Taipei Medical University

Taipei Medical University
臺北醫學大學
Former name
Taipei Medical College (1960)
Motto誠樸[1]
Motto in English
Honesty
TypePrivate
Established1960 (as Taipei Medical College)
2000 (as Taipei Medical University)[2]
PresidentChien-Huang Lin
Students6,112
Undergraduates4,749[3]
Postgraduates1,333[3]
Address, ,
25°01′30″N 121°33′40″E / 25.025°N 121.561°E / 25.025; 121.561
ColoursMaroon
 
AffiliationsU12 Consortium
University System of Taipei
Websitewww.tmu.edu.tw
Taipei Medical University
Traditional Chinese臺北醫學大學
Simplified Chinese台北医学大学
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáiběi Yīxué Dàxué
Wade–GilesT'ai-pei I-hsüeh Ta-hsüeh
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationTai2 bei3 Yi1 swye2 Da4 swye2
JyutpingToi4 bak1 Ji1 hok6 Daai6 hok6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTâi-pak I-ha̍k Tāi-ha̍k
Taipei Medical University

Taipei Medical University (TMU; Chinese: 臺北醫學大學; pinyin: Táiběi Yīxué Dàxué; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak I-ha̍k Tāi-ha̍k) in Taiwan is located in Taipei's Xinyi District. Founded as Taipei Medical College in 1960, it was renamed as Taipei Medical University in 2000. TMU has expanded into a university with ten colleges, 6,000 students per year, five hospitals (TMU hospital, Wan Fang Medical Center, Shuang-Ho Hospital, Taipei Cancer Center, TMU NingBo medical Center), and more than 40,000 alumni around the world.

  1. ^ "Motto (in Chinese)". TMU. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  2. ^ "Digital Archives Program of TMU". Taipei Medical University. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  3. ^ a b "TMU Facts". Taipei Medical University. Retrieved 2010-02-23.