Fu Jen Catholic University is a top private university in New Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1925 in Beijing as Fu Jen Academy, at the request of Pope Pius XI, and re-established in Taiwan in 1961 at the request of Pope John XXIII. Its name means assistance and benevolence.Fu Jen is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit-affiliated institution of higher education in the Sinophone world, especially known for its strong ties with the Roman Curia. The university has since grown to comprise twelve colleges and schools, among which are several Taiwan's first/only academic units, such as Italian language, information management, museology, religious studies, and philosophy. Fu Jen is also the only university hosts A&HCI journal in the whole country.The university has been ranked as top 300 in arts and humanities and top 450 in medicine worldwide, it has the first one school there with AACSB accreditation and also the school was the earliest to promote PBL as pedagogy for medical education in Taiwan, furthermore, the transnational joint master's program MGEM was ranked 43rd globally by Financial Times in 2017. Currently, Fu Jen is the country's 4th most popular university and 5th best ranked business school. Fu Jen alumni include the Premier Lin Chuan, former First Lady Wang Guangmei, a number of politicians represented in the Legislative Yuan and professors at various world-class institutions.Fu Jen is a member of the Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities, along with the UTokyo, Peking, Waseda and others. The university has many collaborative institutions and exchange programs with top universities in G8 countries, such as Stanford, Oxford, and Angelicum. In addition, Fu Jen has established sister-school relationships with more than 376 universities worldwide that including Georgetown, Notre Dame, UC Berkeley, Tohoku, and C9 League universities. Fu Jen is home of the University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific, also a member of academic organisations like the Beta Gamma Sigma, the Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia, the Amazon Web Services Educate, and the International Federation of Catholic Universities. The Fu Jen campus is served by Fu Jen University Station, a metro station named after the university.
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