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Motto | 誠樸敬毅[1] |
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Motto in English | Honesty, Modesty, Respect, Fortitude |
Type | Private |
Established | 1957 |
President | Hsuan-Shih Lee (李選士) |
Undergraduates | 17,628 (2018) |
Postgraduates | 1,414 |
Location | Taiwan, United States |
Campus | Taipei, Taoyuan, Kinmen, Michigan, U.S. |
Affiliations | U12 Consortium |
Website | http://www.mcu.edu.tw/ |
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Traditional Chinese | 銘傳大學 | ||||||||||
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Ming Chuan University (MCU; Chinese: 銘傳大學; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bêng-thoân Tāi-ha̍k) is a private university with four campuses in Taipei, Taoyuan and Kinmen in Taiwan, as well as one in Michigan, United States. MCU also has international education centers in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand. Additionally, it collaborates with universities such as Fuzhou University and Xiamen University of Technology to establish joint college.[2]
MCU was founded by Pao Teh-Ming (包德明) and her husband Lee Ying-Chao. The university was named after the progressive Qing Dynasty governor of Taiwan Liu Mingchuan.
MCU is a member of the Excellent Long-Established University Consortium of Taiwan (ELECT). The consortium includes 13 universities, such as Fu Jen Catholic University, Soochow University, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taipei Medical University, among others.[3]
MCU is the first university in Asia to receive accreditation from the United States of America by the MSCHE (Middle States Commission on Higher Education), and it is also the only university in Taiwan with such accreditation.[4] The university has also obtained accreditation from CHEA (Council for Higher Education Accreditation) and AACSB.[5][6]
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