{{Short description|University in Pitou, Changhua County, Taiwan}} {{Infobox university | name = MingDao University | native_name = 明道大學 | native_name_lang = zh | image = MingDow University.JPG | image_upright = | image_alt = | caption = | latin_name = | other_name = <!--or, other_names--> | former_name = <!--or, former_names--> | motto = 明善誠身<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.mdu.edu.tw/motto/ |title = 校訓 (Chinese) |publisher = MDU |access-date = 2014-10-30}}</ref> | motto_lang = zh | mottoeng = Wisdom, Virtue, Honesty, Progress<ref name="accommodation">{{Cite web |url = http://www.mdu.edu.tw/~dud/MDUCVF/CVF-E03.html |title = Accommodation |publisher = MDU |access-date = 2014-10-30}}</ref> | top_free_label = | top_free = | type = Private | established = 2001 | closed = 1 August 2024 | founder = | parent = | affiliation = | religious_affiliation = | academic_affiliation = | endowment = | budget = | officer_in_charge = | chairman = | chairperson = | chancellor = | president = | vice-president = | superintendent = | vice_chancellor = | provost = | rector = | principal = | dean = | director = | head_label = | head = | academic_staff = | administrative_staff = | students = | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | address = Pitou, Changhua County, Taiwan | postcode = <!--or, postalcode or zipcode--> | coordinates = {{coord|23.8705|120.4949|type:edu_region:TW|display=inline,title}} | campus = | language = | free_label = | free = | colors = <!--or, colours= --> | athletics = | sports = | athletics_nickname = <!--or, sports_nickname= --> | sporting_affiliations = | mascot = <!--or, mascots= --> | sports_free_label = | sports_free = | website = {{Official website|http://eng.mdu.edu.tw/}} | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | footnotes = }}
{{Infobox Chinese |order= |showflag= |t=明道大學 |poj=Bêng-tō Tāi-ha̍k |p=Míngdào Dàxué }} '''MingDao University''' ('''MDU'''; {{zh|t=明道大學|poj=Bêng-tō Tāi-ha̍k}}) was a private university located in Pitou Township, Changhua County, Taiwan.
MingDao's specialized areas of research include renewable energy engineering<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140714143849/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/detail.asp?id=99703&d=2007111&GRP=B&sPeriod=30 University launches new hydrogen-powered car - The China Post<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (especially solar,<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/08/20/2003511210 Mingdao University lauds electricity-making panes - Taipei Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> wind,<ref>[http://www.scientific.net/AMR.512-515.617 High-Efficiency 4kW VAWT Design and Development<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and hydrogen<ref>[http://www.hydrogencontest.org/2013.asp Hydrogen Student Design Contest<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>), and its Department of Post Modern Agriculture is active in the promotion of organic agriculture across East and Southeast Asia.<ref>[http://atoap.page.tl/Home.htm ATOAP International – Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The university's motto is "Wisdom, Virtue, Honesty, Progress."<ref name="accommodation"/>
==History== The institution was founded as the '''MingDao School of Management''' in 2001, and was accorded university status by the Ministry of Education (ROC) in 2007. In 2020, the university had an enrollment rate of less than 60%.<ref>{{cite news|date=30 December 2020|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4090253|title=12 universities in Taiwan suffer enrollment rate lower than 60 percent|work=Taiwan News|access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref> It is scheduled to shut down on July 31, 2024.<ref>{{cite news|date=6 June 2023|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4090253|title=Three private universities ordered to halt new enrollments|work=Focus Taiwan News|access-date=14 June 2023}}</ref> On 1 August 2024, the university stopped its operation.<ref>{{cite news|date=2 August 2024|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/08/02/2003821666|title=Universities close amid diminishing enrollment numbers|work=Taipei Times|access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref>
==Faculties== * College of Applied Science * College of Design * College of Hospitality and Tourism Management * College of Humanities * College of Management<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.mdu.edu.tw/colleges/|title=Colleges|website=Mingdao University|access-date=17 June 2020}}</ref>
==Centers and Institutes== * [http://www.mdu.edu.tw/~ics/index-english.htm Institute of Chinese Studies] * [http://www.mdu.edu.tw/~ita/english/index.htm Graduate Institute of Curriculum and Instruction] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131205051311/http://www.mdu.edu.tw/mtc/index_E_1.html Mandarin Training Center (MTC)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131205042853/http://www.mdu.edu.tw/~cser/EngIndex.html Sustainable Energy Research Center] * [http://www.mdu.edu.tw/~prc/english/index.htm Photovoltaics Research Center] * [http://www.mdu.edu.tw/serc/indexEN.html Surface Engineering Research Center] * [http://www.mdu.edu.tw/abrc/en.html Agriculture and Biotechnology Research Center]
==International student complaint== In November 2018 it was reported in Eswatini that Mingdao University tricked more than 40 Eswatini students in working full five-day shifts in a chicken processing plant.<ref>[http://new.observer.org.sz/details.php?id=7412 Bring back our children from the Mingdao slave factories], Swazi Observer, 23 November 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.ettoday.net/news/20200520/1718882.htm 外媒爆明道大學曾把外籍生當學工「每天剝鷄皮8小時」 教育部回應了], ETtoday, 20 May 2020 (in Chinese)</ref>
MingDao University recruited over 40 students from Eswatini to take part in a work-study program.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=20 November 2018 |title=Swaziland: Students in Taiwan Forced to Work 'Like Slaves' in Frozen Chicken Factory |work=AllAfrica |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201811200377.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120141436/https://allafrica.com/stories/201811200377.html |archive-date=20 November 2018}}</ref> The program, advertised in June 2018, was called the "Taiwan Work/Study Scholarship" and offered applicants "hands-on practical and work experience" while earning a Bachelor's in Business Administration. The advertisement claimed each student would earn a monthly wage that would cover tuition, accommodation, insurance, and other fees while still leaving 3,000 Swazi lilangeni (US$167) a month to spare for extra spending money.
Once the students began the college program in Changhua County's Pitou Township, they were shocked to realize they were being sent to a freezing factory with temperatures hovering below 10 degrees Celsius to peel chicken skin. One student likened the situation to "slavery", alleging they could not simply leave since the university would punish those remaining behind.<ref name=":0" /> What they encountered in Taiwan was reminiscent of the case of over 40 Sri Lankan students from Kang Ning University who were duped into working in a slaughterhouse.
Yu Jung-hui (尤榮輝), chairman of the Union of Private School Educators (UPRISE), said that the students were used for "slave labor" and that MingDao University is "almost an international fraud" and called for an investigation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3937514|title=Over 40 Eswatini students duped into skinning chickens in W. Taiwan|website=Taiwan news|access-date=7 May 2022}}</ref>
==See also== * List of universities in Taiwan
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://eng.mdu.edu.tw/}}
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