I-Shou University (ISU; Chinese: 義守大學; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gī-siú Tāi-ha̍k) is a private university in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Formerly known as Kaohsiung Polytechnic Institute, ISU was established in 1986 by I-Shou Lin, the founder of E United Group (義联集團), to commemorate his mother as well as to benefit the villages and towns where he started his business. KPI was officially renamed I-Shou University on August 1, 1997.
ISU has ten colleges: College of Intelligent Science & Technology, College of Engineering, College of Management, College of Communication & Design, International College, College of Tourism & Hospitality, College of Language Arts, College of Medicine, College of Medical & Science Technology and College of Indigenous Studies.[1] It has 43 departments offering 16 master's programs, 7 doctoral programs, 4 bachelor's degree programs for indigenous peoples, an international program, 12 evening bachelor's degree programs, 2 two-year in-service bachelor's degree programs, and 9 in-service master's programs.
The Main Campus is located in the Guanyinshan area and accommodates the College of Intelligent Science & Technology, the College of Management, the College of Science & Engineering, the College of Language Arts, the College of Tourism & Hospitality, the College of Communication & Design, the International College, the College of Indigenous Studies, and the Center for General Education.
The Medical Campus, across from E-DA Hospital in Yanchao District of Kaohsiung City, was opened in 2006 to accommodate the College of Medicine. In 2010 ISU was approved by the Ministry of Education to establish the School of Chinese Medicine for Post Baccalaureate and three years later the School of Medicine for International Students with all courses taught in English in 2013. In 2018, ISU gained approval from the Ministry of Education to establish a six-year, government-funded MD program for Taiwanese citizens, and welcomed its inaugural class in 2019.
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