Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology (UCH; ) is a

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Zhongli District Zhongli District () is a district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Zhongli is spelled variously as ''Jungli'', ''Jongli'', ''Jhongli'' or ''Chungli'' on railway stations, bus stops and road signs. Historically, the city is the site of the Zhongli Incide ...

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, Taiwan. UCH is also known as Chien Hsin Tech ().

Present situation

UCH is noted for teaching and research in the

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and

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, especially

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. Starting from 2003, the university comprises 5 colleges (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering, Management, Commerce, Graduate Institutes), 13 departments, offering 13 master programs, and 1 Ph.D. program

History

UCH was originally established in

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in 1933 as the San Ji Telecommunication School. In 1937, signifying the end of the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Thea ...

(1937–1945). After the

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, the

Republic of Taiwan The Taiwan independence movement is a political movement which advocates the formal declaration of an independent and sovereign Taiwanese state, as opposed to Chinese unification or the status quo in Cross-Strait relations. Currently, T ...

lost control in

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in 1949. UCH was re-established in 1953 in Zhongli City, Taiwan (now Zhongli District, Taoyuan).

Organization

A president (校長) heads the university. Each college (院) is headed by a dean (院長), and each department (系) by a chairman (系主任). Students elect their own representatives each year to attend administrative meetings. There are five colleges in UCH:

Research centers

National research centers

*E-GPS Research Center

Other centers and laboratories

*Green Energy Research Center *Logistic Management Research Center *Euro-Asia Research Center *Digital Earth and Disaster Reduction Research Center *Engineering & Environment Geophysics Laboratory

International Academic Exchanges

Dual degree

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Surroundings

* Jhongli Station *

THSR Taoyuan Station Taoyuan HSR () is a high-speed rail and metro station in Zhongli District, Taoyuan, Taiwan, served by Taiwan High Speed Rail and Taoyuan Airport MRT, and is also known as Qingpu Station (). History * 10 November 2006: This station opened for ...

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*Ching Yun Commercial Center

Transportation

The university is accessible within walking distance South of Zhongli Station of the Taiwan Railways.

Notable alumni

Frankie Huang Brando Huang (; born 22 March 1981) is a Taiwanese actor and television host. Career Born in Huwei, Yunlin, Huang is originally an engineer at Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park, but had an interest in performing since young. Discovered by c ...

, actor and television host

References

External links

Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology website

Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology website
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