Fu Jen Catholic University

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Fu Jen Catholic University
天主教輔仁大學
the seal of Fu Jen Catholic University
Motto Latin: Veritas, Bonitas, Pulchritudo, Sanctitas
Chinese: 真善美聖
English: Truth, Goodness, Beauty, Sanctity
Established Founded 1913, Re-established 1961
Type Private
President Chiang Han-Sheng (江漢聲), PhD
Academic staff 755
Undergraduates 23,062
Postgraduates 4,335
Location Xinzhuang, New Taipei City, Republic of China Republic of China (Taiwan)
Campus Suburban
Mascot None
Affiliations Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia
Website www.fju.edu.tw
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Fu Jen Catholic University
Traditional Chinese 天主教輔仁大學
Simplified Chinese 天主教辅仁大学

Fu Jen Catholic University (traditional Chinese: 天主教輔仁大學; simplified Chinese: 天主教辅仁大学; pinyin: Tiānzhǔjiào Fǔrén Dàxué) is a co-educational Catholic university located in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City. Colloquially the school is known as "FǔDà" (輔大, FJU, FJCU).

In the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Greater China Region, Fu Jen is the top-ranked and most famous private university.

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[edit] Overview

Fu Jen operated in Mainland China until 1952 when the Chinese Communist Party pushed the ROC military forces onto the island of Taiwan. It was known as the Catholic University of Peking (traditional Chinese: 私立北平輔仁大學; simplified Chinese: 私立北平辅仁大学; pinyin: Sīlì Běipíng Fǔrén Dàxué) before its re-establishment on Taiwan in 1961. It thus ranks as the oldest pontifical university in Sinophone world.

The school has earned particular distinction for its Media & Mass Communication, Theology, Philosophy, Clinical Medicine, Management, Law and Linguistics and Arts programs. The College of Management was the first one of AACSB accredited (2005) in Cross-Taiwan-Strait states. According to Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, Fu Jen ranks as the 501+th university worldwide, and 113th in Asia (12th in Taiwan).

Currently the university consists of eleven colleges serving approximately 25,000 students. Fu Jen offers master's programs, in-service master's programs, PhD programs, and departments in the School of Continuing Education. Fu Jen ranks at the top of Taiwan's private universities for top-ranked fields of study and distinguished alumni.

The university has established sister-school relationships with more than 200 universities worldwide and is committed to the holistic education. Fu Jen strives to provide students a diversified, whole-person, interdisciplinary, and international learning environment.

[edit] Transportation

Main article: Fu Jen University Station

[edit] History

# Chinese name Hànyǔ Pīnyīn English name Period
1 輔仁社 Fǔrén Shè Fu Jen Academy 1913–1918
2 輔仁社麥瑪那國學專修科 Fǔrén Shè Màimǎnà Guóxué Zhuānxiūkē McManus Academy of Chinese Studies 1925
3 北京公教大學附屬輔仁社 Běijīng Gōngjiào Dàxué Fùshǔ Fǔrén Shè Catholic University of Peking 1925–1927
4 私立北京輔仁大學 Sīlì Běijīng Fǔrén Dàxué Catholic University of Peking 1927–1929
5 私立北平輔仁大學 Sīlì Běipíng Fǔrén Dàxué Catholic University of Peking 1929–1950
6 國立輔仁大學 Guólì Fǔrén Dàxué Fu Jen National University 1950–1952
7 私立輔仁大學 Sīlì Fǔrén Dàxué Fu Jen Catholic University 1961-

The institution was originally established in Beijing (Peking, China) in 1925 by the Benedictines of St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania at request of the Holy See. FJU, then known commonly as the Catholic University of Peking, was itself a successor to the previous Fu Jen Academy (輔仁社), which was created through the efforts of Catholic scholars Ma Hsiang-po (馬相伯) and Ying Hua (英華). The university's first president (1925–1927) was the American missionary George Barry O'Toole, OSB. He was succeeded by Chen Yuan (陳垣), a Chinese Protestant, who remained university president until the school's forced closure by the Chinese government in 1952.

In 1933 the Benedictines in the USA, in the midst of the Great Depression, were no longer able to sustain the FJU's mission. Administration of the university passed to the Society of the Divine Word in Germany. The university's affiliation with Germany, an ally of Imperial Japan, helped protect university personnel from extreme brutality inflicted elsewhere by occupying Imperial Japanese soldiers during the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). After the Communists assumed power in China in 1949, religious organisations, including the Catholic Church, began to be systematically repressed. In 1952 this intensified and the government merged Fu Jen with the Beijing Normal University, Peking University, Renmin University, China University of Political Science and Law and Central University of Finance and Economics.

Fu Jen was re-established in 1961 in Taiwan. The new school opened under the auspices of the Chinese Diocesan clergy, the Society of the Divine Word and the Society of Jesus. Today Fu Jen ranks at the top of Taiwan's private universities, offering well-developed research programs at the graduate level together with acclaimed programs in undergraduate education.

[edit] Academic units

[edit] Colleges, Schools and Faculty

FJU in Taipei
FJU 80 Anniversary

[edit] Chinese Diocesan

  • College of Liberal Arts (文學院)
  • College of Fine Arts (藝術學院)
  • College of Medicine (醫學院)
    • School of Medicine
  • College of Communication (傳播學院)
  • College of Education (教育學院)

[edit] Society of the Divine Word

  • College of Science and Engineering (理工學院)
  • College of Foreign Languages (外語學院)
  • College of Human Ecology (民生學院)

[edit] Society of Jesus

  • School of Law (法律學院, formerly Faculty of Law)
  • College of Management (管理學院)
  • College of Social Science (社會科學院)
  • Faculty of Theology (神學院)

[edit] The Evening Division in Fu Jen University

[edit] Fu Jen Academia Catholica

Fu Jen Academia Catholica was inaugurated on August 1, 2008 to enable interdisciplinary pursuits in Catholic studies. The Academia consists of five Fu Jen academic institutes or centers: the Institute of Scholastic Philosophy, Institutem Historiae Ecclesiae, Center for the Study of Science and Religion, Monumenta Serica Sinological Research Center, and John Paul II Institute for Research into Dialogue for Peace.

[edit] Graduate School for Translation

Fu Jen established Taiwan's first graduate-level program in conference interpreting. The Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpreting Studies (GITIS) (翻譯學研究所) is the only MA-granting program in a private university conferring degrees and training in translation and interpretation in Chinese<>English and Chinese<>Japanese combinations (Chinese<>French having been discontinued.) Small class sizes and individualized attention from faculty keep the program popular among applicants and its graduates remain highly competitive on both the Taiwanese and international markets.

[edit] Language Center

Fu Je has annexed a Mandarin Language Center (語言中心), established in 1964[1] to address the need for the foreign missionaries to learn Chinese. In 1969, with the approval of the Ministry of Education the center was renamed as “Language Center” (LC). The LC, teaches non-degree Mandarin Chinese[2] courses, also Taiwanese[3] and every semester opens different cultural classes as Chinese Poetry, Calligraphy and Taijiquan.[4] The LC has hundred of students every semester from different parts of the world.[5]

[edit] Libraries

  • Fahy Memorial Library

  • Fahy Memorial Library

  • Paul Cardinal Shan Library

  • Paul Cardinal Shan Library

  • Kungpo Memorial Library

  • Kungpo Memorial Library

  • Schutte Memorial Library

  • Theology Library

  • Kungpo Memorial Library(文圖)
  • Schutte Memorial Library(理圖)
  • Fahy Memorial Library(社圖)
  • Paul Cardinal Shan Library(醫圖)
  • Theology Library(神圖)

[edit] Academic Reputation

  • THES - QS World University Rankings
According to the THES - QS World University Rankings, the Fu Jen Catholic University ranks in reputation as 501+th university worldwide.(2009).
  • World TOP 1000 Business School

By "eduniversal.com":

http://www.eduniversal.com/business-school-ranking/country/taiwan/218
Taiwan Business School Level 2009 Recommendation Rate (per 1000) 2008 Recommendation Rate (per 1000) School
1 UNIVERSAL 186 ‰ 237 ‰ National Taiwan University - College of Management
2 TOP 93 ‰ 117 ‰ National Chengchi University - College of Commerce
3 EXCELLENT 136 ‰ 118 ‰ National Sun Yat-sen University - College of Management
4 EXCELLENT 120 ‰ 70 ‰ National Chiao Tung University - College of Management
5 EXCELLENT 109 ‰ 70 ‰ Taiwan Tech - School of Management
6 EXCELLENT 78 ‰ 61 ‰ Fu Jen Catholic University - College of Management
7 GOOD 35 ‰ 10 ‰ National Cheng Kung University - College of Management

[edit] Traditions

[edit] Emblem

The university motto, "真善美聖" in Chinese and Veritas, Bonitas, Pulchritudo, Sanctitas in Latin, expresses four ideals: Truth, Goodness, Beauty, Sanctity.

The laurel wreath symbolizes honor and peace while the twelve stars signify the Virgin Mary. The cross represents the Christian faith. The two colors on the shield suggest Christ's dual nature as the rounded shape of the shield recalls the sacred heart. The Latin words on the banner beneath the emblem express the four ideals of the university while the three folds of the banner suggest the Trinity.

  • Peking period

  • Taiwan period (early)

  • Alumni Association

[edit] Anthem

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Grow in virtue in the company of your friends,
and meet your friends in the spirit of refinement.
The soul of this university is truth, goodness, beauty, and holiness.
Yours is the eternal pursuit of knowledge,
and the living of a life of shining virtue.
Make yourself new with every new day,
and remember that talents arise with manners polite and dignified.
God's blessings surround you,
and the earth dwells beneath a sky of goodness.
As the world finds harmony,
the will of God is obeyed.
May Fu Jen University be blessed with prosperity.

[edit] Distinguished Faculty and Alumni

Notable alumni of the university include the following individuals.

[edit] Government

[edit] Academia

[edit] Theology

[edit] Literature and Journalism

[edit] Theatre and Film

[edit] Music

[edit] Visual Art and Illustration

[edit] Business

[edit] Sport

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.lc.fju.edu.tw/en_history.htm
  2. ^ http://www.lc.fju.edu.tw/en_normal.htm
  3. ^ http://www.lc.fju.edu.tw/en_particular.htm
  4. ^ http://www.lc.fju.edu.tw/en_culture.htm
  5. ^ http://www.lc.fju.edu.tw/en_student.htm
  6. ^ "China: underground Bishop of Wenzhou dies". Independent Catholic News. 2009-10-05. http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=14933. Retrieved 2009-11-01. 

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