Fortune Institute of Technology

Summary

Fortune Institute of Technology (FIT; Chinese: 和春技術學院; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-chhun Ki-su̍t Ha̍k-īⁿ) is a private university in Daliao District and Cishan District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[1]

Fortune Institute of Technology
和春技術學院
Former name
Fortune Junior College of Industry
Fortune Junior College of Technology and Commerce
TypePrivate college
Established5 July 1989 (as Fortune Junior College of Industry)
1999 (as FIT)
Address
22°36′26″N 120°25′38″E / 22.60722°N 120.42722°E / 22.60722; 120.42722
Campus3
Fortune Institute of Technology
Traditional Chinese和春技術學院

History edit

FIT was founded on 5 July 1989 as Fortune Junior College of Industry in Cishan Township, Kaohsiung County.[citation needed] In 1991, it was renamed Fortune Junior College of Technology and Commerce. In 1998, the Daliao Campus was established in Daliao Township. In 1999, the junior college was upgraded as Fortune Institute of Technology. In 2002, the second campus in of Daliao Campus was established and was subsequently renamed Dafa Campus.[2] In 2019, the collage had an enrollment rate of 58.10%.[3] In September 2022, the Ministry of Education ordered the university to close by May 2023 due to poor financial and academic performances.[4]

Campuses edit

  • Dafa Campus
  • Daliao Campus
  • Chishan Campus

Faculties edit

  • College of Business and Management
  • College of Design
  • College of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • College of Food and Beverage Management

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ http://eng2013.fotech.edu.tw/ABoutFIT/Campus%20Location%20&%20Area.html
  2. ^ http://eng2013.fotech.edu.tw/ABoutFIT/School%20History.html
  3. ^ Green, Bethany (30 January 2020). "Taiwan's Universities Are Fighting for Their Lives as Birth Rates Plummet". Ketagalan Media. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Private university deficits lead to closure, warnings". Taipei Times. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.