{{Short description|Defunct university in Chiayi County, Taiwan}} {{Infobox university | name = Toko University | native_name = 稻江科技暨管理學院 | native_name_lang = zh | image = Toko University, sports ground (Chiayi, Taiwan).jpg | image_upright = | image_alt = | caption = | latin_name = | other_name = <!--or, other_names--> | former_name = <!--or, former_names--> | motto = 科技、智慧、創造、榮譽<ref>{{cite web |url=http://secretary.toko.edu.tw/files/11-1006-830.php |title=Motto (in Chinese) |publisher = Toko U. |access-date=2014-11-05}}</ref> | motto_lang = zh | mottoeng = Science and technology, intelligence, creativity, honor | top_free_label = | top_free = | type = private | established = August 2001 | closed = 31 July 2021 | founder = | parent = | affiliation = | religious_affiliation = | academic_affiliation = | endowment = | budget = | officer_in_charge = | chairman = | chairperson = | chancellor = | president = Dr. Shih Kuang-hsun<ref name="president">{{cite web |url=http://www.toko.edu.tw/files/90-1000-46.php |title=President Office |publisher = Toko U. |access-date=2014-11-05}}</ref> | vice-president = | superintendent = | vice_chancellor = | provost = | rector = | principal = | dean = | director = | head_label = | head = | academic_staff = | administrative_staff = | students = | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | address = Puzi, Chiayi County, Taiwan | postcode = <!--or, postalcode or zipcode--> | coordinates = {{coord|23|26|55.7|N|120|17|23.1|E|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 = {{URL|http://w2.toko.edu.tw/eng/|www.toko.edu.tw}} | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | footnotes = }}
{{Infobox Chinese |order= |showflag= |t=稻江科技暨管理學院 |s=稻江科技暨管理学院 |p=Dàojiāng Kējìjì Guǎnlǐ Xuéyuàn }} '''Toko University''' ('''TOKO'''; {{zh|t=稻江科技暨管理學院|l=Daojiang Technology and Management College}}) was a private university from 2001 to 2021 in Puzi, Chiayi County, Taiwan.
==History== The university was founded in 2001. In 2019, the university had only 37.23% of enrollment rate.<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Bethany|date=30 January 2020|url=https://ketagalanmedia.com/2020/01/30/taiwans-universities-are-fighting-for-their-lives-as-birth-rates-plummet/|title=Taiwan’s Universities Are Fighting for Their Lives as Birth Rates Plummet|website=Ketagalan Media|access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref> In May 2020, the university announced its planning of closure due to low enrollment. In July 2020, the Ministry of Education rejected the university's plan to close down. In May 2021, the university filled an application again for closing down to the ministry and on 23 June 2021, the ministry announced that the university would close down on 31 July 2021.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Chih-chung|last2=Yeh|first2=Joseph|date=23 June 2021|url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202106230019|title=Toko University in Chiayi to close down July 31: Education ministry|publisher=Focus Taiwan|access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref>
==Faculties== * College of Technology and Design * College of Economy and Management * College of Human Ecology * Center for General Education<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toko.edu.tw/files/90-1000-18.php |title=Faculties (in Chinese) |publisher = Toko U. |access-date=2014-11-05}}</ref>
==Alumni== * Yu Cheng-ta, Speaker of Chiayi County Council
==See also== * List of universities in Taiwan
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==External links== {{commons category}} * [http://www.toko.edu.tw/bin/home.php Toko University] {{in lang|zh}}
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Category:2001 establishments in Taiwan Category:2021 disestablishments in Taiwan Category:Defunct universities and colleges in Taiwan Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 2021 Category:Educational institutions established in 2001
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