I-Shou University


Formerly known as Kaohsiung Polytechnic Institute, I-Shou University is a private university in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. ISU was established in 1986 by I-Shou Lin, the founder of E United Group, to commemorate his mother as well as to benefit the villages and towns where he started his business. KPI was officially upgraded and renamed I-Shou University on August 1, 1997.
ISU has nine colleges and one center: College of Electrical & Information Engineering, College of Science & Engineering, College of Management, College of Communication & Design, International College, College of Tourism & Hospitality, College of Language Arts, College of Medicine, College of Indigenous Studies, and Center for General Education. It has 43 departments offering 15 master's programs, 7 doctoral programs, 4 bachelor's degree programs for indigenous peoples, 2 international programs, 17 evening bachelor's degree programs, 2 two-year in-service bachelor's degree programs, and 10 in-service master's programs.

History

Campuses

The Main Campus is in the Guanyinshan area and accommodates the College of Electrical & Information Engineering, the College of Management, the College of Science & Engineering, the College of Language Arts, the College of Tourism & Hospitality, the College of Communication & Design, the International College, the College of Indigenous Studies, and the Center for General Education.
The Medical Campus, across from E-DA Hospital in Yanchao District of Kaohsiung City, was opened in 2006 to accommodate the College of Medicine. ISU was approved by the Ministry of Education to establish the School of Chinese Medicine for Post Baccalaureate in Academic Year 2010, and then the School of Medicine for International Students with all courses taught in English in 2013. In 2018, ISU gained approval from the Ministry of Education to establish a six-year, government-funded MD program for Taiwanese citizens, and welcomed its inaugural class of local medical students in 2019. The establishment of the College of Medicine was officially approved by the Ministry of Education.