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淡江大學 (Chinese) | |||||||||||||||
Former names | Tamkang Junior College of English[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Motto | 樸實剛毅 (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phok-si̍t Kong-gē)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Motto in English | Simplicity Truthfulness Firmness Perseverance[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Type | Private | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1950[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | EUTW IAU Tsinghua Big Five Alliance U12 Consortium EPU[3] | ||||||||||||||
| President | Keh Huan-chao (葛煥昭 博士)[4] | ||||||||||||||
Academic staff | 1,367 (2020)[5] | ||||||||||||||
Administrative staff | 583 (2020)[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Students | 24,209 (2020) (excluding foreign and overseas Chinese students)[7] | ||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 21,488 (2020)[8] | ||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 2,721 (2020)[8] | ||||||||||||||
| 394 (2020)[8] | |||||||||||||||
Other students | 681 (foreign students) (2020) 776 (overseas Chinese students) (2020)[8] | ||||||||||||||
| Location | , , 25°10′30″N 121°26′56″E / 25.175°N 121.449°E | ||||||||||||||
| Campus | Urban,[9] 21.62 ha (53.4 acres) (Tamsui campus) 0.32 ha (0.79 acres) (Taipei campus) 40.45 ha (100.0 acres) (Lanyang campus)[10] | ||||||||||||||
| Website | tku.edu.tw | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 淡江大学 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 淡江大學 | ||||||||||||||
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Tamkang University (TKU; simplified Chinese: 淡江大学; traditional Chinese: 淡江大學; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-kang Tāi-ha̍k) is a private university in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was founded in 1950 as a junior college of English. Today it is a comprehensive university with 11 colleges that serves nearly 25,000 students on four campuses (three traditional, one online).
Tamkang University is Taiwan's oldest private institution of higher learning. Over 28,000 students of 50 nationalities form a diverse student body. Tamkang has partnerships with over 100 sister universities in 28 countries. The university's main campus in historic Tamsui is noted for its scenery.[citation needed]
Casually, members of the university community call themselves 'Tamkangians.'[11]
- ^ a b "About TKU brief history". english.tku.edu.tw/. Tamkang University. Archived from the original on 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
- ^ a b 淡江校訓 ：樸 實 剛 毅
樸是樸儉無華 存誠抱樸
實是實踐力行 守法務實
剛是剛柔相濟 無欲則剛
毅是毅然果敢 志道弘毅
Tamkang University Motto:
Simplicity Truthfulness Firmness Perseverance
Simplicity stands for unassuming plainness, sincerity and honesty.
Truthfulness represents vigorous implementation, law abiding and thoroughness.
Firmness symbolizes the blending of toughness and gentleness, with uprightness and impartiality.
Perseverance signifies courageous determination, with virtue and liberality of mind.
"The logo and motto of TKU". tku.edu.tw. Tamkang University. Retrieved 2011-05-12. - ^ "Eurasia Pacific Uninet".
- ^ "About TKU". english.tku.edu.tw/. Tamkang University. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
- ^ Full-time faculties-721; Adjunct faculties-646"The statistics of faculties in Tamkang University". Tamkang University.
- ^ "The statistics of employees in Tamkang University". www2.tku.edu.tw. Tamkang University.
- ^ "淡江大學-校務統計". www.tku.edu.tw. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ a b c d Doctoral Program-551; Master’s Program-2423; Executive Master’s Program-1243; Undergraduate-20331; The Bachelor Program of Extension Education (Include Two-year Executive)-2943; Number of Students-27491; Foreign Student-267; Overseas Chinese Student-660"TKU Statistics on Students for the Second Semester in the 2010-2011 Academic Year (College & Institutes)". acad.tku.edu.tw. Tamkang University. Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
- ^ Tamsui campus
151 Ying-chuan Road Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 25137, R.O.C.
Taipei campus
5, Lane 199, Kinghua Street Taipei, Taiwan 10650, R.O.C.
Lanyang campus
180 Linwei Road., Chiao-hsi Shiang, I-lan County, Taiwan 26247, R.O.C.
Cyber campus
http://cyber.tku.edu.tw "four campuses". english.tku.edu.tw/. Tamkang University. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2011-05-12. - ^ Tamsui-216,224; Taipei-3,249; Lanyang-404,553; Sum-624,026 (Unit: Square Meter) "Schedule of Buildings and Land, Tamkang University, Academic Year 2010". www2.tku.edu.tw/. Tamkang University. 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Tamkang University".