College of Electrical & Information Engineering, College of Science & Engineering, College of Management, College of Communication & Design, International College, College of Tourism & Hospitality, College of Language Arts, College of Medicine, College of Indigenous Studies, and Center for General Education. It has 41 departments offering 20 master’s programs, 7 doctoral programs, 4 bachelor’s degree programs for indigenous peoples, 16 evening bachelor's degree programs, 2 two-year in-service bachelor's degree programs, and 11 in-service master’s programs.
In 2014, ISU was endorsed by the National Academy of Investors as one of the top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents and included in the list of prominent innovation universities. In terms of university ranking, ISU was ranked among the top 800 universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016. ISU was ranked 344th worldwide under the index of industry income. According to the most recent rankings released in 2016, ISU was ranked among the top 200 universities in the Times Higher Education Asia University Ranking 2016, and it was again included in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-2017.
In 2016, the College of Management, the College of Tourism and Hospitality, and the International College earned the AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation. ISU is the 14th institution that earns the AACSB accreditation in Taiwan and was the first university in the world receiving the three-college accreditation with one review visit.
Evaluations and Accreditation
2016: The College of Management, the College of Tourism and Hospitality, and the International College were accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
2015: All the engineering-related departments passed the IEET (Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan) Accreditation, and the accreditation is valid for a period of three years.
2014: All the departments established for three years or more passed the Second-Cycle Program Evaluation.
2013: ISU passed both the 2013 Evaluation of General Education and the Second-Cycle Program Evaluation.
2013: ISU was ranked as “Recommended” (the highest level) for the 2012 Evaluation Plan of Learning Environment for International Students in Taiwanese Universities/Colleges by the Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan.
2012: The IMBA Program of the College of Management was ranked as “Highly Recommended” for the evaluation of English-taught degree programs by the Ministry of Education.
2012: All the engineering-related departments passed the IEET (Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan) Accreditation with a validity of three years.
2011: ISU passed all five categories of the Institutional Accreditation.
2011: ISU received “Recommended” for the evaluation of English-taught degree programs of the Ministry of Education.
2016
Service Excellence: Kuan-Yi Wang, President of Chung Hwa Ri Guang Transportation Co., Ltd.
Service Excellence: Jui-Li Hsu, General Manager of Antay Securities Co., Ltd.
2015
Service Excellence: Te-Sung Chen, Principal of Kao Ying Industrial Commercial Vocational High School
Service Excellence: Chao-Wen Hsueh, Attending Physician of Kaohsiung Armed Force General Hospital
2014
Academic Excellence: Fei-Yi Hung, Professor of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University
Special Contributions: Wen-Huai Lee, Operator of San He Flour Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
2013
Service Excellence: Long-Sheng Xu, Secretary-General of Kaohsiung City Council
2012
Service Excellence: Wen-Zong Zheng, Principal of Kaohsiung Municipal Sanmin Senior High School
2011
Service Excellence: Tu-Chin Tsai, President of Sun Beam Tech Industrial Co., Ltd.
2010
Academic Excellence: Jia-Zhang Wu, Dean of College of Maritime, National Kaohsiung Marine University
Service Excellence: Chun-Hao Xin, Former Director-General of Local Tax Bureau, Kaohsiung County
The Main Campus is situated in the Guanyinshan area, and accommodates the College of Electrical & Information Engineering, the College of Management, the College of Science & Engineering, the College of Language Arts, the College of Tourism & Hospitality, the College of Communication & Design, the International College, the College of Indigenous Studies, and the Center for General Education.
The Medical Campus, located across from E-DA Hospital in Yanchao District of Kaohsiung City, was opened in 2006 to accommodate the College of Medicine. ISU was approved by the Ministry of Education to establish the School of Chinese Medicine for Post Baccalaureate in Academic Year 2010, and then the School of Medicine for International Students with all courses taught in English in 2013. The establishment of the College of Medicine was officially approved by the Ministry of Education.
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