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{{Short description|Research university in Taiwan}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Feng Chia University
 | native_name            = {{native name|zh-tw|逢甲大學}}
 | image                  = Feng Chia University Logo.svg
 | image_size             = 160px
 | motto                  = 忠勤誠篤<ref name=FCUhist>{{Cite web |url = http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=62528&ctNode=19432&mp=3 |title = FCU History |publisher = FCU |access-date = 2014-10-24 |archive-date = 2014-10-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141025032736/http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=62528&ctNode=19432&mp=3 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
 | mottoeng               = Loyalty, diligence, sincerity and perseverance
 | established            = {{start date and age|1961}}<ref>{{cite web| url = http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=62526&ctNode=19432&mp=3&idPath=19354_19357_19432 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806233035/http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=62526&ctNode=19432&mp=3&idPath=19354_19357_19432 |archive-date=2012-08-06 |title=Feng Chia University -Taiwan 逢甲大學-About FCU-History}}</ref>
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]]
 | president              = Wang Wei 王葳
 | location               = [[Xitun District]], [[Taichung]], [[Taiwan]]
 | country                = 
 | students               = 21,441 (2023)
 | faculty                = 633
 | campus                 = [[Urban Area|Urban]]<br/>Main Campus<br/>Fuhsing Campus<br/>Taifeng Campus<br/>Hanlin Campus<br>Baozan Campus<br/>Central Taiwan Science Park Campus
 | affiliations           = IEET<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ieet.org.tw/search/searchList.aspx#E59|title=中華工程教育學會|access-date=2015-11-05|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001559/http://www.ieet.org.tw/search/searchList.aspx#E59|url-status=dead}}</ref><br/>[[AACSB]]<br />[[Tsinghua Big Five Alliance]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacsb.edu/membership/listings/all-educational-members/?F_Country=Chinese+Taipei|title=AACSB Membership - Educational Member Listing}}</ref>
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.fcu.edu.tw/en/}}
 | module                 = {{infobox Chinese
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  | s     = 逢甲大学
  | t     = 逢甲大學
  | p     = Féngjiǎ Dàxué
  | w     = 
  | mi    = 
  | y     = 
  | j     = 
  | poj   = Hông-kap Tāi-ha̍k
  | tp    = Tung-oo Tàhsué
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}}

[[File:West Gate, Feng Chia University, Main Campus 20140824.jpg|thumb|Feng Chia University]]

'''Feng Chia University''' ('''FCU'''; {{zh|t=逢甲大學|poj=}}) is a private [[research university]] in [[Taiwan]], located in [[Taichung City|Taichung]]. It was named after [[Qiu fengjia|Chiu Feng-Chia]], one of the leaders of the military resistance against the [[Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)|Japanese invasion of Taiwan]] in 1895.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cheung |first=Han |date=23 December 2018 |title=Taiwan in Time: Patriotic poet or embezzling deserter? |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/12/23/2003706629 |access-date=11 January 2024 |work=Taipei Times}}</ref>

Feng Chia University has a partnership with [[Purdue University]], [[RMIT University]], [[University of Zaragoza]], and [[San Jose State University]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.oia.fcu.edu.tw/ic/pages.php?ID=edit1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530122939/http://www.oia.fcu.edu.tw/ic/pages.php?ID=edit1 |archive-date=2009-05-30 |title=逢甲大學國際事務處}}</ref>

==History==
In 1961, the Feng Chia College of Engineering and Business was established on Guanyin Mountain in [[Beitun District]] of [[Taichung|Taichung City]]. Two years later, it was moved to its current location in [[Xitun District|Xitun]] District in central [[Taiwan]]. The school was granted university status in 1980 and its name was changed to Feng Chia University (FCU).

In 2008, the [[APEC]] Research Center for Advanced [[Biohydrogen]] Technology was established on the FCU campus. In 2009, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) designated the Geographic Information Systems Research Center as the Asian standards testing center with one of 20 official principal members.

FCU is the third university in Taiwan to complete and receive marks of excellence on five [[National Science and Technology Council (Taiwan)|National Science Council]] technology transfer projects.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> In March 2017, [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] recently established Taiwan's first Apple Regional Training Center at FCU, which makes FCU the only university in Taiwan authorized to conduct Apple-certified training courses.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taiwan's only Apple-certified training program now offered at FCU |url=http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=241168&ctNode=19516&mp=3}}</ref>

==Students and programs==
The university has 20,000 graduate and undergraduate students yearly in its nine colleges of Engineering, Business, Sciences, Construction and Development, Information and Electrical Engineering, Finance, Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Management and Development, and School of Technology and Management.<ref name="en.fcu.edu.tw">{{cite web| url = http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=63815&ctNode=19496&mp=3&idPath=19354_19359 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025132612/http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=63815&ctNode=19496&mp=3&idPath=19354_19359 |archive-date=2014-10-25 |title=Feng Chia University -Taiwan 逢甲大學-Academic Units-Unites}}</ref>{{As of when|date=June 2024}} There are 33 academic departments (excluding undeclared honors programs), four independent graduate institutes, and three independent doctoral programs.

In total, FCU offers 57 bachelor's, 76 master's, and 14 doctoral degree programs. Since 2008, surveys of executives from Taiwan's top 1,000 enterprises have consistently ranked FCU in the top 10 for the quality of its graduates.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web| url = http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=62526&ctNode=19432&mp=3&idPath=19354_19357 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208063732/http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=62526&ctNode=19432&mp=3&idPath=19354_19357 |archive-date=2015-12-08 |title=Feng Chia University -Taiwan 逢甲大學FCU-FCU History-FCU at a Glance}}</ref>

==Academics==
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There are 37 specialized research centers on campus, including the Green Energy Development Center, Geographic Information Systems Research Center, Construction and Disaster Prevention Research Center, Information and Communication Security Research Center, and the Center for Tang Dynasty Culture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Research Centers |url=https://www.fcu.edu.tw/en/organization/research-centers/ |access-date=11 January 2024 |website=Feng Chia University Organization Structure}}</ref> FCU recruits scholars from Taiwan and abroad. In the past three years, more than 40 chairprofessors have joined the faculty. They include Chin-Chen Chang and Chung-Jen Hsu, a former general manager of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation.

The Green Energy Development Center has developed an anaerobic [[bioreactor]]. This bioreactor yields 15 liters of [[biogas]] per hour from every liter of [[Anaerobic digestion|anaerobic sludge]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 2020 |title=Smart Green Synergy: High-rate Biohythane Production Technology for a Self-sustaining Community |url=https://trh.gase.most.ntnu.edu.tw/en/article/content/135 |access-date=11 January 2024 |website=Taiwan Research Highlight}}</ref> FCU was chosen as the site for the APEC Research Center for Advanced Biohydrogen Technology.

In cooperation with [[Renmin University of China]], the Center for the Tang Dynasty Culture spent six years proofreading the ''Quan Tangfu'' (The Complete Tang Odes).

In 2024, the International School of Technology and Management cooperate with [[Australian Maritime College]], [[University of Tasmania]], Australia, to offer the Bachelor of Global Logistics and Maritime Management.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tasmania |first=University of |date=2021-11-02 |title=Educational partnerships |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/community-and-partners/partner/educational |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en}}</ref>

==Rankings==
{{Infobox university rankings
| type = Feng Chia University
| QS_W =1201–1400
| QS_W_year = 2024
| QS_W_ref =<ref>{{Cite web|title=Feng Chia University |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/feng-chia-university |website=Top Universities|language=en}}</ref>
| THE_W =1501+
| THE_W_year = 2023
| THE_W_ref =<ref name="Feng Chia University">{{Cite web|title=Feng Chia University|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/feng-chia-university|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|date=15 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
| THE_Asia = 501–600
| THE_Asia_year = 2024
| THE_Asia_ref =<ref name="Feng Chia University"/>
| THE_N = 30–43
| THE_N_year = 2023
| THE_N_ref =<ref name="Feng Chia University"/>
|QS_Asia==324|QS_Asia_ref=<ref name="topuniasia">{{Cite web |title=QS Asia University Rankings 2025 – Overall |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/asia-university-rankings?items_per_page=150 |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=Top Universities |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>|QS_Asia_year=2025}}In 2012, FCU was ranked among the top 100 global "Emerging" universities in a survey published in the UK's the ''[[Times Higher Education]] Supplement''.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> In 2013, FCU was ranked among Asia's top 100 universities by ''The Times Higher Education Supplement''.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

In 2014, FCU was rated in the top 100 in the ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' (BRICS and Emerging Economies Ranking). FCU was ranked 153rd among the Asia University Rankings by the [[Quacquarelli Symonds]]. The individual subject world rankings from QS put FCU at 106th in Accounting & Finance.<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014 - Accounting & Finance |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2014/accounting-finance#sorting=rank+region=71+country=128+faculty=+stars=false+search= |work=Top Universities}}</ref>

In 2015, Feng Chia University ranked ninth in Taiwan and 78th in Asia in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 - Computer Science & Information Systems. In 2016, FCU was honored with a number one ranking in the Ministry of Education's Program for Promoting Teaching Excellence.

In 2017, FCU was ranked as the top private comprehensive university in Taiwan by the ''Times Higher Education'' "Best Universities in the Asia-Pacific Region 2017."<ref>{{cite web |title=FCU has another strong performance in the QS World University Rankings by Subject |url=http://en.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=241286&ctNode=19516&mp=3=}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
* [[Amanda Chou]], actress
* [[Hsu Shu-hua]], member of [[Legislative Yuan]]
* [[Liao Liou-yi]], minister of the [[Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)|Interior]] (2008–2009)
* [[Ma Wen-chun]], member of Legislative Yuan
* [[Phil Chang]], singer
* [[Tseng Yung-chuan]], secretary-general of the ROC Presidential Office (2015–2016)
* [[Wu Hong-mo]], minister of [[Public Construction Commission]] (2018)

==See also==
* [[Tsinghua Big Five Alliance]]
* [[List of universities in Taiwan]]

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