Asia University

Asia University is a private comprehensive university in Wufeng District, Taichung, Taiwan, China, founded in 2001 and located on a garden-style campus in the foothills south of central Taichung.亚洲大学是位于台湾台中市雾峰区的一所私立综合大学，创办于 2001 年，坐落于台中市区以南丘陵地带的园林式校园之中。

Founded as Taichung Healthcare and Management University and renamed Asia University in 2005, it is organised into seven colleges covering medicine and health, information and electrical engineering, management, humanities and social sciences, creative design, nursing and artificial intelligence.该校创办时名为台中健康暨管理学院，2005 年更名为亚洲大学，现设七个学院，涵盖医学与健康、信息与电机、管理、人文社会、创意设计、护理与人工智能等领域。

It enrols more than 12,000 students, employs nearly 400 full-time faculty members and ranks 649th in the QS World University Rankings 2027.该校在校学生逾 12,000 人，聘用近 400 名专任教师，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 649 位。

History

• Asia University traces its origins to 1996, when its founder Chang-Hai Tsai, a physician and scholar, set out to establish a university dedicated to professional expertise and humanistic values.亚洲大学的源头可追溯至 1996 年，其创办人蔡长海是一位医师兼学者，立志创办一所兼顾专业素养与人文价值的大学。
• He joined with co-founder Tseng-Lien Lin and a board of directors to fund the institution, which was intended to nurture people who combine professional skill with social responsibility.他与共同创办人林增连以及董事会共同出资创办该校，旨在培养兼具专业能力与社会责任感的人才。
• In 1998 Wufeng Township in Taichung County, known for its transport links and cultural heritage, was chosen as the campus site, with land provided by the Taiwan Sugar Corporation.1998 年，以交通便利与文化氛围著称的台中县雾峰乡被选定为校址，土地由台湾糖业公司提供。
• A preparatory office was formally established in October 1999 to begin the application process for a new university.1999 年 10 月正式成立筹备处，启动新设大学的申请程序。
• Following approval by the Ministry of Education in March 2001, Taichung Healthcare and Management University was officially founded.经教育部于 2001 年 3 月核准，台中健康暨管理学院正式成立。
• The university admitted its first cohort of students in the 2001 academic year and appointed the overseas Taiwanese scholar Jeffrey J.P. Tsai as its founding president.该校于 2001 学年招收首批学生，并任命旅美台湾学者蔡进发为首任校长。
• Jeffrey J.P. Tsai had been a chair professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and was a fellow of the IEEE, the SDPS, the AAAS and the AAAI.蔡进发曾任芝加哥伊利诺大学教授，并且是电气与电子工程师协会、设计过程科学学会、美国科学促进会与美国人工智能协会的会士。
• Its academic development began around three clusters of health, management and information technology, with 17 undergraduate programmes, 10 master's programmes and five in-service master's programmes.其学术发展初期围绕健康、管理与信息技术三大集群，设有 17 个本科项目、10 个硕士项目与 5 个在职硕士项目。
• The campus was laid out as an open garden university combining Greco-Roman architectural elements, and within three years three academic buildings and two student dormitories were completed.校园以开放式的园林大学格局规划，融合希腊-罗马式建筑元素，三年内建成三座教学楼与两座学生宿舍。
• In August 2004 Wen-Hsiang Tsai became the second president, governing under the principle of creative faculty, specialised students, an artistic campus and an academic sanctuary.2004 年 8 月，蔡文祥出任第二任校长，以「创意师资、专精学生、艺术校园、学术圣殿」为治校理念。
• On 1 August 2005 the Ministry of Education approved the renaming of the university as Asia University and added the new colleges of humanities and social sciences and of creative design.2005 年 8 月 1 日，教育部核准该校更名为亚洲大学，并增设人文社会学院与创意设计学院。
• During that period undergraduate departments increased to 21 and major facilities were built, including a sports complex, the third and fourth student dormitories, the Creative Design building and the University Library.同期本科系所增至 21 个，并兴建了体育综合馆、第三与第四学生宿舍、创意设计大楼以及大学图书馆等主要设施。
• In August 2007 Horng-Jinh Chang became the third president, focusing on internationalisation, teaching and research excellence and industry-academia collaboration.2007 年 8 月，张纮炬出任第三任校长，着重国际化、教研卓越与产学合作。
• The university received funding under the Ministry of Education's Teaching Excellence Programme for four consecutive years, ranking second nationwide in performance in the third year.该校连续四年获得教育部教学卓越计划资助，第三年的绩效名列全国第二。
• By the end of that period the university had reached a 100 per cent enrolment rate and had stabilised its institutional foundation.至该任期结束时，该校招满率已达 100%，机构基础趋于稳固。
• In August 2010 the board reappointed Jeffrey J.P. Tsai as the fourth president, with a vision of building a world-class comprehensive university.2010 年 8 月，董事会再度任命蔡进发为第四任校长，以建设世界一流综合大学为愿景。
• In 2012 Asia University and China Medical University formed the CMU-AU System, sharing resources so that students could study at one university and enjoy the resources of two.2012 年，亚洲大学与中国医药大学结成「CMU-AU 系统」，共享资源，使学生能「在一校就读、享用两校资源」。
• Since 2018 the university has received the Ministry of Education's Higher Education Sprout Project, aimed at improving the teaching environment and quality.自 2018 年起，该校获得教育部「高教深耕计划」资助，旨在改善教学环境与教学质量。
• The university later established the College of Artificial Intelligence, reflecting its growing focus on artificial intelligence, semiconductors and smart healthcare.该校其后成立人工智能学院，反映其在人工智能、半导体与智慧医疗方面日益增强的侧重。
• In 2026 the university marked its 25th anniversary, conferring an honorary doctorate on the Nobel laureate Thomas C. Südhof, and it also hosted a dialogue with the Nobel laureate James Robinson.2026 年，该校庆祝建校 25 周年，向诺贝尔奖得主 Thomas C. Südhof 颁授名誉博士学位，并举办与诺贝尔奖得主 James Robinson 的对话。
• In the years after 2010 the university expanded its international recruitment and research, adding doctoral programmes, new colleges such as artificial intelligence and partnerships with hundreds of sister institutions.2010 年之后，该校扩大国际招生与科研，增设博士项目与人工智能等新学院，并与数百所姐妹校建立合作。

Academics

• Asia University is organised into seven colleges, namely the College of Medical and Health Science, the College of Information and Electrical Engineering, Asia Management College, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Creative Design, the College of Nursing and the College of Artificial Intelligence.亚洲大学设有七个学院，即医学暨健康学院、信息电机学院、亚洲管理学院、人文社会学院、创意设计学院、护理学院与人工智能学院。
• The College of Medical and Health Science has nine departments, the College of Information and Electrical Engineering four departments and two programmes, and the College of Nursing three departments.医学暨健康学院下设九个系，信息电机学院设四个系与两个学位项目，护理学院设三个系。
• The university employs nearly 400 full-time faculty members and enrols more than 12,000 students across its seven colleges.该校聘用近 400 名专任教师，七个学院在校学生逾 12,000 人。
• Its Asia Management College is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and the departments of the College of Information and Electrical Engineering are accredited by the Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan.其亚洲管理学院获国际商学院协会认证，信息电机学院各系则获台湾工程教育学会认证。
• Research at Asia University spans medicine and health, information and electrical engineering, management, design, nursing and artificial intelligence.该校的研究涵盖医学与健康、信息与电机、管理、设计、护理与人工智能等领域。
• The university runs a Nobel Forum and hosts international symposia, including meetings on quantum artificial intelligence, smart healthcare and semiconductor talent.该校设立「诺贝尔论坛」并举办国际研讨会，包括量子人工智能、智慧医疗与半导体人才等议题。
• It offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees across its colleges, with doctoral programmes including digital media design and business economics and strategy.其各学院开设学士、硕士与博士学位课程，博士项目包括数字媒体设计与商业经济与策略等。
• The university has established an artificial intelligence and semiconductor base to train advanced talent, linking with universities across the United States.该校设立「人工智能半导体基地」以培育高阶人才，并与美国多所大学合作对接。
• Its research centres include a cyber security research centre and a centre for smart healthcare and precision medicine.其研究中心包括资讯安全研究中心以及智慧医疗与精准医学中心。
• Asia University maintains partnerships with nearly 400 sister institutions worldwide and recruits international students through English-taught programmes and exchange schemes.该校与全球近 400 所姐妹校建立合作，并通过英语授课项目与交换计划招收国际学生。
• Under the CMU-AU System it shares faculty, courses and international seminars with China Medical University, allowing cross-campus study.在「CMU-AU 系统」下，它与中国医药大学共享师资、课程与国际研讨会，实现跨校学习。
• The university has been awarded the Ministry of Education's Teaching Excellence Programme every year since 2005.自 2005 年起，该校每年获得教育部教学卓越计划资助。
• The Asia University Library occupies the upper floors of the palace-style administration building and supports study and research across the colleges.亚洲大学图书馆位于宫殿式行政大楼的上层，为各学院的教学与研究提供支持。
• The university recruits distinguished faculty and has hosted Nobel laureates and internationally known researchers for lectures and honorary doctorates.该校延揽杰出师资，并邀请诺贝尔奖得主与国际知名研究者前来演讲与接受名誉博士学位。
• Its international programmes and the College of Artificial Intelligence are central to its strategy of cultivating globally minded graduates.其国际项目与人工智能学院是培养具全球视野毕业生的战略重心。
• Industry-academia collaboration is organised through the Office of Industry-Academia Collaboration and applied research centres.产学合作通过产学营运处与应用研究中心组织推动。
• Its faculty research output ranks among the leading private universities in Taiwan, supported by sustained government funding.其教师研究成果在台湾私立大学中名列前茅，并获得政府持续资助。
• The university offers a wide range of programmes across its seven colleges, from medicine and health science to creative design and artificial intelligence.该校七个学院提供广泛的学位项目，从医学与健康科学到创意设计与人工智能。
• The university's seven colleges offer programmes ranging from medicine and health science to information and electrical engineering, management, design, nursing and artificial intelligence.该校七个学院开设从医学与健康科学到信息与电机、管理、设计、护理与人工智能等广泛项目。
• Its programmes are supported by laboratories, studios and applied research centres serving fields from nursing and rehabilitation to digital media design.其课程获实验室、工作室与应用研究中心支持，服务从护理与康复到数字媒体设计等领域。

Campus

• The campus is located at 500 Lioufeng Road in Wufeng District, Taichung, in the foothills south of the city.校园位于台中市雾峰区柳丰路 500 号，地处市区以南的丘陵地带。
• Asia University is known for a garden-style campus designed with evergreen shrubs and seasonal flowers and Greco-Roman features such as Ionic, Corinthian and Doric columns.亚洲大学以园林式校园著称，园内遍植常绿灌木与四季花卉，并融入爱奥尼、科林斯与多立克柱式等希腊-罗马建筑元素。
• The central sports complex is modelled on a Roman coliseum, part of a campus that also features a palace-style administration building and library.其核心体育综合馆仿罗马竞技场而建，校园内还有宫殿式行政大楼与图书馆。
• The Asia Museum of Modern Art, designed by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando and opened in 2013, was his first building in Taiwan and stands on the campus.由日本建筑师安藤忠雄设计、2013 年启用的亚洲现代美术馆是其台湾首座建筑作品，坐落在校园内。
• The university operates the Asia University Hospital in Wufeng District, together with a veterinary teaching hospital.该校在雾峰区运营亚洲大学附属医院，并设有兽医教学医院。
• The campus occupies land in the Liushunan area made available by the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and developed as an open, green university site.校园位于台糖公司提供的柳树湳一带土地，开发为开放而绿意盎然的大学园区。
• Its buildings cluster around the administration and library block, and the site lies within reach of central Taichung and the Wufeng interchange of the national freeway.其建筑群围绕行政与图书馆区块分布，校址距台中市区与国道雾峰交流道均在可达范围内。
• The campus lies at approximately 24.15 degrees north and 120.68 degrees east in Taichung.校园位于台中，北纬约 24.15 度、东经约 120.68 度。
• The campus combines teaching buildings, dormitories, the library and the Museum of Modern Art within a landscaped site that has become a cultural landmark in central Taiwan.校园将教学楼、宿舍、图书馆与现代美术馆融合于园林化的园区之中，已成为台湾中部的文化地标。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Asia University is placed 649th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，亚洲大学位列世界第 649 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places the university in the 551-600 band, after a 401-500 placement in 2026.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列于第 551 至 600 区间，其 2026 年则位于第 401 至 500 区间。 ^[1]
• The U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 places the university 721st in the world.2026 至 2027 年版《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名将该校列为世界第 721 位。
• The university did not enter the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 published by ShanghaiRanking.该校未进入上海软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名。
• The OpenAlex database attributes 19,890 works to the university with 646,671 citations.OpenAlex 数据库为该校收录 19,890 篇成果、被引用 646,671 次。
• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 the university was ranked third nationwide in Taiwan and first among non-medical private universities.在 2026 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校名列台湾全国第三、非医学类私立大学第一。
• Asia University has been listed in all four major global ranking systems, namely Times Higher Education, QS, ARWU and U.S. News & World Report.亚洲大学已进入四大全球大学排名体系，即泰晤士高等教育、QS、软科与《美国新闻与世界报道》。
• Its faculty research output ranks among the top nationwide in Taiwan, and since 2018 it has received the Higher Education Sprout Project.其教师研究成果在台湾名列前茅，并自 2018 年起获得高教深耕计划资助。
• The university is known for applied fields such as smart healthcare, information security and semiconductor talent development in central Taiwan.该校在智慧医疗、资讯安全与半导体人才培育等应用领域，在台湾中部颇负盛名。
• Its growing reputation is reflected in honorary doctorates conferred on Nobel laureates such as Thomas C. Südhof and on the TSMC chairman C.C. Wei.其日益提升的声誉体现在向 Thomas C. Südhof 等诺贝尔奖得主以及台积电董事长魏哲家颁授名誉博士学位。
• The university's AACSB-accredited management college and IEET-accredited engineering departments underpin its reputation in business and engineering education.其获国际商学院协会认证的管理学院与获工程教育学会认证的工程各系，奠定其在商学与工程教育领域的声誉。

Student life

• The university's motto is Health, Care, Innovation and Excellence, expressing goals of good habits, care for self and society, creativity and lifelong learning.该校校训为「健康、关怀、创新、卓越」，蕴含良好习惯、关怀自我与社会、创意与终身学习之意。
• The university song was composed by the performer Jie-Cheng Tsai, with lyrics written by the founder Chang-Hai Tsai.该校校歌由艺人蔡介诚作曲，歌词由创办人蔡长海撰写。
• Student life is shaped by the garden campus, with the Museum of Modern Art, sports facilities and green spaces forming part of daily university experience.学生生活受园林式校园塑造，现代美术馆、体育设施与绿地构成日常校园体验的一部分。
• The university supports a wide range of student clubs covering arts, sports, service and academic societies.该校支持涵盖艺术、体育、服务与学术社团的多元学生社团。
• On-campus dormitories and dining facilities support resident students, with the third and fourth dormitories added during the expansion of the 2000s.校内宿舍与餐饮设施为住宿生提供支持，第三与第四宿舍在 2000 年代的扩建中落成。
• Its Roman coliseum-inspired sports complex hosts athletics and campus events, and the university competes in intercollegiate sport in Taiwan.其仿罗马竞技场的体育综合馆承办田径与校园活动，该校并参加台湾的校际运动竞赛。
• The Nobel Forum and visiting scholar programmes bring internationally known figures to campus for public lectures.「诺贝尔论坛」与访问学者计划把国际知名人士请上校园，举办公开讲座。
• The campus in Wufeng lies near central Taichung, giving students access to one of Taiwan's largest cities and its cultural life.位于雾峰的校园邻近台中市区，使学生得以接触台湾最大的城市之一及其文化生活。
• The university's garden campus and its museum make it a local cultural destination, and campus events bring together students and the wider Taichung public.该校的园林校园与美术馆使之成为当地的文化目的地，校园活动也把学生与台中市民汇聚在一起。

Notable people

• Chang-Hai Tsai, a physician and scholar, founded Asia University and chairs its board as well as those of China Medical University and the China Children Welfare Foundation.医师兼学者蔡长海创办亚洲大学，并担任该校与中国医药大学以及中国儿童福利基金会的董事长。
• Tseng-Lien Lin, co-founder of the university, chaired a construction company and served as a trustee of the National Museum of Natural Science Foundation.该校共同创办人林增连曾任一家建设公司董事长，并担任国立自然科学博物馆基金会的董事。
• In 2025 Chang-Hai Tsai was honoured as an academician of the Industrial Technology Research Institute and named among the fifty most influential figures across generations by Wealth Magazine.2025 年，蔡长海获选为工业技术研究院院士，并被《财富》杂志列入「跨世代五十位最具影响力人物」。
• Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, a former chair professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has served as founding president since 2001 and again since 2010.曾任芝加哥伊利诺大学教授的蔡进发自 2001 年起任首任校长，并于 2010 年再度出任校长。
• Wen-Hsiang Tsai served as the university's second president from 2004, when it was renamed and expanded with new colleges.蔡文祥自 2004 年起担任该校第二任校长，任内学校更名并增设学院。
• Horng-Jinh Chang, the third president from 2007, emphasised internationalisation and industry-academia collaboration.自 2007 年起任第三任校长的张纮炬，强调国际化与产学合作。
• Thomas C. Südhof, who shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, received an honorary doctorate from Asia University.共同获得 2013 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖的 Thomas C. Südhof 获亚洲大学颁授名誉博士学位。
• James Robinson, who shared the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, took part in a dialogue at the university.共同获得 2024 年诺贝尔经济学奖的 James Robinson 在该校参与了一场对话。
• C.C. Wei, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, received an honorary doctorate at the university's anniversary celebration.台积电董事长魏哲家在该校校庆庆典上获颁名誉博士学位。
• The Japanese architect Tadao Ando, winner of the 1995 Pritzker Architecture Prize, designed the university's Museum of Modern Art.1995 年普利兹克建筑奖得主、日本建筑师安藤忠雄设计了该校的现代美术馆。
• The university's distinguished faculty include researchers recognised in information security, artificial intelligence and medical engineering.该校杰出师资包括在资讯安全、人工智能与医学工程领域获认可的研究人员。
• Its partner institutions include Stanford University and FPT University in Vietnam, supporting joint projects in artificial intelligence, healthcare and talent training.其伙伴院校包括斯坦福大学与越南 FPT 大学，在人工智能、医疗与人才培养方面开展合作项目。