Chinese Culture University

Chinese Culture University
'中國文化大學'
	Campus Buildings, Chinese Culture University
Type	Private
Established	1962
Endowment	US$-- (NT$--)
Students	30,000
Location	Taipei, Taiwan
Campus	Suburban, -- acres (-- km²)
Website	www.pccu.edu.tw

Chinese Culture University (CCU) (中國文化大學) is a private, Taiwanese university located on Yang Ming Mountain in the Shilin District of Taipei, Taiwan. CCU was established in 1962 and is one of the largest universities in Taiwan with an enrollment of about 32,000 students. Satellite campuses are located in Chienkuo (Jianguo), Hsimenting (Ximending), and Chunghsiao (Zhongxiao) East Road areas of Taipei City.

Originally known as "Far East University", the school was renamed "College of Chinese Culture" by President Chiang Kai-shek in 1963 and finally became Chinese Culture University in 1980. CCU is now organized into twelve academic colleges: Liberal Arts, Foreign Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Journalism and Communications, Arts, Environmental Design, Law, Agriculture and Education.

History

Over the last thirty years, Chinese Culture University has been reorganized many times. The Ministry of Education granted the University permission to establish studies in philosophy, Chinese, Eastern languages, English, French, German, history, geography, news, art, music, drama, physical education, domestic science,and architecture.

Institutions

College of Liberal Arts
College of Foreign Languages
College of Science
College of Law
College of Social Sciences
College of Agriculture
College of Engineering
College of Business Administration
College of Journalism and Mass Communications
College of Arts
College of Environmental Design
College of Education

Location

The main campus is located on Yang Ming Mountain, overlooking the Tienmu District, and is about a 45 minute drive from Taipei Station. The area is well known for its extensive hiking trails and hot springs. The university is located just off of the main road that winds up the mountain where a 24 hour Welcome Supermarket, 7-11, Starbucks, Mos Burger, and MacDonald's can be found. Many of the students rent apartments in this small village area and the city buses have stops along the main road.

Transportation

The relatively inconvenient and isolated location of CCU's main campus has presented students and staff with transportation problems. While the university operates a number of school buses to transport faculty, staff and students up and down the mountain every day, many students chose to ride scooters up to the main campus. This has resulted in a high number of student injuries and fatalities each semester. Public buses, the R5 and 260, also operate between the main campus and downtown Taipei. These buses also make stops at Jiantan and Shilin MRT train stations. Taxi service can be found on the main campus with taxis waiting for students and teachers in front of the university sports centre during the daytime hours.

Facilities

CCU has four campuses in Taipei City. The main campus is located on Yang Ming Mountain and three other smaller campuses are located in Jianguo, Ximending, and Zhongxiao East Road in downtown Taipei. The Jianguo campus is the location of the Mandarin Training Centre, while the Zhongxiao East Road campus is the location of the International Language Institute. The Ximending campus offers a variety of both credit and non-credit courses in addition to being an extension campus for the College of Law.

Aboriginal Students

There is a large aboriginal society at CCU with many students from all over Taiwan participating in activities that celebrate their aboriginal cultures.

Martial Arts

CCU is well known in Taiwan for the martial arts programs offered at the Yang Ming Shan campus. The CCU Judo team is internationally competitive and a number of members have won their division in both national and international tournaments. The CCU Martial Arts Department also offers courses in Japanese ju jitsu, aikido and kung fu.

Notable alumni

Winnie Hsin, pop singer (b. 1962)
Aaron Yan, pop singer, idol, in a famous boyband called Fahrenheit (b. 1985)
Li Ang, acclaimed Taiwanese feminist writer and author of The Butcher's Wife (b. 1952)
Tsai Ming-Liang, Golden Lion award-winning Malaysian film director.