Tzu Chi University

(Translated by Joy Hsiao)

Chinese version

After the establishment of the Tzu Chi General Hospital, the foundation's next goal was to establish a comprehensive Tzu Chi University. Its general mission is as follows: "With the Tzu Chi College of Medicine as the foundation, purifying human minds and all society as the ideal, and a first-class seat of learning as the goal, we intend to build a modern, comprehensive university with the greatest potentials. We will build in eastern Taiwan a monument to the spirit of culture and education, a college town filled with broad vision and great humanistic talents."

The Tzu Chi College of Medicine was established in 1994, and in 1998 it was upgraded to the Tzu Chi College of Medicine and Humanities. It was expected to be upgraded again to Tzu Chi University in 2001.