Tamkang University
Tamkang University (TKU; simplified Chinese: 淡江大学; traditional Chinese: 淡江大學; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-kang Tāi-ha̍k) is a private university in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was founded in 1950 as a junior college of English. Today it is a comprehensive university with 11 colleges that serves nearly 25,000 students on four campuses (three traditional, one online).
Former names | Tamkang Junior College of English | ||||||||||||||
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| Motto | 樸實剛毅 (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phok-si̍t Kong-gē) | ||||||||||||||
Motto in English | Simplicity Truthfulness Firmness Perseverance | ||||||||||||||
| Type | Private | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1950 | ||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | EUTW IAU Tsinghua Big Five Alliance U12 Consortium EPU | ||||||||||||||
| President | Dr. Keh Huan-chao (葛煥昭 博士) | ||||||||||||||
| Vice-president | Dr. Ho Chii-dong (何啓東 博士) for Academic Affairs Dr. Chuang Shi-feng (莊希豐 博士) for Administrative Affairs Dr. Wang Kao-cheng (王高成 博士) for International Affairs | ||||||||||||||
Academic staff | 1,367 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Administrative staff | 583 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Students | 24,209 (2020) (excluding foreign and overseas Chinese students) | ||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 21,488 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 2,721 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| 394 (2020) | |||||||||||||||
Other students | 681 (foreign students) (2020) 776 (overseas Chinese students) (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | , , 25.175°N 121.449°E | ||||||||||||||
| Campus | Urban, 21.62 ha (53.4 acres) (Tamsui campus) 0.32 ha (0.79 acres) (Taipei campus) 40.45 ha (100.0 acres) (Lanyang campus) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | tku.edu.tw | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 淡江大学 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 淡江大學 | ||||||||||||||
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Tamkang University is Taiwan's oldest private institution of higher learning and ranked among the top 1,500 universities worldwide in the 2022 Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Over 28,000 students of 50 nationalities form a diverse student body. Tamkang has partnerships with over 100 sister universities in 28 countries. The university's main campus in historic Tamsui is noted for its scenery.
Casually, members of the university community call themselves 'Tamkangians.'