Chaoyang University of Technology

Chaoyang University of Technology (CYUT); ) is a university in Wufeng District, Taichung, Taiwan. Founded in 1994, originally named Chaoyang Institute of Technology, and granted university status in 1997.

Currently, the university comprises 5 colleges and 23 departments, which offers 23 master's programs and 5 doctoral programs. There are 18,000 students currently enrolled, they are around 1,800, and faculty and staff total about 1,000. It was ranked 1201–1400 by QS in 2024.

History
Chaoyang University of Technology was founded in 1994 through the generosity of Dr. Tien-sheng Yang, the President of the Ever Fortune Group, a major R.O.C.'s conglomerate. He founded it in memory of his parents, and in return for the support he received throughout the years from the people and communities of central Taiwan. In 1988, he chose a site in Wufeng Township of Taichung County (now part of Taichung City), and after six years of preparation, on April 14, 1994, it received permission from the Ministry of Education to begin accepting students as Chaoyang Institute of Technology.

In its first year, Chaoyang Institute of Technology had eight departments and over 900 students. On August 1, 1997, Chaoyang Institute of Technology was designated by the Ministry of Education as a University of Technology, the school name was officially changed to Chaoyang University of Technology. It was Taiwan's first private University of Technology.

In addition to its new designation, Chaoyang University of Technology has continued to expand, and today five colleges, twenty-two graduate schools, including five doctoral programs, twenty-two master's degree programs and twenty-two departments, as well as its Evening Division, General Education Center, Continuing Education Center, Office of Research and Development, Business Incubation Center, and the College of Enterprise Innovation.

Labor education
The main purpose of labor lducation of it is to help the students to become self-motivated, diligent, loving their schools, and to foster teamwork mentality. In addition, the course is to encourage students to contribute to the outside of the school in order or strengthen a positive relationship between the school and the community.

Starting 2020, labor education is a mandetory course for all students worth 1 credit per school term. Labor education is separated into "Basic Labor Education" and "Group Labor Education."

For basic labor education, students to maintain the cleanliness of the public space on campus, which are assigned randomly by organizing teachers. In addition, students are able to choose from a few predetermined timeslots in order to best fit into their existing schedule.

For group labor education, organizing teachers will lead student groups to spend two hours in maintaining the cleanliness and tidiness of the grassland on campus through group interaction and the advisor's participation. In addition, to making the campus cleaner, it can help intensify interrelations in class. Moreover, to have the community service scheme that allows students to walk out of campus and go into the community where they live to carry to clean and to offer help to minorities. The contents of campus part-time job include word processing, environmental maintenance, and traffic services.

Sister Universities
Asia
 * 🇨🇳(mainland)
 * Ningbo University
 * University of Science and Technology Beijing
 * Beijing Union University
 * Huazhong University of Science & Technology
 * Nanjing University of Technology
 * Beijing Institute of Technology
 * East China University of Science & Technology
 * Xi'anU. of Architecture & Technology
 * Tianjin University of Science and Technology
 * Soochow University
 * Central University of Finance and Economics
 * Shanghai Second Polytechnic University
 * Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
 * Wuhan University of Science and Technology City
 * Shantou University
 * Xiamen University of Technology
 * Fujian University of Technology
 * Yulin University
 * Huizhou University
 * Putian University
 * QuanZhou Institute Of Technology
 * Weifang University of Science and Technology
 * Zhejiang Business Technology Institute
 * Fujian Polytechnic of Information Technology
 * Zhangzhou Institute of Technology
 * Guangdong Lingnan Institute of Technology
 * FuZhou Institute of Technology
 * Fujian Forestry Vocational Technical College
 * Shenzhen Polytechnic
 * MinXi Vocational & Technical College
 * Liming Vocational University
 * Guangdong Vocational College of Foreign Language and Arts
 * Fuzhou College of Foreign Studies and Trade
 * Xiamen Huatian International Vocation Institute
 * Silicon Lake College
 * Mongolian University of Science and Technology
 * University of Economics-Ho Chi Minh City
 * Vietnam National University, Hanoi
 * University of Technical Education Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 * International School-Vietnam National University, Hanoi
 * Hanoi University of Business and Technology, Vietnam
 * Vietnam Private Universities Association-Institute of Research and Human Resources Development
 * Dai Nam University, Vietnam
 * Hong Bang University
 * Vietnam University of Commerce
 * Foreign Trade University
 * Vietnam University of Commerce
 * Foreign Trade University


 * The University of Aizu
 * Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology
 * Sunchon National University
 * Cheongju University
 * Ngee Ann Polytechnic
 * Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
 * Han Chiang University College of Communication
 * Southern University College
 * New Era University College
 * Mc Orange Institute
 * In-House Multimedia College
 * Hanxing Academy of Journalism & Communication
 * Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute
 * Multinational Business Academy, India
 * Institute of Technology and Science
 * Hanxing Academy of Journalism & Communication
 * Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute
 * Multinational Business Academy, India
 * Institute of Technology and Science
 * Institute of Technology and Science

Americas
 * Missouri University of Science and Technology
 * The University of Wisconsin-Platteville
 * Shenandoah University
 * Michigan Technological University
 * Oklahoma City University
 * California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
 * University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
 * State University of New York, Ulster
 * California State University, San Bernardino
 * California State University, Fullerton
 * California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
 * California International Business University
 * California International Business University

Europe
 * Hochschule Bremen University of Applied Sciences
 * Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
 * The University of Ulster
 * Newcastle University
 * University of Chichester
 * De Montfort University
 * University of the West of Scotland
 * Middlesex University
 * St. John International University
 * Middlesex University
 * St. John International University
 * St. John International University


 * Masaryk university
 * Masaryk university

Oceania
 * Bond University
 * Curtin University of Technology
 * The University of Sydney
 * University of Canberra
 * Flinders University
 * Flinders University

Notable alumni

 * Lin Ming-chen, Magistrate of Nantou County