Ching Yun University, previously Chien-Hsing Industrial College, was established in 1966. In 2003, the Ministry of Education approved the upgrade of this institution from college status to its current standing as a university. At present, this institution has twelve departments, including the departments of Civil Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management, Finance Banking, International Business, Information Management, Finance and Banking, Marketing and Distribution, Applied Foreign Languages, and Information Engineering. In addition, it has four research centers: the Logistics Management Center, the Digital Earth and Disaster Reduction Research Center, the Green Energy Center, and the Euro-Asian Center.
CYU regards three areas -- automation, telecommunications, and internet technology-- as central to its long-term development. It anticipates becoming a leader of E-generation high technology as a result of the premium it currently places on knowledge management and intellectual economics. Furthermore, over the past three years CYU has spent two billion NT dollars ( $1 US=$31 NT ) to renovate its buildings and complete its campus. Concurrently, it is looking for a second campus so that the scale of the school can be enlarged. Dozens of assistant professors are currently being recruited to improve the quality of the school's teaching and research. Ching Yun University aims to become a first-rate university of technology.
Educational Goals
In accordance with the 2000 curriculum standards set by the Ministry of Education, CYU's curriculum design has become uniformly more flexible, thereby strengthening the institution's emphasis on academic and technological advancement. In addition to providing a solid foundation in basic theory, the institution's departments and divisions strive to combine experimental teaching and internship training with project-making and research integration. This allows student education to meet the changing demands of the industrial world. With strict planning and sound organization the educational policy fashioned by Ching Yun University becomes more efficient each year.
CYU's dedication to the goals of national growth and educational development was recognized in 1999 when it was upgraded from junior college to institute of technology status. At present, the institution is oriented towards combining theory and practice, as well as promoting long-term curriculum improvement. Accordingly, the inter-departmental Electromechanical Integration and Automation Center, the Logistics Management Center, the Green Energy Center, the Euro-Asian Research Center, and the Digital Earth and Disaster Reduction Research Center have been founded for the purpose of facilitating integral course design. This innovation allows the university to both enhance faculty research capability and expand student knowledge of applied science and technology.
Distinctive Characteristics
1.Implementation of Professional Technological & Vocational Education
The primary objective of technological and vocational education is to develop students into specialists with professional competence -- people who can aid Taiwan's future economic development. Embracing this ideal, Ching Yun University has given priority to meeting the needs of both domestic enterprise and international business.
2.. Ideal of Holistic General Education
The humanities are the foundation of all scholarly development. As a consequence, Ching Yun University established its General Education Center in 1990 and is making every effort to involve students and faculty in cultural activities. It aims to shape the school into a professional institution that combines technology with the humanities.
3. Promotion of Social and CommunityAwareness
Ching Yun University was founded in response to feedback from the local community. It has assumed the responsibility of upholding social standards and adjusting itself to meet the needs of local commerce and industry. Through academic-industrial cooperation, life-long education, social service, and the establishment of close links with its community, the University hopes to become both a regional educational institution and a local center of information, culture, education, arts, and entertainment.
4. Vision of the Increasing Citizens of the Global Village
Specialists having an international perspective will be greatly needed in Taiwan's future. In light of this need, the Ching Yun University stresses education in applied foreign languages and provides language training using native speakers of foreign languages. This institution expects to establish itself as a professional university with an international environment and perspective.
5. Establishment of an Environment for Life-long Learning
In this age of the information economy, the needs of national development require that all citizens study continuously, thereby improving their abilities and international competitiveness. Ching Yun University, in accordance with the Ministry of Education's policy of life-long learning, has embraced the responsibility of increasing public knowledge. To this end, it has established an education extension school to provide Taiwan's people with a lifetime opportunity to continue their education.
