Changgeng University

Changgeng University, formerly known as Changgeng Medical College, was founded in April 1987. In 2008, Shanghai Jiaotong University of China announced the world university rankings, and Chang Gung University ranked 426 for the first time. It is also the only private university in Taiwan.

Changgeng University

Chang Gung University, founded in April 1987, is located in Guishan Township, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, China. Chang Gung Medical College, formerly known as Chang Gung Medical College, aims to cultivate excellent medical talents. Later, in order to meet the needs of Taiwan's economic development, engineering and management departments were added to provide complete teaching resources and cultivate excellent medical, engineering and management talents. In August 1997, Chang Gung University was approved by Taiwan's education department and transformed into Chang Gung University. At present, the school has three colleges of medicine, engineering and management, with a total of more than 30 departments.

Since its founding 25 years ago, the school has achieved outstanding performance in teaching, research and other aspects. In the past years of school affairs evaluation by the Education Department of Taiwan, China, the university has been rated as "a university with excellent academic performance". In recent years, the statistics of professional institutions outside the University show that the overall research performance of the university has been listed in the top five universities in Taiwan. Among several international universities, the University was ranked as one of the top 400 universities in the world in 2012, ranking fifth in the island after the universities with a long history such as Taiwan University, Chengda University, Jiaotong University and Taiwan Qingda University.

Historical evolution

Chang Gung University (CGU), located in Guishan Township, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, China, was founded in April 1987. Its original name was Chang Gung Medical College, and its founder was Mr. Wang Yongqing of Formosa Plastics Group. At the beginning of its establishment, it was mainly medical college, and then it added Engineering College and Management College, and changed its name to Chang Gung Medical and Engineering College in 1993. Since then, the university has successively set up relevant departments, and has been officially transformed into "Chang Gung University" since August 1997, with the goal of becoming the Oriental Harvard University.

School Rankings

According to the "Academic Ranking of World Universities" published by Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2008, Changgeng university entered the ranking for the first time and ranked 426th in the world. It is also the only private university in Taiwan to enter the ranking and the second to enter the ranking of foreign universities.

In 2009, the University was named the first private university in Taiwan by the "Asian University Ranking" of the es-qs.

According to the ranking of universities in the four places of China and Taiwan released in 2013, it ranks 29th in the four places of China and Taiwan.

In 2021qs, the world university ranked 493.

School running conditions

Changgeng university is located in Guishan Township, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, China. It was founded in April 1987, formerly known as Changgeng medical college. Its founder is Mr. Wang Yongqing of Formosa Plastics Group. At the beginning of its establishment, it was dominated by medical college. Then, it increased the establishment of Engineering College and Management College, and changed its name to "Changgeng medical and Engineering College" in 1993. Since then, the university has successively set up relevant departments and institutes, and has been officially transformed into Chang Gung University since August 1997.

The existing school site is 37.13 hectares. The existing school buildings include the first medical building, engineering building, management building, the second medical building, student dormitory (three buildings), student activity center and library, with a total construction area of 412235 square meters. The average school area per student is 50.1 square meters, and the average school building area is 55.7 square meters.

In 2008, Shanghai Jiaotong University of China announced the world university rankings, and Changgeng University was ranked 426 for the first time. It is also the only private university in Taiwan.

In the 2014 QS university ranking, Changgeng University ranked 501-550 in the world and 11th in Taiwan, China.

Department setting

As of 2015, Changgeng university has three secondary colleges and 21 research institutes.

School Logo

School motto

"Hardworking and simple" is the pioneering spirit of Formosa Plastics enterprises, as well as the common school motto and educational philosophy of the three schools created by Formosa Plastics enterprises. Because it is an enterprise, the founder of the school, with his successful experience of practicing this traditional virtue and starting from the root, expects the students of the third school to work hard, pragmatic and steady.

school badge

The emblem of Changgeng university is based on the bachelor's cap of the University as the basic blueprint. Its connotation is to convey the function of education and the sense of mission of education. In this paper, the shape, spirit and effect of the design are described

In shape: the logo of the university is taken from the image of the bachelor's cap, and the abbreviation c.g.u. of Chang Gung University is added under the square cap, so that the logo has the representative image of the University and the international abbreviation symbol.

In spirit: in addition to the image of the University, the logo also presents an upward arrow symbol to explain the school running concept of "since we want to run education, we only do the best" and the school motto of "hardworking and simple".

In effect: the integration of the school emblem into the enterprise system of Formosa Plastics not only reveals the sense of internationalization and modernity, but also has the far-reaching significance of promoting the cradle of education and nurturing a large number of students.

school song

Words: Wang Yongqing

Song: Xu Tianhui

Rising in the hard years, blooming in the spirit of fraternity,

Changgeng, you cultivate perseverance, Changgeng, you inspire the source of wisdom,

There is nothing simple or impossible in the world,

He is hardworking and simple, studies academic theories, advocates practice, and ends up with perfection,

This is Chang Geng's idea, this is the direction of efforts.

About the founder

Wang Yongqing, born in January 1916 in zhitan, Xindian, Taipei, Taiwan, China, is a native of CHANGKENG Township, Anxi County, Fujian Province (Jintian Township, as often mentioned in the newspaper, has long been renamed CHANGKENG township. In an early manuscript published by CHANGKENG some time ago, many famous Taiwanese people, including Wang Yongqing, have their ancestral home, indicating when and where to move). His father, Wang Changgeng, used it as a seed It's hard to live by tea. When he graduated from primary school at the age of 15, Wang Yongqing worked as a handyman in a tea garden, and later as an apprentice in a millet shop. The next year, he used 200 yuan borrowed by his father as the principal to open a millet shop.

Formosa Plastics was founded in 1954 and put into operation in 1957. Relying on the management system of "insisting on the complete separation of the two powers", his "Formosa Plastics Group" has developed into the king of the kings of Taiwan's enterprises, under the jurisdiction of: Taiwan plastics company, South Asia plastics company Taiwan chemical fiber company, Taiwan chemical dyeing and finishing company, Taixu fiber company, Taili garment company, Yuzhi industry company, Chaoyang wood company and Xinmao wood company also operate several large companies in the United States. In 1984, their capital reached more than 4.5 billion US dollars, and their annual turnover reached 3 billion US dollars, accounting for 5.5% of Taiwan's gross national product, ranking first among private enterprises Bend your finger. There are more than 1500 downstream processing plants that have a common relationship with Formosa Plastics Group. Today, he ranks the first among the rich in Taiwan, ranks among the "top 50" in the world chemical industry, and is the only enterprise in Taiwan to enter the "top 50 in the world". After the Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008, Wang Yongqing donated 100 million yuan to resume construction. He died of heart and lung failure in a New Jersey hospital at 9:38 EDT on October 15, 2008. He was 92 years old.

Teaching and research achievements

Top university Changgeng university is the only private university in Taiwan to be selected into the "international first class university and top research center program".

According to the Academic Ranking of world universities published by Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2008, Changgeng University ranks 426th in the world.

According to the times higher education's 2009 ranking of Asian universities, Chang Gung University ranks 91st in Asia and ninth in Taiwan.

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