Fu Jen Catholic University, Beijing

　　Fu Jen Catholic University is abbreviated as Fu Jen. Former names include: Fu Jen Society, Peking Catholic University, Private Peking Fu Jen University, Private Peiping Fu Jen University, and National Fu Jen University. It had both national and private statuses. Among them, the private Peking/Peiping Fu Jen University was a university during the Republic of China era, with one of its founders being Mr. Ma Xiangbo, who was also a co-founder of Fudan University. It is one of the predecessor institutions of Beijing Normal University, the Philosophy Department of Peking University, Renmin University of China, Central University of Finance and Economics, and China University of Political Science and Law. In 1952, it was merged into these five universities.

　　Fu Jen was once ranked among the four most prestigious universities in Peiping (Beijing) in the early 20th century, alongside Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Yenching University. Today, it remains well-known among Chinese communities around the world. In addition to being a focal point for campus democracy and student activism during the Taiwan era, it has since become one of the few private universities in Taiwan with a large number of distinguished alumni across the fields of law and politics, academia, media, literature and arts, textiles, and sports. These alumni include a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, a significant number of academicians, national athletes, and members of parliament. Given the university’s important roles in both politics and religion, the Papal Nuncio to Taiwan participates in university affairs, and the presence of diplomatic vehicles on campus is common.

　　As the only university in Taiwan since the 21st century to have voluntarily reduced tuition and fees, Fu Jen has been continuously ranked by the British publication Times Higher Education as a “university around the world's top 500” since 2006. Its overall ranking is 10th in Taiwan, and it ranks 2nd in the field of “Humanities and Arts.” Currently, in addition to owning the world-class business school that was the first in both Mainland China and Taiwan to receive AACSB accreditation, it also continues to lead the nation in “international resources” and “pass rates for the medical school national licensing exam.” In recent years, with funding ranked third in Taiwan under the “Program for Promoting Teaching Excellence in Universities,” the university administration has developed plans to enable Fu Jen Hospital’s revenue to cover 90% of its operating costs, and a plan to re-establish Fu Jen High School is also underway.

　　Source: Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development