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Nanhua University (NHU; Chinese: 南華大學) is a university located in Dalin Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan. Founded in 1996 as the Nanhua College of Management, it was elevated to university status in 1999. The university was founded by the Buddhist monk Hsing Yun of Fo Guang Shan.
The University of South China was initially authorized to award bachelor's degrees, and in 1986 began awarding master's degrees. In 1991, it began to collaborate with other universities and research institutes in doctoral programs, and was authorized to award doctoral degrees in 2003. The university has 72 undergraduate majors, covering as many ...
The monastery established several notable universities including Fo Guang University and Nanhua University in Taiwan and the University of the West in the United States. Fo Guang Shan and Tzu Chi are the only "Four Great Mountains" that offer some form of strictly secular education, as opposed to purely religious.
Fo Guang Shan (FGS) ( Chinese: 佛光山; pinyin: Fó guāng shān; lit. 'Buddha's Light Mountain') is an international Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist organization and monastic order based in Taiwan that practices Humanistic Buddhism whose roots are traced to the Linji school of Chan Buddhism. The headquarters, Fo Guang Shan Monastery, is located ...
Hsuan Chuang University ( HCU; Chinese: 玄奘大學; pinyin: Xuán Zhuǎng Dàxué; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiân-chōng Tāi-ha̍k) is a private Buddhist university in Xiangshan District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. Founded in 1997 by the Ven. Liao Zhong (了中; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liáu-tiong) and named for the Tang dynasty monk Xuanzang, the school was ...
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National Taiwan Normal University ( NTNU; Chinese: 國立臺灣師範大學; pinyin: Guólì Táiwān Shīfàn Dàxué) [5] is a national comprehensive university in Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan. The university's predecessor was a normal university. [6] It's the top university specializing in humanities in Taiwan.