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 yuǎn dà mì wéi
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; 120.683Coordinates: 24°09′00″N 120°40′59″E / 24.150°N 120.683°E / 24.150; 120.683
Campus	Urban, 14.66012 hectacres (San-min and Min-sheng Campus Combined)
Website	www.nutc.edu.tw/bin/home.php

Founded 1919 as Taichung Public School of Commerce in Taiwan

Full Time: 413

National Taichung University of Science and Technology (NTCUST; Chinese: 國立臺中科技大學) is a technical vocational university located in North District, Taichung, Taiwan. In Taiwan it is also known as 台中科大 (tái zhōng kē dà). The university began as two separate universities, National Taichung Institute of Technology (國立台中技術學院) 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, 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.

National Taichung Institute of Technology (NTIT; Chinese: 國立台中技術學院) was founded as "Taichung Public School of Commerce in Taiwan" in 1919 under the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. During this period the school went through a lot of development; new buildings were constructed and focus was placed on developing business professionals at the school. After the end of Japanese occupation, the school was changed to a provincial vocational high school in commerce in 1945. In 1963, the school was upgraded to a junior college. In 1999, the school became National Taichung Institute of Technology (NTIT) and began to award undergraduate degrees to students, with master's degrees beginning in 2003 and more recently, after merging with National Taichung Nursing College in December 2011, the school became a comprehensive public university in science and technology.

National Taichung Nursing College (Chinese: 國立臺中護理專科學校) was founded in 1955 as Taiwan Provincial Senior Nursing College, with a 3-year nursing program. In 1997 the college acquired 8 hectares of land in Nantun District. In 2002, the college was named National Taichung Nursing College. After the merging with National Taichung Institute of Technology, the nursing college became known as National Taichung University of Science and Technology Minsheng Campus.