The Ming Chi University of Technology was founded in December 1963 using Chi Institute of Technology’by Mr. Y. C. Wang, founder of the Formosa Plastics Group. The campus occupies more than 62 hectares with vast green areas and beautiful yet tranquil sceneries on a hillside in Taishan District, New Taipei City.
The school’s motto is ‘Diligence, Perseverance, Frugality, and Trustworthiness.’ In terms of ‘Diligence and Perseverance,’ we expect our students to work hard and do right and useful things. Students are encouraged to build their wisdom and enhance self-confidence through the accumulation of such useful experiences. ‘Frugality and Trustworthiness’ implies a simple and straightforward life; therefore, students should pursue their life goals. With this motto and professional knowledge and skills, all our students are expected to be useful members of society.
As part of the technological and vocational education system, Ming-Chi has consistently adhered to the philosophy of sophisticated school administration and practice-oriented education since the establishment in 1963. We focus not only on developing students’ professional knowledge and practical abilities but also on enhancing their humanism quality. By working along both lines, students build the correct outlook on life and become excellent and talented people capable of both humanism quality and professional techniques. Our ultimate goal is to ‘use holistic education to cultivate talented people with equal emphasis on the development of a diligent and guileless attitude and theoretical and practical ability to do life-long learning.
The Ming Chi University of Technology is located on the hillside of Kueizi Village in Taishan District, New Taipei City, and was initially named ‘Ming-Chi Institute of Technology.’ The campus occupies 61 hectares with vast green areas and beautiful yet tranquil sceneries. The academy was the intellectual center and culture hub of northern Taiwan.
After the institute was upgraded to the university level, in addition to the usual devotion in the maintenance of the existing educational beliefs and practice, the University also focuses on “Industry-University Collaboration.” The University has frequently been honored by the Chinese Institute of Engineers for its excellent industry-university collaboration practices. In 2014, the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration honored the University as one of the best incubation centers. In the 2016 Academic Ranking of Taiwan Universities/Colleges released by Tamkang University, MCUT ranked number one among the private colleges/universities of technology in the category of “the average amount of funding per project director of Industry-Academy Cooperation projects.” Those honors demonstrate the fruitful results of developing collaborative relationships with industry partners. In recent years, using continually integrating the resources of various colleges, six research centers have been established: the Biochemical Engineering R&D Center, the Center for Thin Film Technologies and Applications, the Chinese Herbal Medicine Center, the Battery Research Center of Green Energy, Organic Electronics Research Center and Center for Reliability Engineering. The faculty and students are always encouraged to participate in practical researches and to provide industry-education services for enterprises. With the development of internship opportunities, industry-university collaboration relations are actively being built. Via the diverse channels of intern students, guidance teachers, specific research centers, the Industry-University Collaboration Center, and the Innovation and Incubation Center, we can achieve close cooperation with the industries and improve the quality and quantity of the research, and further contribute the research results to the industries. While the educational functions and the advancement of technological power in the industries are achieved, a win-win situation is also created.
