Asia University (Taiwan)

Asia University
亞洲大學
Former name
Taichung Health and Management College (2001–2005)
Motto健康 · 關懷 · 創新 · 卓越[1]
Motto in English
Health, Care, Innovation, Excellence[2]
TypePrivate university
Established2001
PresidentJing-Pha Tsai
Students12,196
Location,
24°02′46″N 120°41′13″E / 24.046°N 120.687°E / 24.046; 120.687
CampusSuburban
Websiteasia.edu.tw
Asia University
Traditional Chinese亞洲大學
Simplified Chinese亚洲大学
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYàzhōu Dàxué
Southern Min
Hokkien POJA-chiu Tāi-ha̍k
Tâi-lôA-tsiu Tāi-ha̍k
Former name: Taichung Health and Management College
Traditional Chinese臺中健康暨管理學院
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTâi-tiong Kiān-khong Kì Koán-lí Ha̍k-īⁿ
Tâi-lôTâi-tiong Kiān-khong Kì Kuán-lí Ha̍k-īnn

Asia University (AU; Chinese: 亞洲大學; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-chiu Tāi-ha̍k), formerly Taichung Health and Management College (Chinese: 臺中健康暨管理學院; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-tiong Kiān-khong Kì Koán-lí Ha̍k-īⁿ), is a private university in Taichung, Taiwan. Founded in 2001, it offers education for degrees in health and medical science, computer science and electrical engineering, creative design, management, and humanities and social sciences.

The university was founded with the goal of becoming an internationally competitive comprehensive university, and has been growing quickly since its creation. Specifically, being essentially a college with 17 departments and only about 2000 students when established in 2001, it has become a medium-size university with 28 departments and more than 12,000 students in 2018.[3]

  1. ^ "Motto & Insignia (in Chinese)". Asia U. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ^ "Motto & Insignia". Asia U. Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ^ "A Glance at University Facts". Asia U. Retrieved 2018-12-14.