Chung Chou University of Science and Technology

n the fall of 1965, preparatory plans for the school were approved by the Ministry of Education (MOE), and in 1969, Chung Chou Vocational Institute of Engineering was established. In 1980, Mr. Niu Jian-Chu, a legislator who was passionate about education, organized a new board of trustees to take over the administration of Chung Chou and established the scale and foundation that exists today. In 1991, the school’s name was approved by the MOE to be changed to Chung Chou Junior College of Technology. In 2000, MOE approved the school’s name to be changed to Chung Chou Institute of Technology. In 1980, Mr. Chai Qin-Ming became the institute’s president and was succeeded by Mr. Tang Jhen-He, former Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Education in 1992. In March, 1993, Mr. Chai Yun-Ching, Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, CCUT, became the president. In August, 2004, Dr. Shih Neng-Ren, Professor of National Changhua University of Education became the president. On March 1st, 2007, Dr. Tso-Kwei Peng was inaugurated as the 3rd president of Chung Chou Institute of Technology. August 2012, the board invited Dr. Chin-Yin Tseng as the President who is one of the leading scholars in health improvement supplementary, industrial-academic partnership and technology guidance in Taiwan and the world. His mission will be to improve the quality of occupational education, create the university’s own unique strengths, expand opportunities to interact with the world and enhance the cooperation between the industrial and academic sectors. The ultimate goal is to establish “Chung Chou University of Science and Technology into a place that educates practical professional talents that have professional knowledge, cultural literacy and global view. The vision is to create an unlimited future of CCUT that can be as wide and long-lasting as it can be.