Tunghai University
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| motto | 求 眞 篤信 力行(Truth, Faith, and Deeds) |
| founding | 1955 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | Taichung |
| country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| president | Haydn Chen |
| Students | 16,478 |
| Employee | 953 |
| including professors | 521 |
| Website | www.thu.edu.tw |
The Tunghai University (THU; Chinese 東海 大學 , Pinyin Dōnghǎi Dàxué , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Tang-hái-tai-hãk ) is a private university in Taichung , the third largest city in the Republic of China on Taiwan . It was founded in 1955 by Methodist missionaries. The Luce Memorial Chapel by the architect Ieoh Ming Pei , named after the missionary Henry Winters Luce - the father of the publisher Henry Robinson Luce - is located on its campus in western Taichung .
President
- Beauson Tseng , 1953-1958
- Teh-Yao Wu , 1958-1972
- Ming-Shan Hsieh , 1972-1978
- Ko-Wang Mei , 1978-1992
- Ta-Nien Ruan , 1992-1995
- Kang-Pei Wang , 1995-2004
- Haydn Chen , 2004–2012
- Ming-Jer Tang , 2013-present
See also
Web links
Commons : Tunghai University - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
Coordinates: 24 ° 10 ′ 46.3 ″ N , 120 ° 35 ′ 55.6 ″ E