Fo Guang University

Fo Guang University was founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, the founder of Fo Guang Shan. Fo Guang University first broke ground in 1993 and in seven years, the school was established on the mountain in Linmei village, and was already able to begin recruiting students in 2000, under its former name, Fo Guang Humanities and Social Science College. Students first began to enroll in the university’s undergraduate programs in 2002 and formed small classes of thirty to forty students in each department. The school was renamed “Fo Guang University” in August, 2006.Currently there are five colleges: Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, Creativity and Technology, Lohas and Industries, and Buddhist Studies. Fifteen departments are under these five colleges according to each of their subjects. With the exception of the Department of Health and Creative Vegetarian Cuisine, all departments offer a Master’s degree. In addition, the departments of Chinese Literature and Application and Buddhist Studies offer PhD degree programs. The Department of Product and Media Design established that the integration of science, technology, humanities, and social arts education , in line with the humanities, design-based , computer , science and media technology, aesthetics , business -oriented connotation ; curriculum planning , the integration of creative design, computer technology and aesthetics of the three areas of marketing ,and etc. The basic education at Fo Guang University of Humanities and Social arts education , provided training courses like creative product and media design and computer-related products and media integration , the enterprise that lead students to become both the arts and humanities and computer literacy science and technology skills to build the new generation of products and media design professionals.

Website：https://website.fgu.edu.tw/