National Taichung University of Science and Technology

National Taichung University of Science and Technology

國立臺中科技大學
National Taichung University of Science and Technology
Former names	National Taichung Institute of Technology, National Taichung Nursing College
Motto	遠大密微(pinyin: yuǎn dà mì wéi; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Oán-tāi bi̍t-bî)[1]
Motto in English	Broad, Dense, and Micro
Type	Public (National)
Established	Founded 1919 as Taichung Public School of Commerce in Taiwan Merged with National Taichung Nursing College in 2011
President	Lee, Tsung-Po (李淙柏)
Academic staff	Full Time: 413 Total: 986
Students	15,916
Undergraduates	15,274
Postgraduates	424
Location	Bei , Taichung , Taiwan 24°09′00″N 120°40′59″E / 24.150°N 120.683°E / 24.150; 120.683
Campus	Urban, 14.66012 hectares[2] (San-min and Min-sheng Campus Combined)
Website	www.nutc.edu.tw/bin/home.php

National Taichung University of Science and Technology (NTCUST; Chinese: 國立臺中科技大學; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-li̍p Tâi-tiong Kho-ki Tāi-ha̍k) is a technical vocational university located in North District, Taichung, Taiwan. In Taiwan it is also known as 台中科大 (pinyin: tái zhōng kē dà; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-tiong Kho-tāi). The university began as two separate universities, National Taichung Institute of Technology (國立台中技術學院; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-li̍p Tâi-tiong Ki-su̍t Ha̍k-īⁿ) and National Taichung Nursing College (國立台中護理專科學校). The two schools merged on December 1, 2011 to form National Taichung University of Science and Technology. The San-min campus is located on Sanmin Rd. near Yizhong Street shopping area,^[3] while the Min-sheng campus, where the College of Health is located, is down the same road near Taichung Hospital. The academic division of the university is composed of five colleges and one committee.