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Established in 1958. Upgraded in 1997. Renamed in 2002

The school was established as a vocational high school of nursing and midwifery in Tungkang Town,Pingtung County in 1958. The school was then promoted to be a five-year junior college of nursing and midwifery and moved to Taliao Hsiang, Kaohsiung County in 1970. The School was further promoted to be Fooyin Institute of Technology with the Junior College Division in 1997 and officially approved of being upgraded into Fooyin University in August 2002.

Periods of School Development:

I. Vocational High School Period (1958~1968):
In 1958, the founder, Dr. CHANG, Peng-tu, established the three-year "Fooyin Vocational High School of Nursing & Midwifery" with his own investment and took the position as principal.At that time,it was the first private vocational high school in medicine-related fields and the predecessor of “Fooyin Institute of Technology”. Three years later, in 1962, the School was promoted to a four-year senior vocational school of nursing and midwifery in response to the demand of professional instruction.

II. Junior College Period (1968~1997)
A decade after the school was founded, in response to the development of vocational education system and as a result of the well-recognized academic performance, Fooyin was promoted by the Ministry Education in 1968 into a 5-year junior college of nursing and midwifery in 1968.

With the steady expansion, Fooying moved from Tungkang Town, Pingtung County to the present site in Taliao Hsiang, Kaohsiung County in September 1970. The former campus was transformed into the affiliated hospital. The hospital not only offers practice and career opportunities for students and graduates, but also plays an important role to render medical care service to local people.

Starting in 1988, the Department of Medical Technology was added and the Department of Nursing was gradually expanded to a larger aspect. In the same year, the School was renamed “Fooying Junior College of Medicine & Nursing”. Soon after, with the drastic social changes and with the increasing demands on talents in environmental protection, foreign languages, child care, rehabilitation, and health care management, Fooyin continuously founded the Departments of Environmental Engineering and Sanitation, Foreign Languages, Child Care and Education, Rehabilitation, and Health Care Management to nurture professionals in the mentioned fields.

III. College Period (1997~2002):
In February 1997, Fooyin filed an application for promotion and acquired the approval from the Ministry of Education to be upgraded into Fooyin Institute of Technology with the Junior College Division on July 1, 1997. In the same year, Fooyin launched the two-year curricular programs for the Departments of Nursing, Medical Technology, and Environmental Engineering and Sanitation according to the first-phase medium- and long-term development planning.

In Academic Year 1998, Fooyin followed the second-phase medium- and long-term development planning and set up four-year programs for the Departments of Nursing and Environmental Engineering and Sanitation. From 1999, the Departments of Applied Chemistry, Industrial Safety and Hygiene, Nutrition and Health Science, Midwifery, Physical Therapy, Nursing Management, Child Care and Education, Information Management, and Biotechnology were founded one after another. In 2002, the Departments of Recreation and Nutrition Management and Foreign Languages were added into the University organization.

At present, Fooyin University with the junior college division consists of 12 academic departments, including three 5-year junior college programs four 2-year college programs. The student population is 11,935. Centering on the core concept of “human health”, the University curricula are classified into four programs: Medicine and Health, Environment and Life, Management and Information, and Humanism and Sociology. All of the four programs are being developed at full throttle.

In order to expand the University scale and pursue for excellence, the Board of Directors began to seek for a second campus actively in early 1999 and had decided to rent land of about 30 hectares in Wan Don Hsiang, Pingtung County from Taiwan Sugar Corporation. The land was planned as a health science park and scheduled as campus for university students and the second affiliated hospital. The foundation ceremony was held on November 7, 2001 and the construction commenced soon after. In the future, the Second Campus will accommodate the University students, while Taliao Campus will be used for the 5-year programs and extension education.

IV. University Period (2002~)
The University was officially sanctioned by the Ministry of Education to change the name into Fooyin University on August 1, 2002. At present, the University has established four colleges: College of Medicine and Health, College of Environment and Life, College of Management and Information, and College of Humanism and Sociology. There is also the Junior College Division that includes the Departments of Nursing, Medical Technology, and Foreign Languages. Centering on the core concept of "human health", the University is marching to a university of excellence at full throttle.

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