Vanung University
private university in Taoyuan City
Vanung University (VNU; Chinese: 萬能科技大學; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bān-lêng Kho-ki Tāi-ha̍k) is a private university in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Vanung University offers a wide range of academic programs, including undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, engineering, design, humanities, and social sciences. The university has six colleges, including the College of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Design, the College of Humanities, the College of Social Sciences, and the College of General Studies.
History
VNU was originally established as Van Nung School of Industrial Skills on 27 March 1972. In 1973, it was renamed to Van Nung Institute of Industry. In 1990, it was again renamed Van Nung Institute of Industry and Commerce. In 1999, it was upgraded to Van Nung Institute of Technology. Finally on 1 February 2004, the institute was renamed Vanung University.
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This entry incorporates text from “Vanung University” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.