Nanhua University

Nanhua University
南華大學 (Chinese)
Motto	慧道中流
Motto in English	Wisdom, Means, Middle Way
Type	Private
Established	1996; 28 years ago
President	Lin Tsong-ming (林聰明)
Academic staff	219 (full time)
Students	5,281 (2014)
Undergraduates	4,086 (2014)
Postgraduates	1,195 (2014)
Address	Dalin, Chiayi County, Taiwan; 23°34′09″N 120°29′39″E / 23.5693°N 120.4941°E
Campus	Rural
Website	en.nhu.edu.tw
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	南華大學
Simplified Chinese	南华大学
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Nánhuá Dàxué
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Lâm-hôa Tāi-ha̍k

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. In 2022, Times Higher Education's World University Rankings ranks NHU as 95th of the "Impact Rankings: Reducing inequalities" in the world. ^[3]

NU offers undergraduate and graduate programs in a variety of fields, including humanities, social sciences, management, and science and technology.

The university has partnerships with over 100 universities in more than 30 countries, and students can participate in exchange programs, study tours, and other international activities.

Administrative units

Academic	Student	General	OACC	OICA
Registration and Course Services Group	Life Services Group	Services Group	Admissions Centre	Chinese center
Test Services Group	Extracurricular Activities Section	Construction and Maintenance Group	Career Development Center	Overseas Student Group
Editing and Publishing Group	Health Care Group	Storage group	Internship LES	Cooperation and exchange group
Training and Promotion Centre	Student Counseling Center	Cashier group
	Service Learning Group	Central Security Group
	Military Training Room
Personnel Office	Accounting Office	Office of the Secretary	Library	Computer Center
Service Group	Accounting Group	Secretary of the group	Digital Support Group	Systems Development Group
Administration Section	Budget Group	Public Relations	Cataloguing interview	Network systems group
		Correspondence Group	Reader Service Group	Administrative Support Unit

Teaching units

College of Management
- Department of Business Administration (Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral Programs in Management Sciences)
- Department of Nonprofit Organization Management (Master Program)
- Department of Finance (Bachelor and Master Programs in Financial Management)
- Department of Cultural & Creative Enterprise Management (Bachelor Program, Master Program)
- Master Program in Leisure and Environment Management
- Department of Tourism Management (Bachelor Program and Master Program in Tourism Management)
- The Department of Accounting & information Sciences
College of Humanities
- Department of Life-and-Death Studies (Bachelor Program, Master Program)
- Department of Literature (Bachelor Program, Master Program)
- Department of Early Childhood Education (Bachelor Program, Master Program)
- Graduate Institute of Religious Studies
- Department of Foreign Languages and Literature (Bachelor Program)
College of Social Sciences
- Department of Communication (Bachelor Program, Master Program)
- Graduate Institute of European Studies (Master Program)
- Department of Applied Sociology (Bachelor and Master Programs in Sociology; Master Program in Sociology of Education)
- Department of International and China Studies (Bachelor Program, Master Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Master Program in Public Policy Studies)
College of Arts
- Department of Visual and Media Arts (Bachelor Program, Master Program)
- Department of Architecture and Landscape Design, Master Program in Environmental Arts (Master Program)
- Department of Creative Product Design (Bachelor Program, Master Program)
- Art Culture Research Center
- Department of Ethnomusicology (Ethnomusicology Group, National Country Music Group) (Bachelor Program, Master Program)
College of Science and Technology
- Department of Information Management (Bachelor Program)
- Department of Electronic Commerce Management (Bachelor Program)
- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (Bachelor Program)
- Graduate Institute of Natural Healing Sciences (Master Program)
- Department of Natural Biotechnology (Bachelor Program)
Center for General Education