Ming Chi University of Technology

Ming Chi University of Technology was founded in December 1963 as‘Ming 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 not only to work hard, but also to 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 honest life; therefore, students should concentrate on the pursuit of their life goals. With this motto as well as professional knowledge and skills, all our students are expected to be useful members of the 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 the cultivation of their humanism quality. By working along both lines, students come to build the correct outlook on life and become excellent and talented people capable of both humanism quality and professional techniques. It is our ultimate goal to ‘use holistic education to cultivate talented people with equal emphasis on the development of a diligent and guileless attitude as well as theoretical and practical ability to do life-long learning.

Ming Chi University of Technology is located on the hillside of Kueizi Village in Taishan District, New Taipei City, and was originally 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. This university was named ‘Ming Chi’ with an aim to encourage the faculty and students to learn from their virtuous elders and to embrace heritage and vision as their own guiding principles.

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 practices in industry-university collaboration. In 2014, the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration has 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, by means of 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 the enterprises. With the development of internship opportunities, the 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 are able to 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 as well as the advancement of technological power in the industries are achieved, a win-win situation is also created.