TransWorld University (TWU; ) is a

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Douliu City Douliu (Hokkien POJ: ''Táu-la̍k'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan. It is also the political and economic center of the county. Douliu City is served by National Highway No. 3. Name Its former name ...

Yunlin County Yunlin County (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County to ...

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History

TWU was founded in 1992 as Transworld Junior College of Commerce. In 2000, it was upgraded to Transworld Institute of Technology. Finally on 1 August 2010, the institute was approved to be the TransWorld University. On 17 March 2015, TWU signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with

VTAR Institute VTAR Institute, abbreviated as VTAR, is a private vocational college located at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. VTAR Institute was formerly known as Institute Jayadiri which was founded in 1992 as a community project of Koperasi Jayadiri Malaysia Ber ...

(VTAR), Malaysia to allow VTAR graduates from Beauty Therapy or Hairdressing further studies. In 2020, the university had an enrollment rate of less than 60%.

Faculties

* College of Design * College of Health Science * College of Management * College of Hospitality and Tourism

Campus

The university campus building is constructed on land that belongs to the

Taiwan Sugar Corporation Taiwan Sugar Corporation (TSC; ; pinyin: ''Táiwān Tángyè Gōngsī'') or Taisugar (; pinyin: ''Táitáng'') is a state-run enterprise of Taiwan, with headquarters in Tainan City. History The corporation was established on 1 May 1946 by the ...

Presidents

* Chen Xin-zhang (1992–1994) * Zeng Ruo-ying (1994–1995) * Lai Shin-sheng (1995–1996) * Hsu Shu-hsiang (1996–2002) *

Peng Tso-kwei Peng Tso-kwei (; born 8 February 1947) is a Taiwanese politician who served as head of the Council of Agriculture from 1997 to 1999. Early life and education Peng was born in Beipu, Hsinchu County, on 8 February 1947. He earned a bachelor's and ...

(2002–2004) * Lin Ming-fung (2004–2006) * Hsu Shu-hsiang (2006–2016) * Chen I-hsing (2016)

Transportation

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

References

External links

* * {{Universities in Taiwan 1992 establishments in Taiwan Educational institutions established in 1992 Universities and colleges in Yunlin County Universities and colleges in Taiwan Technical universities and colleges in Taiwan