Tzu Chi University
| Tzu Chi University | |
|---|---|
| motto | 慈悲喜 捨 ("Kindness, compassion, joy and selfless generosity") |
| founding | 1994 |
| Sponsorship | Tzu Chi Foundation |
| place | Hualien , Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| president | Pen-Jung, Weng (王 本 榮) |
| Students | 3839 (434 postgraduates ) |
| Website | www.tcu.edu.tw/ |
The Tzu Chi University ( Chinese 慈濟 大學 ) is a private university under Buddhist sponsorship in the city of Hualien in the Republic of China (Taiwan) .
founding
The university was founded in 1994 as the Tzu Chi Medical School by Cheng Yen , the founder of the Tzu Chi Foundation. In 2000, the institution was renamed "Tzu Chi University".
Master Cheng Yen dedicates her life to the needy because she understands illness as the root of torment and the mother of poverty. Therefore she founded the construction of a hospital, which is now part of the medical faculty.
The university was built in eastern Taiwan to increase medical care and educational opportunities in the region. The university also wants to encourage students to get involved and help others.
Faculties
- Life sciences
- medicine
- Social sciences
- Economics
Medical teaching
The voluntary body donors that are dissected by medical students in anatomy courses are called "silent mentors" at Tzu Chi University. The university attaches great importance to treating the deceased with respect, who do not remain anonymous, but whose biography is conveyed to the students. The students even have the opportunity to get in touch with the relatives of the deceased.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ OUR HISTORY. Retrieved January 19, 2018 (English, the motto is translated as: kindness, compassion, joy and unselfish giving ).
- ↑ Master Cheng Yen: Life, Like a Diamond. April 6, 2010, accessed January 19, 2018 .