Fu Jen Catholic University
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| Motto | Veritas bonitas sanctitas pulchritudo 真善美聖 (Truth, Goodness, Beauty, and Holiness) |
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| Established | Founded 1925, "Reactivated" 1960 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Bernard Li (黎建球), Ph.D. |
| Location | Sinjhuang, Taipei County, Taiwan, Republic of China |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Mascot | None |
| Website | www.fju.edu.tw |
Fu Jen Catholic University (Traditional Chinese: 輔仁大學, Tongyong Pinyin: FǔRén DàSyué, Wade-Giles: Fu3-jen2 Ta4-hsüeh2, Hanyu Pinyin: Fǔrén Dàxué) is a private university in Sinjhuang, Taipei County, Taiwan, Republic of China.
The university was originally established in Peking (Beijing) in 1925 by the Benedictines of St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania at request of the Holy See, and recreated after Chinese Civil War in Taiwan in 1960. Its remanant in Beijing was merged into Beijing Normal University in 1952.
Fu-Jen is now a comprehensive, four-year university with graduate programs in various areas. It contains ten colleges or independent academic bodies, including College of Liberal Arts (文學院), College of Foreign Languages and Literatures (外語學院), College of Sciences and Engineering (理工學院), College of Law (法學院), College of Management (管理學院), College of Human Ecology (民生學院), College of Fine Arts (藝術學院), Graduate School of Social Sciences (社會科學院), a newly founded College of Medical Science (醫學院), and School of Continuing Education (進修部), excluding a proposed College of Mass Communication (傳播學院) comprised of departments of Journalism, Advertisement, and Visual Communication. A theological seminary is attached to its campus.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Wang Guangmei 王光美 (wife of late PRC President Liu Shaoqi)
- Yeh Chu-lan 葉菊蘭 (Acting-Mayor of the City of Kaohsiung)
- Andrew Hsia 夏立言 (Ambassador, Director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, an equivalence to a Consular-General)
- Lai Sheng-Chuan 賴聲川 (famous stage play director)
- Lin Chuen 林全 (former Minister of Treasury of the ROC)
- Hu Yin-Meng 胡茵夢 (famous film actress)
- Li Yen-Chiu 李艷秋 (senior television anchor and talk show host)
- Shen Chun-Hua 沈春華 (senior television anchor)
- Chang Ta-Chun 張大春 (famous fiction writer)
- Wu Nien-Chen 吳念真 (famous screenwriter and film director)
- Chou Shi-Wei 周錫瑋 (Chief Magistrate of the County of Taipei)
- Su Huan-Chih 蘇煥智 (Chief Magistrate of the County of Tainan)
- Lu Kuo-Hua 呂國華 (Chief Magistrate of the County of Yilan)
- Chu Chih-Ching 朱志清 (professional basketball player)
- Chen Yi-Hsin 陳義信 (professional baseball player)
- Jolin Tsai 蔡依林 (famous Mandarin pop singer)
- Faye Zhan 詹雯婷（飛） (F.I.R. member)
- Summer Hsu (vocalist of Taiwanese band Relax One (輕鬆玩))
- All members of Cherry Boom (櫻桃幫), a Taiwanese pop-rock band.
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