St John's University

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St. John's University is the successor institution of the former St. John's University and St. Mary's Hall in Shanghai, two well-known education institutions founded in 1879 and 1918, respectively, by Bishop John Schereschewsky of the American Episcopal Church. The distinguished alumni of these two excellent schools have made remarkable contributions to the world and society, including working to restore their schools' legacy in Taiwan.
In 1952, St. John's University in Shanghai was forced to give up its name and merge with other universities. In response to the loss of the school's identity, a group of distinguished alumni in Taiwan resolved to restore their alma mater in Taipei. In 1961, with the approval of the American Episcopal Church in Taiwan, the alumni of St. John's University, in conjunction with the alumnae of the former St. Mary's Hall of Shanghai, enthusiastically donated money to purchase land in the town of Tamsui in Taipei County for the school campus.
In 1967, The Ministry of Education authorized the school to open as a five-year junior college of Industry and named it after its location, Hsin-up(新埔). Nonetheless, its English name--St. John's & St. Mary's Institute of Technology--continued to honor the history and traditions of the alumni's two illustrious alma maters. In 1993, the school was accredited as an Institute of Business and Industry and then, because of its excellent educational reputation, upgraded its status to an Institute of Technology in 1999. After decades of work to fulfill the aspirations of its alumni at home and abroad, the school's official Chinese name was changed on October 10, 2003, from Hsinpu Institute of Technology(新埔技術學院) to St. John's & St. Mary's Institute of Technology(聖約翰技術學院). On August 1, 2005, after constant and collective efforts, the school was officially upgraded to a University of Science and Technology and restored its original school name, St. John's University (SJU).
The school's founder was Dr. James C. L. Wong, the first Chinese Bishop of the Taiwan Episcopal Church. Dr. Vivien Yen was the school's first president, and Bishop James C. L. Wong was its first board chairman. The succeeding chairpersons have been Dr. George K. C. Yeh( Acting Chair), Bishop James T. M. Pong, and, since 1972, Dr. Cecilia Koo. Past presidents and Dr. Yen were Bishop James Pong, Professor William Yue-Jen Hsia, Dr. Yeh Chi-Tung, Dr. Andrew C. Chang, and Dr. Peter Tuen-Ho Yang. Dr. Jean-Lien Chen and Dr. HerChang Ay has served as president since August 1, 2016.
Through every period of stewardship, from the first chairperson of the preparatory committee, Dr. Vivien Yen, to the present chairperson of the board of trustees, Dr. Cecilia Koo, and under the leadership of all of the school's presidents, St. John's University has always had at its heart the spirit of the Episcopal Church. It has inherited the core values of the former St. John's University and St. Mary's Hall in Shanghai, which has inspired the school's distinguished academic and ethics programs, rich student life, and significant religious activities. The school motto--Talent serves virtue; Learning serves society (德以輔才，學以致用)--expresses the university's deep commitment to providing a well-rounded education and to nurturing exceptionally qualified professionals who have high ethical standards and humanitarian values.
The school's Motto—Talent Serves Virtue, Learning Serves Society—expresses the school's deep commitment to educating students with high ethical standards, humanitarian values, and a future global outlook. St. John does not only place great emphasis on providing complete academic and technical training but also provides a well-rounded education with moral values embedded in the curriculum. Our purpose is to train each student to become a mature professional with a global perspective, innovation capability, and humanitarian concern to serve their country, society, and people.
St. John's University takes great pride in its teaching quality and student-centric focus, and with our devoted faculty and staff enthusiastically teaching and serving, St. John's offers well-designed curricula providing seamless integration for students' study and career development.
Facilitated by strategic alliances with renowned enterprises and supported by more than 60,000 alumni with outstanding achievements in the fields of commerce, Industry, and culture, students of St. John's University have a significant advantage in their future employment competitiveness.
Having initiated four university-level development strategies ---Structural Receptiveness, Characteristics Creation, Academic Emphasis, and Sustainable Development, incorporated with an emphasis on Green Energy, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care, St. John's University continues to grow to become one of the foremost universities of technology in Taiwan and the world.

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