Cardinal Tien College of Healthcare and Management

The school was founded by Archbishop Stanislaus Lo Kuang of the Taipei Archdiocese. In Asia, Thomas Tien Ken-Hsin was the first Archbishop who won the Pope’s appointment. For remembering Thomas Tien Ken-Hsin with gratitude for his lifetime of contribution to the church, the country and the society, Archbishop Stanislaus Lo Kuang built up Cardinal Tien hospital. Afterwards, he also fostered the good nurses to further enhance the quality of medical care and to manifest the spirit and great love of Jesus Christ. Bishop Di Gang adhered to this philosophy, raising funds in Germany. He successfully raised the first-phase construction of the necessary money. Besides, the Taipei Archdiocese donated over more than 6,000 square meters of land to the school. In August, 1971 “Cardinal Tien Nursing & Midwife Vocational Senior High School” was established. In the first year, the school recruited three classes of the 4-year nursing midwifery training department. Then there were only 12 classes in the beginning and there was only one building—Cardinal Tien Building with four layers on the ground and one layer basement. The whole campus except the building was the lawn. In this tiny but delicate environment, the school depended on the support by the Church and the government. The students have won many awards among interschool competitions and had further study. Moreover, the school received the first prize in High School Medical Evaluation by the Ministry of Education in 1986. All of the performance formed the strong foundation for further development. Such performance and results in the beginning of the new school was valuable.