Providence University

Providence University
天主教靜宜大學
Motto 進德、修業[1]
Motto in English
 Virtue with Knowledge[2]
Type Private (Roman Catholic)
Established 1956
President Chuan-yi Tang (唐傳義)
Academic staff
 346
Students 11,895
Undergraduates 10,716
Postgraduates 1,179
Location Shalu, Taichung, Taiwan
24°13′37″N 120°34′48″E / 24.22694°N 120.58000°E / 24.22694; 120.58000Coordinates: 24°13′37″N 120°34′48″E / 24.22694°N 120.58000°E / 24.22694; 120.58000
Affiliations Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia
U12 Consortium
Website www.pu.edu.tw

Providence University (PU; Chinese: 靜宜大學; pinyin: Jìngyí Dàxué) is a Catholic co-educational institution in Shalu District, Taichung City, Taiwan. Providence University is one of U12 Consortium member school, and is the only University in Taiwan participating in ISEP program.[3]

History

Providence Hall

Providence University was founded by an American congregation, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Indiana, United States).[4] In the summer of 1919, Bishop Joseph Tacconi of Kaifeng, Henan Province, Republic of China, met with Sisters of Providence general superior Mother Mary Cleophas Foley to request sisters for a school for young women in Kaifeng. In 1921 Mother Marie Gratia Luking (1885–1964) and five other Sisters of Providence founded the Hua-Mei Girls' Elementary and High Schools there, one of the first schools for girls in China. In the spring of 1929, the school was forced to close because of political turbulence

The Providence Sisters, enthusiastic about female education, endeavored to establish another school in spite of the critical situation. In 1932, by the effort of the Board of Trustees, Ching-Yi Girls' High School was instituted in Kaifeng. Cardinal Paul Yü Pin was the first chairperson of the Board of Trustees, and Chi-Liang Ing was the first president of the school. In 1942, Mother Gratia and the other sisters were imprisoned and did not regain their freedom until 1945.

In 1948, the war between the Kuomintang Party and the Communist Party forced the sisters to retreat first to Shanghai and later to Taiwan.[5]

In July 1989, it has turned into "Providence University for Women". From 1993, it turned into "Providence University", and started to enroll male students.

Successive principals

NoNameTerm
1Jing-an Ho (何靜安)1956－1957
2Shih-jung Kung (龔士榮)1957－1959
3Jen-yu Tsai (蔡任漁)1959－1971
4Anthony Guo (郭藩)August 1971－July 1990
5Hsi-kuang Hsu (徐熙光)August 1990－January 1994
6R. C. T. Lee (李家同)February 1994－June 1999
7Chen-kuei Chen (陳振貴)July 1999－July 2002
8Ming-te Yu (俞明德)August 2002－July 2010
9Chuan-yi Tang (唐傳義)August 2010－

Academics

College of Foreign Languages and Literature Department of English Language, Literature and Linguistics Department of Japanese Language and Literature
Department of Spanish Language and Literature
College of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Chinese Literature Department of Ecological Humanities Center for Taiwan Studies
Department of Social Work and Child Welfare Department of Mass Communication
Department of Taiwanese Literature Graduate Institute of Education
Department of Law Center for Teacher Education
College of Sciences Department of Financial and Computational Mathematics Department of Applied Chemistry
Department of Food and Nutrition Department of Cosmetic Science
Department of Data Science and Big Data Analytics
College of Management Department of International Business Department of Business Administration
Department of Accounting Department of Tourism
Department of Finance Business Management Program (Continuing Education)
Executive Master of Business Administration Master Program in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
College of Computing and Informatics Department of Computer Science and Information Management Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering
    		Master Program in Applied Information and Technology Management
    International College Global Master of Business Administration Global Foreign Language Education Program
    International Business Administration Program Foreign Language Center
    Center for General Education
    Industrial College

    International Academic Partners

    North America

    United States of America

    Central & South America

    Belize

    Barbados

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    Ecuador

    Guatemala

    Honduras

    Nicaragua

    Panama

    Asia

    Cambodia

    China

    India

    Indonesia

    Hong Kong

    Macau

    Japan

    Korea

    Philippines

    Thailand

    Turkey

    Europe

    Austria

    France

    Germany

    Hungary

    Iceland

    Italy

    Lithuania

    Netherlands

    Poland

    Russia

    Switzerland

    Sweden

    Spain

    United Kingdom

    Oceania

    Australia

    Transportation

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    Taichung Bus

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    Freeway Bus

    Ho-hsin Bus

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    Road

    Taiwan Railway

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "靜宜特色". Providence University. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
    2. ↑ "Who We Are". Providence University. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
    3. ↑ https://search.isepstudyabroad.org/University/Detail/a33472e7-77c9-423a-8984-53e86245bcad
    4. ↑ Providence University Homepage
    5. ↑ About Providence University

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