Tatung University

Not to be confused with Tatung Institute of Commerce and Technology.

For Tatung University of Shanghai, see Utopia University.

Tatung University (TTU/Chinese: 大同大學; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-tông Tāi-ha̍k) is a private university in Zhongshan, Taipei, Taiwan. It was first founded in 1956 as Tatung Institute of Technology but renamed in 1999 as Tatung University. Currently, Tatung University has four colleges: College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering, College of Management and College of Design.

Tatung University

大同大學
Former name	Tatung Institute of Technology
Type	Private university
Established	1956
Founder	Lin Shan-chih
Affiliation	Tatung Company
President	Her Ming-guo
Address	Zhongshan, Taipei, Taiwan
Website	http://ao.ttu.edu.tw/
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	大同大學
Simplified Chinese	大同大学
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dàtóng Dàxué Wade–Giles Ta-t'ung Ta-hsüeh Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tāi-tông Tāi-ha̍k

San-Chin Hall

History

The university was first founded as Tatung Institute of Technology in 1956 and began to offer two-year college programs. Dr. T. S. Lin was then appointed as president of the school. The institute was accredited to be a four-year institute of technology in 1963, and began to offer several master's programs in 1976 and doctoral programs in 1982. It was renamed as Tatung University in 1999. Since 1956, the school has had four scholar-educators: Dr. T.S. Lin (1956-2006), Dr. Jian-Kuo Wu (2006- 2009), Dr. Wen-Cheng Chu (2009-2013), and Dr. Ming-Guo Ho (2013-). In 2019, the university had an enrollment rate of 46.10%.^[1]

Academics

The university is composed of four colleges with 10 departments, 11 master's programs and 6 Ph.D. programs. The number of students enrolled now stands at 4,497 with 30% pursuing graduate studies.

In 2013 RedDot Design Ranking, Tatung University was ranked #4 in the Asia-Pacific area Universities.^[2] Also, it was ranked #18 in the global universities in 2013 iF Ranking.^[3]

College of Engineering

• The Department of Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor/Master/Ph.D)
• The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (Bachelor/Master/Ph.D)
• The Department of Materials Engineering (Bachelor/Master/Ph.D)

College of Management

• The Department of Business Management (Bachelor/MBA/EMBA)
• The Department of Information Management (Bachelor/Master)
• The Department of Applied Foreign Languages

College of Electrical and Computer Science

• The Department of Electrical Engineering (Bachelor/Master/Ph.D)
• The Department of Computer Science and Engineering (Bachelor/Master/Ph.D)

College of Design

• The Department of Industrial Design (Bachelor/Master)
• The Department of Media Design (Bachelor/Master)
• The Graduate Institute of Design Science

Transportation

The university is accessible within walking distance South East from Yuanshan Station of the Taipei Metro.

Notable alumni

• David Sun, Kingston Technology Corporation
• Ching-Sung Yu, TaiSol Electronics Co., Ltd.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of universities in Taiwan
• U12 Consortium

References

1. Green, Bethany (30 January 2020). "Taiwan's Universities Are Fighting for Their Lives as Birth Rates Plummet". Ketagalan Media. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
2. "ranking13 – Universities – Asia Pacific | Red Dot Award: Design Concept". www.red-dot.sg. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
3. "iF ranking - The tables". iF. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014.

External links

Media related to Tatung University at Wikimedia Commons

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