Feng Chia University



Feng Chia University (FCU; ) is a private research university in Taiwan, located in Taichung. It was named after Chiu Feng-Chia, one of the leaders of the military resistance against the Japanese invasion of Taiwan in 1895.

Feng Chia University has partnership with Purdue University, RMIT University, University of Zaragoza, and San Jose State University.

History
In 1961, the Feng Chia College of Engineering and Business was established on Guanyin Mountain in Beitun District of Taichung City. Two years later, it was moved to its current location in Xitun District in central Taiwan. The school was granted university status in 1980 and its name was changed to Feng Chia University (FCU).

In 2008, the APEC Research Center for Advanced Biohydrogen Technology was established on the FCU campus. In 2009, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) designated the Geographic Information Systems Research Center as the Asian standards testing center with one of 20 official principal members.

FCU is the third university in Taiwan to complete and receive marks of excellence on five National Science Council technology transfer projects. In March 2017, Apple recently established Taiwan's first Apple Regional Training Center at FCU, which makes FCU the only university in Taiwan authorized to conduct Apple-certified training courses.

Students and programs
The university has 20,000 graduate and undergraduate students yearly in its nine colleges of Engineering, Business, Sciences, Construction and Development, Information and Electrical Engineering, Finance, Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Management and Development, and School of Technology and Management. There are 33 academic departments (excluding undeclared honors programs), four independent graduate institutes, and three independent doctoral programs.

In total, FCU offers 57 bachelor's, 76 master's, and 14 doctoral degree programs. Since 2008, surveys of executives from Taiwan's top 1,000 enterprises have consistently ranked FCU in the top 10 for the quality of its graduates.

Academics
There are 37 specialized research centers on campus, including the Green Energy Development Center, Geographic Information Systems Research Center, Construction and Disaster Prevention Research Center, Information and Communication Security Research Center, and the Center for Tang Dynasty Culture. FCU recruits scholars from Taiwan and abroad. In the past three years, more than 40 chairprofessors have joined the faculty. They include Chin-Chen Chang and Chung-Jen Hsu, a former general manager of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation.

The Green Energy Development Center has developed an anaerobic bioreactor. This bioreactor yields 15 liters of biogas per hour from every liter of anaerobic sludge. FCU was chosen as the site for the APEC Research Center for Advanced Biohydrogen Technology.

In cooperation with Renmin University of China, the Center for the Tang Dynasty Culture spent six years proofreading the Quan Tangfu (The Complete Tang Odes).

Rankings
In 2012, FCU was ranked among the top 100 global "Emerging" universities in a survey published in the UK's the Times Higher Education Supplement. In 2013, FCU was ranked among Asia's top 100 universities by The Times Higher Education Supplement.

In 2014, FCU was rated in the top 100 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (BRICS and Emerging Economies Ranking). FCU was ranked 153rd among the Asia University Rankings by the Quacquarelli Symonds. The individual subject world rankings from QS put FCU at 106th in Accounting & Finance.

In 2015, Feng Chia University ranked ninth in Taiwan and 78th in Asia in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 - Computer Science & Information Systems. In 2016, FCU was honored with a number one ranking in the Ministry of Education's Program for Promoting Teaching Excellence.

In 2017, FCU was ranked as the top private comprehensive university in Taiwan by the Times Higher Education "Best Universities in the Asia-Pacific Region 2017."

Notable alumni

 * Amanda Chou, actress
 * Hsu Shu-hua, member of Legislative Yuan
 * Liao Liou-yi, minister of the Interior (2008–2009)
 * Ma Wen-chun, member of Legislative Yuan
 * Phil Chang, singer
 * Tseng Yung-chuan, secretary-general of the ROC Presidential Office (2015–2016)
 * Wu Hong-mo, minister of Public Construction Commission (2018)