Dayeh University
| 大葉大學 | |
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| Motto | 手腦並用、敬業樂群 |
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Motto in English
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Using the hands and mind together; dedicated and gregarious |
| Type | Private university |
| Established | 1990 |
| President | Prof. Dong-Sing Wuu |
| Provost | Dr. Meiling Chen |
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Academic staff
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583 |
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Administrative staff
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223 |
| Students | 11,211 (2013, Oct.) |
| Undergraduates | 9,202 |
| Postgraduates | 2,009 |
| Location | Dacun, Changhua County, Taiwan |
| Campus | Dacun |
| Website | www.dyu.edu.tw |
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| Traditional Chinese | 大葉大學 | ||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Dàyè Dàxué |
Dayeh University (DYU; Chinese: 大葉大學) is a private university in Dacun Township, Changhua County, Taiwan.
The school was established in 1990 as Dayeh Institute of Technology by Song Gen Yeh who wanted to establish the first German-style polytechnic in Taiwan.
In August 1997, Dayeh's status as a university was approved by the Ministry of Education and it was renamed Dayeh University.
In 2007, Dayeh University won the National Solar Model Car Race. This event was organized by the Ministry of Education and attracted 41 teams from 21 local universities and colleges.
This university is the home to over 11,211 students, who study in 6 different disciplines offered by the six different colleges from the university. These colleges are:
Furthermore, College of Nursing and Health Science will be fully established in 2014. DYU has been awarded with Teaching Excellence Project from Taiwan Ministry of Education in the last few years indicating overall high teaching quality, excellent management and the great potential of DYU.
Dayeh has been the host to many important sporting events which includes: 29th University and College Games, the 1st University and College College Club Expo, University President Conference, Hundred Industry Partnership-Strategy Alliances Fair, Ceremony for Industry-Academic Partnership Establishment, just to name a few.
In addition, DYU has also been awarded with Teaching Excellence Project from Ministry of Education in consecutive years, which indicates the teaching standard overall,
management and the potential of DYU.
DYU performs well in academic research perspective in recent years. According to the statistics of frequency on ESI papers in Taiwan, papers from the College of Engineering are quoted as many times as top 1% of the world. WOS statistics on papers also indicate the research potential in the areas of Mechanics, Agriculture, Materials, Biology and Immunology at DYU. The ranking of DYU has been improved to one of the world top 6% universities according to Webometrics from Span in January 2011. Exhibition of Inventions in Germany, Moscow Archimedes International Exhibition of Inventions in Russia, International Exhibition of Inventions in Italy, International Competition of Micro Institutions in Japan, and Seoul Female Film Festival in Korea. Recently at the Taipei Invention competition, students from various departments contributed to represent Dayeh University. Students and Professors represented the university in the booths as shown below: BSc. Biotechnology Students, BSc. Electrical Engineering Students, Environmental Engineering Students of H801, Professor Lee: Mr. Hung (PhD candidate), Mr. Liao (Phd candidate), Mr. Elon Cadogan (PhD candidate), Mr. Huang (MSc.), Mr. Yang MSc., Founder of DaYeh University, Vice President of DaYeh University. Dean, Office of Research & Development Distinguished Professor Chen, Assistant to the Dean.
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