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KAS strives to be one of the finest American International Schools in the World. KAS challenges students to achieve academic excellence and prepares them to be balanced individuals, independent learners, and global citizens. Kaohsiung American School (KAS) is a private, non-profit, co-educational Pre-K – 12 institutions offering an American, college preparatory program leading to a US high school diploma and the opportunity for an IB Diploma. KAS is located in the northern area of Kaohsiung city, the second-largest city in Taiwan with 1.5 million inhabitants. Kaohsiung American School was established in 1989 as an elementary school serving the needs of local and expatriate families with children. KAS challenges students to achieve academic excellence and prepares them to be: KAS strives to be one of the finest American International Schools in the World. Kaohsiung American School (KAS) for the 2019-20 school year. KAS is a world-class American school with bright students, skilled and helpful faculty and staff, a caring and ambitious community, a dedicated Board of Directors, and supportive parents. Together, we make KAS a special and rewarding place to learn. We are excited to continue as KAS’s Superintendent, as the KAS community is such a wonderful place. I’m originally from Colorado in the USA. My career in education has included years as a head of school, principal, vice-principal, and teacher of math and science at the high school and middle school levels in Louisiana and Colorado in the USA, and also in Vanuatu in the south Pacific. At KAS we think B.I.G.! We want our students to be creative critical thinkers that are Balanced individuals, Independent learners, and Global citizens. We always keep these goals in mind, and we choose our actions based on what we believe is best for our students. We are fortunate to learn here at our world-class campus in Kaohsiung right across from Zuoying Station near Lotus Pond. Our new campus has earned LEED Silver certification for our classrooms and offices, and LEED Gold certification for our new athletic complex. That means that KAS students learn in one of the healthiest and most efficient schools in Asia. Our campus supports our pursuit to be one of the finest American international schools in the world. To us, this means that we embrace the three As – Academics, Athletics, and the Arts. Our elementary students learn in one of the most highly regarded and enriching schools in Asia. At the middle school level, we add the enhancement of the Middle Years Program (MYP) of the International Baccalaureate (IB). In our high school, we offer a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with pathways in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program and also the Advanced Placement (AP) program. We complement this with a rich curriculum of athletics, fine arts, and performing arts. At KAS we are all learners who care deeply about education – that includes students, faculty, staff, parents, our school board, and our community. We have truly become a world-class school. We welcome you to come and see what we do, and we welcome any questions that you may have. View full school

Morrison Academy Kaohsiung (MAK) We are a Christian International school (K-12) that actively pursues excellence in all areas of education. At MAK, our entire staff is committed to providing a well-balanced approach to education for students in a loving and nurturing environment. We aim to accomplish this by providing opportunities to learn and experience music, sports, art, and technology, as well as challenging academic courses. For those families looking for a quality American Christian school in the Kaohsiung or Tainan area, we welcome you to contact us to find out more about what our school can offer your child. Our school is jointly accredited by the agencies WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) and ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International). The purpose of Morrison Academy is to meet the educational needs of the children of missionaries throughout Taiwan. The vision of Morrison Academy is that every student will experience a quality, biblically integrated education so that each one will be equipped to impact the world dynamically for Christ. The members of this corporation adhere to the following beliefs: The divine inspiration and consequent authority of the whole canonical Scriptures. The doctrine of the Trinity. The doctrine of the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory. The fall of man, his consequent moral depravity, and his need for regeneration. The atonement through the substitutionary death of Christ. The doctrine of justification by faith. The present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life. The resurrection of the body, both in the case of the just and the unjust. The eternal life of the saved and the eternal punishment of the lost. View full school

Kaohsiung City Government, to promote adult education and implement lifelong learning, established the Open University of Kaohsiung in February 1997, and started student recruitment in August 1997. As the University accepts students with any educational background, has no entrance examination, and provides distance learning, it has become an efficient way for adults who wish to obtain academic degrees. More than 6,000 students have graduated from the University, making it an essential center for adult education in southern Taiwan. The University started with five departments. Law and Political Science, Foreign Languages and Literature, Industrial and Business Administration, Mass Communication, and Culture and Arts. In line with industrial Development in southern Taiwan, the Department of Technology Management was established in 2006 to nurture the industry's service and management talents. In addition to the six departments, a General Education Center provides a general education curriculum with varied learning opportunities catering to the public. Students may select to learn through distance learning courses via the Internet, television or radio, and face-to-face learning on campus. Besides, in response to the trend of mobile learning, the University established items in 2012 to provide cross-platform and cross-device learning, allowing students to watch (or listen to) distance learning courses. Students may access learning materials through their tablets, personal computers, or smartphones at all times, making it a far-reaching learning environment, completely free from the constraints of space and time. The University has one professor, six associate professors, and 15 assistant professors. The 22 full-time teachers are well-versed in both theoretical and practical aspects. We also have more than 100 adjunct teachers to provide varied, flexible courses and teachings. Students can manage their work, education, and family obligations concurrently by using face-to-face learning and the digital learning system. This allows them to experience the joy of attending college, enrich and enhance their quality of life, and increase their career competitiveness. The OUK has six departments and one center, namely: Department of Law & Political Science Department of Industrial & Business Administration Department of Mass Communication Department of Foreign Languages & Literature Department of Culture and Art Department of Technology Management General Education Center The OUK is located in the industrial area with the highest revenue in Taiwan, Hsiao-Kang Linhai Industrial Park, in Kaohsiung City, a beautiful harbor city with 1.5 million citizens in the South. Therefore, the OUK will act as the catalyst of industrial area reformation and beautification of urban districts and a city Learning resource center of conservation and sustainability. The OUK is advantageous in vitalizing the adult education market as a social education institute. Hence, it is essential to develop a tight partnership with urban human resources revitalization and Kaohsiung cultivation. The OUK vision is "becoming the premier Cyber City University," functioning as the "Beacon of City Learning." The OUK aims to demonstrate how it can function as an "Enriching Economic Entity of Cyber Education in the City." As part of all ongoing plans, the OUK is engaged in, enhancing human resources development and international cooperation are the two primary missions. View full university

The National University of Kaohsiung (NUK), the only national university instituted in the millennium in Taiwan, was found on February 1, 2000. Following the government's industrial development policy and to promote the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Regional Operation Center (including Southern Taiwan Science Park, Kaohsiung Multifunctional Commerce and Trade Park, and International Warehousing and Processing Transit Center), we assist in upgrading and transforming traditional industries and train professionals in technology and management. The three dots in the emblem represent an abstract image of the Chinese character. Different sizes of the spots, from small to large, are like the growing process of a seed. It also symbolizes waves, which imply the surging force that moves forward. The emblem is designed based on the Chinese character rather than English words because we want to preserve our cultural features and ethnic origin when NUK becomes internationally well-known. The bright orange color delivers the intense, optimistic, and innovative impressions of NUK. Grey is the most tolerant and steadiest color that can match any other color. This emblem displays NUK's features: vigor, optimism, innovation, steadiness, and tolerance, which are also essential learning attitudes that students have to develop in addition to the knowledge in the textbooks. By utilizing our solid academic research as a strong backup, we look forward to becoming an academic think tank that can help the government develop industries and policy-making and the critical academic force to assist enterprises' growth. NUK has novel resources and equipment, young research and teaching staff members, high-quality student counseling mechanisms, and efficient administrative teams, making all teachers and students teach and learn in a diversified, high-tech, and comfortable environment. NUK enthusiastically upgrade our academic research, conduct virtual academic interchange with other universities in Taiwan or abroad, such as arranging students' exchange programs and faculty members' mutual visits to increase the opportunities for learning and collaboration. By establishing "The Institute of Kaohsiung," we have formed a strategic alliance with six other universities in Kaohsiung City and integrate and share all the resources and characteristics. NUK encourages the stimulation of teaching and research staff and students' research and development capacity to fulfill the industries' goal of putting theories into practice. We have signed strategic alliance agreements with different institutions, such as China Steel Cooperation, Metal Industries Research and Development Centre, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Zuoying Branch of Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, and National Applied Research Laboratories. Besides, we also cooperate with the coordinators of different enterprises in our Advanced Business Incubation Center and deepen the collaborations with Southern Taiwan Science Park and surrounding industries in the processing and industrial zones. Based on the goal of building "a green NUK with environmental sustainability," NUK was Taiwan's first green university, which signed the Talloires Declaration and was elected as the "Model Green University" by the Ministry of Education in 2009. We were also awarded as one of the "Promote Environmental Protection Meritorious Schools" by the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan in 2010, and were appointed as the "Wetlands of National Importance" by the Construction and Planning Agency, Ministry of the Interior in 2011. NUK aims to promote the construction of a university town and build a green campus without walls. By increasing the university community's quality and emphasizing knowledge culture, arts, and leisure, we hope to deepen the development of the greater Kaohsiung area. View full university

The University Motto is, "Perfect – Seeking for ever greater perfection. The badge is round like the earth, symbolizing both the school's internationalization and the perfection of Chinese culture. The three inner circles over the school's three areas – catering, hotel, and tourism- and interlock combine three concepts – being prospective, practical, and international. The entire badge's appearance originates from the school flower – kapok, which looks tall, straight, graceful, and grand with brilliant colors, symbolizing the school's disposition of enthusiasm and heroism. Three extending bars below the rounds indicate the vigorous growth and development of the school. The middle part of the pattern is like the head of an elephant, an animal with the spirit of being perfect, honest, diligent, and modest. The simple colors with green as the base color mean infinite vitality and represent the school's energy. The university logo is based on the original pattern, but more elaborate, to indicate the school's transition from college to university. The whole logo is round like the earth, symbolizing the school's internationalization and Chinese culture's perfection. Three inner circles over the colleges of hospitality, tourism, and cooking combine the concepts of "Humanity, Professionalism, Entrepreneurship, and Internationalization." Three extending bars below the circles indicate the vigorous growth and development of the school. The middle part of the pattern is like the head of an elephant, an animal with the practical and optimistic spirit of being perfect, honest, diligent, and modest. Laurel leaves, symbolizing wisdom, refinement, and honor. A ribbon that refers to infinity is added to present the school as a high-level hospitality education school rooted in Taiwan but takes a global view to educate excellent hospitality talents dedicated to service and creation. The pattern takes laurel green as the standard color and adopts another lush green full of vitality and glory to exhibit the prospective, outstanding, and creational image of NKUHT. In August 1992, the school's primary office was established, and the Executive Yuan approved Dr. Lee Fu-Deng as the director to arrange relevant matters. Through three years of elaborate planning and diligent work, the National Kaohsiung Hospitality Management Academy, the first hospitality school in Taiwan, was finally founded on July 1, 1995. During the foundation process, the preparatory group visited famous hospitality schools in Europe, the U.S.A., Japan, Mainland China, and Hong Kong to learn about their experiences since there was no precedent in Taiwan. With the ultimate goal of establishing a source for talented hospitality professionals that can meet social demands, the group combined useful experiences with the best Chinese culture to establish the school. As it was the time when technical and vocational colleges were transforming, the academy pooled the wisdom of industrial, governmental and academic circles to take many measures relevant to the era, including Sandwich Courses, Labor Education, overseas internships& visits, etc., which drew high appraisal from various circles. As a result, every year, the academy's entrance examination attracted many young students, even college graduates and masters of graduate institutes, causing a great sensation throughout society. Meanwhile, the campus' view is humanistic based on the concepts of "green throughout the year, blossoming in four seasons and presenting a southern scene with lotus and coconut" and "turning the campus into a sightseeing spot." On the other side, the academy held the Teacher Acknowledgement Ceremony at the start of the semester and the Teacher Appreciation Ceremony at the end of the semester, twice a year, following ancient Chinese etiquette. Furthermore, the academy adopted flexible designs involving no garbage cans, no iron grating for windows, and no enclosing walls. All of these measures won universal praise. In this stage, all of the faculty and students in the academy worked hard to achieve more and more successes, which created high popularity for the academy in Taiwan and overseas after being reported on frequently by the media. Consequently, many domestic and foreign people regularly visited the academy, such as representatives from public and private institutions and relevant industries for vocational training, recruitment, or license exams. Also, officers of different levels and elites of various circles visited the academy to frequently participate in educational instruction. However, as technology and knowledge, as well as the environment of hospitality education, has rapidly changed in recent years, it is believed that the school will face more severe challenges in the future. Therefore, the school set up the "Preparatory Committee for a Name Change" to implement the plan to actively change the college into a university after passing the 2007 Appraisal of Technical Colleges in 2008 and obtaining the qualification for a name change. With the aim of "promoting external competitiveness and inspiring internal organizational energy," the name of the school was finally changed to the "National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism" (NKUHT) on August 1, 2000, with the approval of the Ministry of Education and Executive Yuan through hard work, collective wisdom and the efforts of the entire faculty and all of the students. Besides the development direction of "Taking root in Taiwan and expanding internationally," the school has established the development idea of "More tolerant, more independent, more open, more beautiful" while implementing the original concepts of humanism, specialization, enterprise-style, and internationalization for the future. The university not only aims at becoming a source for hospitality service talents, a key partner of hospitality businesses, and a new model of hospitality education but also at constructing the vision of Kurt: "To be the hospitality university most capable of leading creation and development." View full university

Founded in 1963, the National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences (KUAS) was initially known as the Provincial Kaohsiung Institute of Technology to educate technical professionals to meet national economic development demands. In 2000, the beginning of the new millennium, the Institute evolved to be a four-year technical university, and the present name was adopted. This transformation from a junior college to a technological university has opened up a new page for KUAS. After more than a decade of development and expansion, now KUAS has reinvented itself as the leading technological university in southern Taiwan. Currently, KUAS has four colleges offering top-quality undergraduate and graduate programs, serving more than 13,000 students and 100,000 alumni. The government has highly recognized the achievements of KUAS in teaching, research, and industry-academia collaboration. In 2012, KUAS received the grant for the "Plan for Developing Technological University Paradigms" awarded by the Ministry of Education (MOE). Besides, more than ten research centers have been established on the KUAS campus by the MOE and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, engaging in state-of-the-art research in various fields. Over 500 industry-academia collaboration contracts worth more than NT$300 million have been signed between KUAS and the leading businesses and companies in Taiwan in recent years. To meet the demands of globalized education, KUAS has been active in establishing international ties with institutions worldwide in recent years. The university has signed MOUs with 123 partnering institutions in 13 countries to develop joint degree programs, student exchange programs, and research collaboration. The partnerships will sure bring new opportunities and enable KUAS to become a truly internationalized university. In August 2000, the Institute was promoted and renamed the National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences. In August 2001, President Kuang-Chih Huang retired, and Dr. Ren-Yih Lin took over as the acting president. Four departments--Applied Foreign Languages, Cultural Business, Human Resources, and Information Management--were set up. The first three departments constituted the College of Humanities & Social Sciences. Later, Colleges of Engineering, Commerce, and Management were also established. Moreover, the university started to offer master's degree programs in Civil Engineering & Disaster Prevention Technology, Electrical & Control Engineering, and Electronics & Information Engineering. In August 2002, five more master programs were initiated in Chemical Engineering, Mold and Die-Making Engineering, Mechanical and Precision Engineering, Industrial Engineering & Management, and Commerce. View full university

NKNU has also won nationwide acclaim for its efforts and scholarly pursuits. In 2006, the University was accredited by the Ministry of Education as an "excellent" institution, ranking it as one of the nation's best universities. With a vision directed to the future, NKNU's faculty and students help build a community based on heritage and innovation, striving to diversify and expand the University's status across the world. With their endeavors, NKNU has become an institution attuned toward globalization, equality, and environmentalism. NKNU is proud of its highly efficient faculty and staff dedicated to the enrichment of the campus. The values of "service," "excellence," "efficiency," "humanity," and "digitalization" are stressed among all levels of administration. Through these values, the University can remain a first-rate academic environment where both research and instruction can thrive. The College of Extended Education of NKNU offers a wide range of programs for in-service teachers and professionals who hope to extend their professional qualifications. Career training courses and personal development courses are also available to the general public through non-degree programs. At NKNU, everyone is welcomed to pursue a life-long education. In addition to promoting academic knowledge and skills, NKNU also emphasizes cultural diversity. Therefore, the University is devoted to remodeling the general education curricula, aiming to encompass various courses to cultivate a whole-person education. With this goal, the University also encourages academic units to organize national and international conferences to strengthen academic and cultural exchanges. Since its establishment, NKNU has educated many significant contributors to the field of education. With 70% of teachers and education administrators in southern Taiwan having connections to the University, NKNU maintains a critical nexus for education-related research and teacher training. It again proves to be the place that inspires national and regional education reforms. In 1989, the University initiated a second campus in Yan-Chao in order to accommodate its new mission. The campus was inaugurated a year later, and, in 2003, the University's two colleges--the College of Technology and the College of Science--moved to Yan-Chao. Since 2004, the University has been recognized for its merit by the Ministry of Education in the national university evaluation and accreditation. From 2005 to 2012, the University has been awarded funding and accredited as an institution pursuing "excellence in teaching." View full university

Among the higher educational institutions in Taiwan, National Kaohsiung Marine University is the only one with the sea as an educational focus cultivating marine affairs professionals. In the decades since its establishment, the University has trained numerous outstanding marine professionals who have made significant contributions to our nation's economic development. With this as a foundation, the University will aggressively promote international academic and technical exchanges, lead Taiwan's marine-related industries to pursue technification and sophistication, and create a bright future for our country's marine industries. Since its establishment, the University has used loyalty, trustworthiness, industriousness, and bravery as its spiritual standards and educational goals. It seeks to cultivate students who have the qualities of being proactive, honest, diligent, and responsible. Entrusted with the enduring mission of education, the University strives tirelessly to fulfill it by creating an exceptional learning environment to continue cultivating our country's marine affairs professionals. With an emphasis on both humanities and technology, the University leads its students in approaching, understanding, utilizing, and protecting the sea. It cultivates appreciation for humanities and teaches the knowledge of the general culture. It develops moral character and concepts of lawful behaviors and encourages student organization activities and community service. It hopes to shape young adults with strong convictions, wholesome character, and a spirit for social service like the open, accepting, and caring sea. These healthy, honest, well-rounded people possessing integrity and skill will be ready to pursue a happy life. The University had firmly established itself academically and prominently displayed its unique features. It invites and brings together alumni and experts from related industries, government, and academia to review and revise the content of courses. Due to society's changes and needs in our country and abroad, the University has strengthened students' internship and laboratory courses and off-campus internship training. It fully integrates into related industries. It plans the last mile of students to smooth transition into the workforce and fully realize the educational result of getting students ready for the workforce upon graduation. The teaching focuses on practical application, and the research seeks innovation. Through cross-disciplinary technological integration, students will strengthen their problem-solving abilities. Through technological research and development, all kinds of research results and technical know-how can be converted into actual production techniques valuable to business and industry, strengthening its international competitiveness. The marine affairs industry has grown exponentially in southern Taiwan. The University is in a uniquely favorable position. Using the University's facilities and human resources and through training sessions and collaborative projects, the University closely integrates with the marine-related industries by giving full play to the Center of Marine Industry Technology, the Innovation and Incubation Merchantman Seafarer Training Center. The National Kaohsiung Marine University is indeed the best collaboration partner for the marine industry in southern Taiwan. The National Kaohsiung Marine University is part of the vocational professional educational system. Most students are graduates of vocational schools in marine affairs, agriculture, and industry. The University cares about every student. It offers remediation in the courses for those who do not have sufficient preparation. It then makes reasonable adjustments to course content and increases course credits, internship, or laboratory hours. The University teaches practical skills raising every young person to meet the workplace's expectations and be competitive upon graduation. To effectively integrate human talent and hardware and software resources, cross-disciplinary organizations are the best research and service groups that can help the industry increase its research and development capabilities. Using the University's faculty, library, and facilities, the University offers continuing education for professionals and a channel for life-long learning and research for alumni. It offers students internship and employment opportunities. It uses problems in the field as topics for student projects or these integrating its research capabilities with industry's demands and turning graduates into the high-level technical personnel that the industry needs. Globalization and internationalization is a definite trend in the future world. Cultivating students grounded in Taiwan but have global citizens' qualities is an essential mission of universities. The National Kaohsiung Marine University has aggressively sought to create an international learning environment. To raise the students' foreign language abilities, it has created an English Learning Center. For students with weaker English skills, guidelines for improving English language teaching are established, exceptional foreign language teachers are recruited and tutoring is offered after scheduled classes. All this is done to implement the educational policy of raising students' foreign language abilities. In recent years, the University has continuously conducted reciprocal academic exchanges. It has academic collaboration and agreements with marine affairs universities of over 30 universities from the United States, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Panama, Vietnam, and Mainland China. View full university

The National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology (First Tech) is a leading higher education institution committed to academic excellence. At present, the University consists of 5 colleges (Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Management, Finance and Banking, and Foreign Languages), 24 graduate institutes (including an IMBA program), 16 departments and one undergraduate honors program, one Post Baccalaureate Bachelor Degree Program, plus three doctoral programs, with 248 faculty and a student population of 7,600. The award of the prestigious Teaching Excellence Project granted by the Ministry of Education for nine consecutive years since 2006 stands testimony to its excellence and commitment to enhancing teaching, learning environment, and a global outlook. We won recognition from the Ministry of Education and gained a four-year (2013~2016) subsidization of the Technological University Paradigm Program. The amount of subsidization in the four years is 240 million NT dollars. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) recently announced World University Rankings for 2013, and National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology (FIRST TECH) was able to be top 300 in the last two years. This year FIRST TECH wins recognition for its outstanding performance and is the only technical and vocational University to be top 300 in southern Taiwan. To catch up with the world, we established a particular office to promote entrepreneurship in August 2010. Based on two main ideas -- "innovation and entrepreneurship education" and "innovation and entrepreneurial development" -- we hope to equip our students with the characteristics of innovation and the core value of entrepreneurship, such as passion, willingness to share, and devote themselves. We have further reached four goals: "the combination of theory, practice, and innovation," "innovation and the development of entrepreneurs," "innovation and the development of the entrepreneurial environment," and "the practice of research and development." By doing so, we hope to transform this University into the first entrepreneurial University in Taiwan, enhancing students' overall competitiveness in the professional field and their entrepreneurial ability shortly. To conduct international cooperation and provide international students assistance, First Tech established the Center for International Affairs and Language Learning in August 2013. To better promote international affairs, First Tech carries out an organizational reshuffle, and the Office of International Affairs (OIA) is officially established in August 2014 to carry out the international exchange, international academic activities, and assistance to international students and visitors. Currently, OIA consists of Academic Exchange Section and Overseas Students Section. By striving to pursue excellence and innovation, First Tech aims to serve as a bridge of international academic exchange, actively strengthens relations with partnership universities, promotes faculty/student international exchange, and improves international visibility and reputation. First Tech also endeavors to promote an international-friendly campus, enhance the internationalization of all colleges, and strengthen communication among different units. View full university

Kaohsiung Medical College received permission from the Ministry of Education to change its name to "Kaohsiung Medical University" in August 1999. The University consists of six colleges: the College of Medicine, the College of Dentistry, the College of Pharmacy, the College of Nursing, the College of Health Science, and the College of Life Sciences since then. Kaohsiung Medical University celebrated its first half-century anniversary in 2004. As Southern Taiwan's foremost center of medical education and treatment, the University has received "superior" ratings in all categories after evaluation under the Ministry of Education's evaluation of "Mid-term School Administration Development Plan". All departments and graduate institutes (44 programs ) were accredited by the Higher Education and Accreditation Council, Ministry of Education, in 2009. Kaohsiung Medical University (originally known as Kaohsiung Medical College ) was formally established in 1954. Apart from being the first private medical University, the University has also become an important cradle for highly-skilled physicians and medical-related specialists. Kaohsiung Medical University was a center of both medical care and local tropical medicine in the early days. The University has also continued to strengthen its medical services. Kaohsiung Medical University, therefore, has laid a solid foundation as southern's leading medical institution. After Kaohsiung Medical College became a university in the summer of 1999, it seized this opportunity to move faster and further and attain the highest standards in teaching, research, and service. The shared vision of everyone at Kaohsiung Medical University is to make the University a modern, forward-looking institution striving for excellence in academics and medical care. Kaohsiung Medical University has all the strengths of a well-established university. There is a wide range of medical-related courses, and the facilities for basic and clinical research are sufficient and of good quality. The University is located in Kaohsiung, the second biggest city in the city center, which has all the attractions and excitement of city life. The missions of our school include Providing: "Education, Research, Service in Medicine and medical-related fields". After its first half-century, Kaohsiung Medical University is sparing no effort on keeping pace with the international pace. We aim to raise the status of Kaohsiung Medical University as a leading institution of teaching, research, and medical service and then come up to one of the research-oriented University in by fulfilling President Hsin-Su Yu's ideal of "Teaching Excellence, Innovative Research, Quality Humanism, and Social Caring." Kaohsiung Medical University has taken up the responsibility of training medical-related students with full-fledged knowledge, skills, and competency since we were established. View full university