Fu Jen Catholic University Facts for Kids

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Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU; Chinese: 輔仁大學) is a well known university in Taiwan. The main campus is in New Taipei City. It was first started in 1925. Its first name was Catholic University of Peking (currently Beijing Normal University). It was started again in 1961.

Fu Jen is the Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese characters 輔仁 (Furen in pinyin), literally meaning "assistance" and "benevolence".

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Pope Pius XI funded £100,000 to support the founding of the university.
Fu Jen main entrance since 1963.
Auxiliary the hospital, North of Fu Jen Campus, and Taoyuan Airport MRT (2018)
The flag of Vatican City in the university.
Divine Word Academic Highrise, the last 20th century Fu Jen building.
A corner of Fu Jen College of Medicine new building.
Schutte Memorial Building, former Natural Science Library affiliated to the Society of the Divine Word.
Fu Jen College of Management is ranked fifth and the best business school in private universities in Taiwan.
Decoration of the Religious Life Week.
Former Chinese First Lady, Wang Guangmei
Professor of Harvard School of Public Health, Lee-Jen Wei
IPCC climate scientist, Wei-min Hao
Co-founder and former CEO of Trend Micro, Steve Chang
Economist, 48th Premier Lin Chuan
Man Booker International Prize nomination, Wu Ming-yi
Notable playwright and theater director Stan Lai
Notable screenwriter and Golden Horse Award winner Neil Peng
Notable singer and actor Nicky Wu
Notable singer and dancer Jolin Tsai
Notable actress and Golden Horse Award nominee, Vivian Sung
Notable weightlifter, Olympian Kuo Hsing-chun
Slovak Cardinal, Jozef Tomko
English pharmacologist, 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner John Vane
Mexican Cardinal, Javier Lozano Barragán
Salesian and Cardinal, Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga
President of Costa Rica between 2002 and 2006, Abel Pacheco
Polish-born Cardinal, Zenon Grocholewski
Luxembourgish politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Viviane Reding
Italian Cardinal, Renato Martino
Swiss politician and a former President of the Swiss Confederation, Pascal Couchepin
Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Matthew Festing
Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Giuseppe Versaldi
The 8th President of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine

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