| Chinese Culture University | |||||||||||||||
| Native Name: | 中國文化大學 | ||||||||||||||
| Image Upright: | .5 | ||||||||||||||
| Motto: | 質樸堅毅 [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Mottoeng: | Temperament, Simplicity, Strength, and Tenacity[2] | ||||||||||||||
| President: | Shing-Ching Shyu | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 25.1333°N 153°W | ||||||||||||||
| Students: | 30,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Administrative Staff: | 717 teachers (161 Professors; 266 Associate Professors; 195 Assistant Professors, 95 Lecturers) | ||||||||||||||
| Affiliations: | U12 Consortium, ACCBE,[3] EPU[4] | ||||||||||||||
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The Chinese Culture University (CCU;) is a private Taiwanese university located in Yangmingshan in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. Established in 1962, CCU is one of the largest universities in Taiwan with an enrollment of about 32,000 students. Satellite campuses are located in the Jianguo, Ximending, and Zhongxiao East Road areas of Taipei City.
The school was founded as Far East University in 1962 by Chang Ch'i-yun, and it was renamed College of Chinese Culture by President Chiang Kai-shek in 1963. It became Chinese Culture University in 1980.
The main campus is located on Yang Ming Mountain, overlooks the Tienmu District, and is about a 45-minute drive from Taipei Main Station. The area is known for its extensive hiking trails and hot springs. The university is located just off of the main road that winds up the mountain where amenities can be found. Many of the students rent apartments in this small village area and the city buses have stops along the main road.
Chinese Culture University has been reorganized many times. The Ministry of Education granted the University permission to establish studies in philosophy, Chinese, Eastern languages, English, French, German, history, geography, news, art, music, drama, physical education, domestic science, and architecture.
| Type: | Chinese Culture University |
| The W: | 1501+ |
| The W Year: | 2024 |
| The W Ref: | [5] |
| Qs Asia: | 601–650 |
| Qs Asia Year: | 2024 |
| The Asia: | 601+ |
| The Asia Year: | 2024 |
| The N: | 35–45 |
| The N Year: | 2024 |
CCU has 12 colleges: Agriculture, Arts, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Environmental Design, Foreign Languages, Journalism and Mass Communications, Law, Liberal Arts, Science, and Social Sciences. CCU first appeared and ranked 401-450 in the QS 2022 Asian Universities Ranking.[6]
In 2023, CCU was ranked 16th best Taiwanese university focusing on humanities and social sciences by Global Views Monthly.[7]
The relatively inconvenient and isolated location of CCU's main campus has presented students and staff with transportation problems. While the university operates a number of school buses to transport faculty, staff and students up and down the mountain every day, many students chose to ride scooters up to the main campus. This has resulted in a high number of student injuries and fatalities each semester. Public buses, the R5 and 260, also operate between the main campus and downtown Taipei. These buses also make stops at Jiantan and Shilin MRT train stations. Taxi service can be found on the main campus with taxis waiting for students and teachers in front of the university sports centre during the daytime hours.
CCU has four campuses in Taipei City. The main campus is located on Yang Ming Mountain and three other smaller campuses are located in Jianguo, Ximending, and Zhongxiao East Road in downtown Taipei. The Jianguo campus is the location of the Mandarin Training Centre, while the Zhongxiao East Road campus is the location of the International Language Institute. The Ximending campus offers a variety of both credit and non-credit courses in addition to being an extension campus for the College of Law.
See main article: Hwa Kang Museum.
Established in 1971, the university museum, also called the Hwa Kang Museum, is the first comprehensive museum of its kind in Taiwan. Its permanent collection consists of Chinese ceramics from the many centuries, modern Chinese paintings and calligraphic works, Chinese folk arts and woodblock prints. Some highlights of the collection include pieces by Wang Yangming, Wu Changshuo, Woo Tsin-hang, Yu Youren, Puru, Chang Dai-chien, and Li Meishu.
CCU offers martial arts programs on the Yang Ming Shan campus. The CCU Judo team is internationally competitive and a number of members have won their division in both national and international tournaments. The CCU Martial Arts Department also offers courses in Japanese ju jitsu, aikido and kung fu.
The CCU baseball program was established in 1964, in the second year of the school's history.[8]