Motto in English Virtue with Knowledge President 唐傳義 Undergraduates 10,716 Number of students 11,895 | Established 1956 Academic staff 346 Phone +886 4 2632 8001 Founded 1956 | |
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Type Private (Roman Catholic) Address No. 200, Section 7, Taiwan Blvd, Shalu District, Taichung City, Taiwan 433 Motto 進德、修業 (Virtue with Knowledge) Similar Tunghai University, Feng Chia University, Hungkuang University, Fu Jen Catholic University, Tamkang University Profiles | ||
Providence university
Providence University (PU; Chinese: 靜宜大學; pinyin: Jìngyí Dàxué) is a Catholic co-educational institution in Shalu District, Taichung City, Taiwan.
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History
Providence University was founded by an American congregation, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Indiana, United States). In the summer of 1919, Bishop Joseph Tacconi of Kaifeng, Henan Province, mainland China, met with Sisters of Providence general superior Mother Mary Cleophas Foley to request sisters for a school for young women in Kaifeng. In 1921 Mother Marie Gratia Luking (1885–1964) and five other Sisters of Providence founded the Hua-Mei Girls' Elementary and High Schools there, one of the first schools for girls in China. In the spring of 1929, the school was forced to close because of political turbulence.
The Providence Sisters, enthusiastic about female education, endeavored to establish another school in spite of the critical situation. In 1932, by the effort of the Board of Trustees, Ching-Yi Girls' High School was instituted in Kaifeng. Cardinal Paul Yü Pin was the first chairperson of the Board of Trustees, and Chi-Liang Ing was the first president of the school. In 1942, Mother Gratia and the other sisters were imprisoned and did not regain their freedom until 1945. In 1948, the war between the Kuomintang Party and the Communist Party forced the sisters to retreat first to Shanghai and later to Taiwan.
In July 1989, it has turned into "Providence University for Women". From 1993, it turned into "Providence University", and started to enroll male students.
Faculties
Providence University in the media
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Transportation
The university is accessible East from Shalu Station of the Taiwan Railways Administration. From Taichung Railway Station it takes about 1 hour by bus, the bus go in the campus and there are 2 bus stops in the campus. From High Speed Railways it takes about 40 minutes by taxi. Alternatively you can take shuttle bus from HSR station to Veteran Hospital/Tunghai University, then take bus for about 20 minutes.