Tamkang University

--Taiwan's Tamkang University (English abbreviation: TKU, Chinese abbreviation: Tamkang) is a private university with a long history. Its predecessor was Tamkang English College, which was established in 1950. It successively offered three-year and five-year courses. In 1958, it was transformed into a four-year college of Arts and Sciences. In 1980, it was promoted to a university.

--Tamkang University is located in the center of Tanshui. The campus is full of trees and the environment is quiet. The recommended scenic spots are: egg roll square, juesheng Memorial Library, gongdeng Avenue, Maritime Museum and campus scenery.

Tamkang University

synonym

Tamkang University generally refers to Taiwan's Tamkang University

Tamkang University (TKU) is a famous private research university located in Tanshui District, Xinbei City, Taiwan Province, China. It is the first private university in Taiwan. Now it is a member of eutw University Alliance.

Danda ranked 16th in the 2015 best universities of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan on iResearch China Alumni Association website

In 2019, Tamkang University will be rated as a four-star "China's high level" University

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Tamkang University ranks 251st-260th in the QS Asian university rankings in 2020

. In the list of Taiwan's best universities published by foresight magazine in 2019, Tamkang University ranks third in the "grammar and business universities" in Taiwan

. Meanwhile, for 23 consecutive years, Tamkang University ranked first in Taiwan's cheers magazine's favorite private university

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In 1950, Zhang Ming and Zhang Jianbang founded Tamkang English College, which is the first private college in Taiwan, offering three-year and five-year courses. In 1958, it was transformed into a four-year college of Arts and Sciences. In 1980, it was upgraded to a university and renamed Tamkang University. Tamkang has developed into a comprehensive university with four campuses, including Tanshui, Taipei, Lanyang and Internet. It has eight colleges, more than 27000 students, more than 2100 staff and more than 250000 alumni. It is one of Taiwan's large-scale and fully functional institutions of higher education.

Join youjiu University Alliance in 2016

Its members include Soochow University, Fu Jen University and other 12 private universities founded more than 50 years ago

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Historical evolution

In 1950, the father and son of Zhang Ming and Zhang Jianbang founded Tamkang English College, which is the first private college in Taiwan. In 1958, it was transformed into a college of Arts and Sciences, and in 1980 it was renamed Tamkang University. So far, it has developed into a comprehensive university with four campuses, including Tanshui, Taipei, Lanyang and Internet. It has eight colleges, more than 25000 students, more than 2000 full-time and part-time faculty and more than 270000 alumni. It is one of the large-scale and fully functional institutions of higher education in Taiwan.

As an ideal, visionary and creative institution of higher learning, Danda aims at pursuing excellence and continuous innovation

. The school has been founded for more than one year. It always adheres to the new spirit and attaches great importance to teaching quality, academic research and learning services. It is also the first university in Taiwan to implement TQM. In 1992, it introduced the "TQM" mechanism to continuously improve the quality of teaching, research, administration and service. As a result, it has created a number of outstanding achievements and won the "Taiwan Quality Award" in 2009.

Among the past presidents, Dr. Zhang Jianbang took over the post in 1964. He made the most outstanding contribution by carefully planning and guiding the school's growth. Later, two presidents Chen Yahong and Zhao Rongrong were also determined to innovate. During the term of office, President Lin Yunshan worked hard and grew rapidly. President Zhang Jianju continued to promote the concept of "three modernizations" education and set a new high in school affairs. President zhangjiayi opened the "Tanjiang fourth school" Dr. Ge huanzhao took office in August 2018. He will lead the school in the sustainable development and construction of "the fifth wave of Tamkang", carry forward the culture of Tamkang, simplify and activate the organization, strive for the resources of industry, government, school and alumni, and cooperate with the higher education program of Taiwan authorities and the "5 + 2" core industry And the industrial application of artificial intelligence, with the vision of "creating a big fresh water, wisdom and a big future", to implement local links, regional cooperation, international links and innovative practice.

In the four campuses of integration, diversity and integration, the strong administrative team of Danjiang University actively uses the integration and innovation strategy and the four management modes of "colleagues", "bureaucrats", "politics" and "enterprises" to promote the "three links and five education" education formed by the courses of "Specialty, general education, extracurricular activities" and "morality, intelligence, physical education, group and beauty", so as to make the students of Danjiang University in the University“ Under the influence of internationalization (future spatial pattern), "information" (future life mode), "futurism" (future time structure) and the school motto of "simplicity, practicality, rigidity and perseverance", we have become the people of Tanjiang with outstanding spirit. It is hoped that with customer-oriented thinking and practice, everyone in Tanjiang will be able to "base themselves on Tanjiang, have a broad view of the world, master information and create the future", and successfully move towards a comprehensive university with high quality and international reputation.

Cultural tradition

management idea

The business philosophy of Tamkang University is formed by Zhang's founder and successive presidents. Through various meetings, they have long gathered the consensus of the faculty and staff of the University. Taking the palace lantern classroom of the University as the image, combining the school running philosophy of mission, vision, value, strategy and governance, they have constructed the quality house of Tamkang University as the blueprint for the full participation and sustainable development of the University.

The educational idea of "three modernizations"

The educational concept of internationalization, informatization and futurism of Tamkang University is the foresight of Dr. Zhang Jianbang, the founder of Tamkang University. He said: "since its establishment, Tamkang University has set" internationalization, informatization and futurism "as its main goal. Its ultimate goal is to achieve academic research, improve teaching and enhance social welfare."

School motto

Simple, solid, hard and resolute

school song

The vast river is navigable for thousands of miles, the new and old ideas are exchanged, the erudite interrogation is distinguished and practiced, the self-made loom is used for the world, the learning is free from arrogance, the skill is solid, the skill is professional, the simple and resolute is outstanding, the essence of that era and the country is sincere and good, willing to work hard and live up to the good time.

Campus environment

Four campuses

Tamkang University has three campuses: Tamsui Campus (American research-oriented university education), Taipei Campus (technical and vocational promotion education as the focus), and Lanyang Campus (enrollment started in 2005, teaching in 90% English, and adopting the teaching design of all junior students studying abroad). At the same time, it has also actively constructed an online campus to utilize information technology and the Internet, to carry out long-distance course exchange and online cooperation programs, and to invite internationally renowned masters to teach long-distance courses and lectures, so as to open up a diversified learning environment for Tamkang University.

The campus area (Tanshui campus, Taipei Campus and Lanyang campus) is 622525 square meters.

Tamsui Campus

"City of knowledge" with academic value and reputation

Teaching and research university is the development direction of Tanshui campus, and it is a place to actively "create knowledge". There are 7 colleges, 43 departments, 1 two-year on-the-job class, 49 master's classes, 23 master's on-the-job classes, 18 doctoral classes and 20 research centers in Danshui campus, with a total of more than 27000 students. Through the research of "imparting knowledge" and "applying knowledge", we challenge the cutting-edge research and create excellent research results, so as to make Danshui campus a "knowledge city" with academic value and reputation.

Taipei Campus

Imparting basic knowledge, combining with social resources, heading for the "sea of knowledge"

With the development goal of service-oriented lifelong education and promotion education, we should develop the adult education of "market II" (non-traditional market between 25 and 65 years old) and "market III" (middle and high age retirees). There is a Ministry of adult education in Taipei Campus. It has a continuing education center, a promotion education center, a Japanese Language Center, a Chinese Language Center, and a professional license training center. It offers credit and non class courses. It has the function of providing lifelong education and lifelong learning. In addition, a master's office is set up to support the teaching and administration of on-the-job classes. "Return education" is the goal of Taipei Campus, and it is also responsible for developing social resources.

Lanyang Campus

"Garden of wisdom" of refined holistic education

Located in Linmei mountain, Jiaoxi Township, Ilan County, covering an area of 40 hectares, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Turtle Island, the famous "sunrise on turtle mountain" scenery is comparable to the "sunset on the Tamsui River" on the campus. Lanyang campus takes the University Department as the development direction, and in order to enhance its international competitiveness, it plans to develop three major axes: first, international development of diversified education, students must go to overseas sister schools for one year; second, international development learning education with English teaching as the teaching; third, international development education with residential college as the core