國立臺灣體育運動大學 | |
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| Motto | 術德兼修、堅強勤奮[1] |
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Motto in English | Pursuing expertise and integrity. Be strong and hardworking. |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1961; 64 years ago (1961) |
| Principal | Kuang-Piao Hsu |
| Students | 2,742 (2020 academic year) |
| Location | , |
| Affiliations | National University System of Taiwan |
| Website | eng |
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| National Taiwan University of Sport | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 国立台湾体育运动大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 國立臺灣體育運動大學 | ||||||
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TheNational Taiwan University of Sport (NTUS;Chinese:國立臺灣體育運動大學) is apublic university specialized in sports inTaichung,Taiwan, and a member of theNational University System of Taiwan.
NTUS once been merged with theNational College of Physical Education and Sports, as aNational Taiwan Sport University, but did not success eventually. This was the first case that Taiwan merged universities failed.
National Taiwan University of Sport founded in June 1961 as theTaiwan Provincial Junior College of Physical Education, was Taiwan first three-year junior college that specialized in sport. In the beginning, only had a Department of Sport. In the next ten years, school addednight school and Hsinchu campus (for five-year programs), but Hsinchu campus closed in 1980 and move back to Taichung.
In 1984, Taiwan Provincial College of Physical Education closed its night school. On 90s, school changes its affiliation fromTaiwan Provincial Government toMinistry of Education and rename as theNational Taiwan Junior College of Physical Education.
In 1998, National Taiwan College of Physical Education is blazing a new campus inPuzi,Chiayi County, and place their library in Chiayi County Stadium before completion of their teaching complex building. Even though Chiayi campus had two departments and a graduate school, it's still been criticized cause its low usage.[2]
Taichung City Government entrustsTaichung Municipal Stadium to school in 2004.
School plans request change its name toNational Taiwan Sports University, but theNational College of Physical Education and Sports inGuishan,Taoyuan also wants the same name. Therefore, in 2008, the Ministry of Education pushes the merger of two schools, but main campus set in Taoyuan lead to teachers and students of the former National Taiwan College of Physical Education unpleased, eventually the merging case were failed in 2009.[3]
After merging failed with the National College of Physical Education and Sports. In November 2011, MOE approved school change its name toNational Taiwan University of Physical Education (NTUPE), and keep Chinese abbreviation of the National Taiwan Sports University (Chinese:臺體、臺灣體大).
School change its English name toNational Taiwan University of Sport in August 2014, and closed Chiayi Campus after a year.
NTUS has three colleges:
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The NTUS football club has participated in domestic football leagues since 1983. In recent years, they use different team names due to league regulations.
The 500-capacity Taichung Taiyuan Football Pitch is used for home games.
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