Fortune Institute of Technology

College in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

22°36′26″N 120°25′38″E / 22.60722°N 120.42722°E / 22.60722; 120.42722Campus3

Traditional Chinese

和春技術學院

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Héchūn Jìshù Xuéyuàn
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Hô-chhun Ki-su̍t Ha̍k-īⁿ

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]

History

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

Dafa Campus
Daliao Campus
Chishan Campus

Faculties

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

References

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

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