National Chengchi University is a prestigious public university at Muzha

Muzha

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 in Wenshan District

Wenshan District

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, Taipei City, Taiwan. It is well-known for its concentration on the social sciences

Social sciences

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, law

Law

Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

, commerce

NCCU College of Commerce

The College of Commerce at National Chengchi University was established in 1957.The College of Commerce is highly regarded nationally and internationally as the best business school in Taiwan...

, communication

Communication

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, liberal arts

Liberal arts

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 and for its MBA programs.

History

The National Chengchi University was established in 1927 in Nanjing

Nanjing

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, China as the Kuomintang

Kuomintang

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's Central Party Affairs School. In 1929, it changed its name to Central Political School, after the "Northern Expedition" victory of the Nationalists in mainland China

Mainland China

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. In 1946, the National Chengchi University was formally founded, signifying the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...

. When the Kuomintang

Kuomintang

The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...

 lost control of mainland China in 1949, the university's activities were halted. The university opened once again in Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

 in 1954 to meet the growing demands of tertiary education in Taiwan. At first, it was exclusively for graduates, but in 1955, undergraduate programs were created. In 1964, Yang Bi-li (楊必立) initiated the earliest Chinese MBA education.

Location

NCCU is at the foot of Chi-nan Mountain in the south of Taipei City.

Apart from the Mu-cha site, NCCU has established two branch campuses in urban Taipei: The Public & Business Administration Education Center on Jing-hua Street and the Institute of International Relations on Wan-shou Road.

Demographics

There are a total of 15167 students, with 9,052 completing an undergraduate course. The remaining student population includes master students, Ph.D candidates and international students.

Faculty

There are 635 staff employed, including 280 professors, 203 associate professors, 45 lecturers and 107 assistant professors.

Cooperation agreements

NCUU has agreements with 432 colleges, universities, and institutions around the globe.

• University level: 207
• College level: 214
• Research center level: 11

Features

• The pioneer of IMBA formal degree program in Taiwan - College of Commerce (AACSB/EQUIS & Financial Times World Top 47 Masters in Management)
• International Programs-IMBA, IMICS, IMAS, IDAS, DIBL, International Summer School.
• The largest research community in the field of Mainland China Study - most complete library collection and data research system and widest coverage of academic cooperation in Taiwan
• The largest research institute dedicated to international issues and the only university in Taiwan with Department of Diplomacy
• More than 600 English courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
• A Language Center for Mandarin Learning and Chinese Culture

International programs

Rated as the best English learning environment in Taiwan by the Taiwanese Ministry of Education, NCCU provides a series of international programs:

• International Master's Program of Business Administration (IMBA)
• International Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies (IMAS)
• International Doctoral Program in Asia-Pacific Studies (IDAS)
• International Master's Program in International Communication Studies (IMICS)
• Doctoral Program in International Business Law (DIBL)
• Internatioanl Summer School (ISS)

All courses are taught in English

English language

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Chinese Language Center

The International Building , in which the CLC is located, is a modern building with six floors worth of classrooms, a computer lab and a library. Our small library contains a collection of more than 2,500 books and magazines, as well as over 500 audio/videotapes on Mandarin language and culture.

The CLC offers a substantial number of non-credit language courses for international students and overseas Chinese students. The CLC maintains a teacher to student ratio of 1 to 7.

In addition to language courses, the CLC offers a variety of cultural workshops, such as Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese knotting, paper cutting and traditional handicrafts.

Colleges and Departments

College of Liberal Arts Dept. of Chinese Literature:The graduate school of Chinese Literature was established in1964.the graduate offered the Ph.D. program in 1969. Dept. of History:In 1968,the Ph.D program was added to the graduate program. Dept. of Philosophy Graduate Institute of Library, Information and Archival Studies Graduate Institute of Religious Studies Graduate Institute of Taiwan History Graduate Institute of Taiwan Literature Chinese Language Center Doctor's / Master's Program in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language College of Science Dept. of Mathematical Sciences Dept. of Psychology Dept. of Computer Science Graduate Institute of Neuroscience Graduate Institute of Applied-Physics College of Social Sciences Dept. of Political Science Dept. of Sociology Dept. of Public Finance Dept. of Public Administration Dept. of Land Economics Dept. of Economics Dept. of Ethnology Graduate Institute of Development Studies Graduate Institute of Labor Research International Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies International Doctoral Program in Asia-Pacific Studies Graduate Institute of Social Work College of Commerce NCCU College of Commerce The College of Commerce at National Chengchi University was established in 1957.The College of Commerce is highly regarded nationally and internationally as the best business school in Taiwan... Accredited by the AACSB & EQUIS as the Top 47 School of Commerce** http://www.aacsb.edu/General/InstLists.asp?lid=3 Dept. of International Business Dept. of Money and Banking Dept. of Accounting Dept. of Statistics Dept. of Business Administration Dept. of Management Information Systems Dept. of Finance Dept. of Risk Management & Insurance Graduate Institute of Technology and Innovation Management Graduate Institute of Intellectual Property

College of Law Dept. of Law (LL.B. Program) Graduate Institute of Law( LL.M. Program and Ph.D Program) Graduate Institute of Law & Inter-discipline College of Foreign Languages Dept. of English Dept. of Arabic Language & Literature Dept. of Slavics (Formerly Russian) Dept. of Japanese Dept. of Korean Language and Culture Dept. of Turkish Language and Culture Undergraduate Program in European Languages Graduate Institute of Linguistics Foreign Languages Center College of Communication Dept. of Journalism Dept. of Advertising Dept. of Radio & Television NCCU Community Radio Station College of communication Undergraduate Degree Program College of International Affairs Dept. of Diplomacy Graduate Institute of East Asia Studies Graduate Institute of Russian Studies College of Education Dept. of Education Graduate Institute of Early Childhood Education Graduate Institute of Teacher Education The Teacher In-Service Education Center

Politics and Diplomacy

• Mei-Chin Zhuo (周美青), First Lady
• Jian-Ren Cheng (程建人), former Minister of Diplomacy
• Chuang-Huan Chiu (邱創煥), former President of Exam Yuan
• Zhong Guan (關中), President of Exam Yuan
• Chun-Tze Guo (郭俊次), chairperson of China Peace Reunification
• Li-De Hsu (徐立德), Vice-Premier
• Hsin-Liang Hsu (許信良), former Chairperson of Democratic Progressive Party
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• Shui-De Hsu (許水德), General Secretary of Kuomintang
  Kuomintang
  The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...
  
  
• Hui-You Hsu (許惠祐), former Director of National Security Bureau
  National Security Bureau
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• Jason Hu
  Jason Hu
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   (胡志強), Mayor of Taichung City
• Wei-Zheng Hu (胡為真), General Secretary of National Security Council
• Hong Lie Hu (胡鴻烈), standing committee of People's Political Consultative Conference
  Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
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   in China
• Vincent Hsiew (蕭萬長), Vice-President of Republic of China
  Republic of China
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• Pu-Chong Jin (金溥聰), former General Secretary of Kuomintang
• Huan Li (李煥), former Premier
• Yuan-Tzu Li (李元簇), former Vice-President
• Feng-De Liao (廖風德), former General Secretary of Kuomintang, also well-known local novelist
• Yi-Fu Lin (林毅夫), Vice-President of World Bank
• Yi-Fu Lin (林義夫), delegate to World Trade Organization
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   (WTO)
• Zhui-Shui Lin (林濁水), former legislator and Taiwan sovereignty movement theorist
• Zheng-Jie Lin (林正杰), former social movement activist
• Zhong-Sen Lin (林中森), General Secretary of Executive Yuan
• Yi-Zheng Lu (陸以正), former ambassador
• Hong-Lian Ou (歐鴻鍊), former Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Wei-Gang Pan (潘維剛), legislator
• Zhi-Reng Sheng (盛治仁), chairperson of research committee at Taipei City Government
• James Soong
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   (宋楚瑜), chairperson of People First Party
• Qi Shu (蘇起), Director of Mainland China Affairs
• Ya-Ping Shi (史亞平), delegate to Singapore
• Liang-Wen Tsai (蔡良文), member of Exam Yuan
• Tzao-Hsieh Wu (吳釗燮), former Director of Mainland China Affairs
• Tou Wang (王拓), former legislator and well-known writer
• Qing-Feng Wang (王清峰), former Minister of Justice
• Jin-Tiang Yang (楊進添), Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Wanng-Jing Yang (顏萬進), former vice general secretary of Cross Trait Exchange Foundation
• Xiao-Yue Zhang (張小月), delegate to United Kingdom
• Rong-Ji Zhong (鍾榮吉), vice-spokesperson of Legislative Yuan
• Quan Lin (林全), former Minister of Finance Affairs

Academics

• Zhong-Xiang Guang (管中祥), notable activist of media reform movement
• Feng-Mao Li (李豐楙), notable scholar of Taoism studies
• Zhe-Mao Tsai (蔡哲茂), researcher of Historical and Language Department, Academia Sinica
• Wei-De Chen (陳維德), scholar of Chinese calligraphy studies
• Hua-Yuan Hseuh (薛化元), scholar of Taiwanese history studies
• Deng-Xing Shan (單德興), researcher of European and American Department, Academia Sinica
• Xiao-Yan Peng (彭小妍), researcher of China Literature and Philosophy Department, Academia Sinica
• Zhong-He Bao (包宗和), former President of National Taiwan University
  National Taiwan University
  National Taiwan University is a national co-educational university located in Taipei, Republic of China . In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" . Its main campus is set upon 1,086,167 square meters in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taiwan,...
  
  
• Kun-Xian Chiu (邱坤玄), Vice-CEO of China Eurasia Foundation
• Li-Wen Tong (董立文), vice-director of research department at China Eurasia Foundation
• Zhi-Bing Fa (法治斌), late notable scholar of Constitutional studies
• Jian-San Hong (馮建三), Professor of Journalism
• Qing-Qing Peng (彭欽清), notable scholar of Hakka studies
• Zhong-Hua Gu (顧忠華), chairperson of Public Monitoring Alliance
• Yao-Ji Jin (金耀基), President of Chinese Hong Kong University
• Zhi-Rang Zheng (曾志朗), Vice-President of Academia Sinica
• Bi-Zhap Lin (林碧炤), Vice-President of National Chengchi University
• Bi-Rong Liu (劉必榮), notable scholar of international relations and negotiations
• Jin-Ji Wu (吳靜吉), scholar of education and culture studies

Artists and Writers

• Yong Jin (查良鏞, 金庸）, notable novelist on Chinese martial arts
• Yu-Mei Li (李啟源), writer, poet and director
• Huai-Ming Lin (林懷民), founder of Cloud Gate Dance Collection
• Zhong-Qi Duan (段鍾沂), founder of Hardrock Record Co., Ltd.
• Zhong-Tan Duan (段鍾潭), founder of Hardrock Record Co., Ltd.
• Qi-Yang Lin (林淇瀁), notable scholar
• Qi-Qing Shi (施寄青), notable feminist writer
• Rong-Wem Wang (王榮文), founder of Yuan-Liou Publishing Company
• Rou-Quan Wu (吳若權), notable writer

Businesspeople

• Feng-Nian Jiang (姜豐年), President of Sina Web
• Ming-Cheng Lin (林明成), President of Huanan Bank
• Cheng-Jin Liang (梁成金), President of Sinkong Bank
• Xue-Reng Soong (宋學仁), Asian President of Goldman Sachs
• Ya-Jun Tang (唐雅君), President of Alexandre Gym Company
• Zhe-Xiong Tsai (蔡哲雄), President of Taiwan Finance
• Xing-Xiong Wei (魏幸雄), President of China Airline
• Wen-Xing Wang (王文欣), President of Muji Life
• Xing-Ming Yeh (葉新明), President of Taiwan Land Bank
• Yan-Liang Ying (尹衍樑), President of Ruentex Group

See also

• NCCU College of Commerce
  NCCU College of Commerce
  The College of Commerce at National Chengchi University was established in 1957.The College of Commerce is highly regarded nationally and internationally as the best business school in Taiwan...
  
  
• List of universities in Taiwan
• How to Get to NCCU

External links

• Official website
• Official website