# National Taiwan University of Sport

The National Taiwan University of Sport (NTUS; Chinese: 國立臺灣體育運動大學) is a public university specialized in sports in Taichung, Taiwan, and a member of the National University System of Taiwan.
NTUS once been merged with the National College of Physical Education and Sports, as a National Taiwan Sport University, but did not success eventually. This was the first case that Taiwan merged universities failed.

## History
### Founding

National Taiwan University of Sport founded in June 1961 as the Taiwan Provincial Junior College of Physical Education, was Taiwan first three-year junior college that specialized in sport. In the beginning, only had a Department of Sport. In the next ten years, school added night school and Hsinchu campus (for five-year programs), but Hsinchu campus closed in 1980 and move back to Taichung.
In 1984, Taiwan Provincial College of Physical Education closed its night school. On 90s, school changes its affiliation from Taiwan Provincial Government to Ministry of Education and rename as the National Taiwan Junior College of Physical Education.

### Merging failed

In 1998, National Taiwan College of Physical Education is blazing a new campus in Puzi, Chiayi County, and place their library in Chiayi County Stadium before completion of their teaching complex building. Even though Chiayi campus had two departments and a graduate school, it's still been criticized cause its low usage.
Taichung City Government entrusts Taichung Municipal Stadium to school in 2004.
School plans request change its name to National Taiwan Sports University, but the National College of Physical Education and Sports in Guishan, Taoyuan also wants the same name. Therefore, in 2008, the Ministry of Education pushes the merger of two schools, but main campus set in Taoyuan lead to teachers and students of the former National Taiwan College of Physical Education unpleased, eventually the merging case were failed in 2009.

### Changed name

After merging failed with the National College of Physical Education and Sports. In November 2011, MOE approved school change its name to National Taiwan University of Physical Education (NTUPE), and keep Chinese abbreviation of the National Taiwan Sports University (Chinese: 臺體、臺灣體大).
School change its English name to National Taiwan University of Sport in August 2014, and closed Chiayi Campus after a year.

## Academics

NTUS has three colleges:
| College of Sport Education | Department | Bachelor | Bachelor of Extension Education | Master | PhD |
| College of Sport Education | Dept. of Physical Education | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| College of Sport Education | Dept. of Dance | ✔ | | ✔ | |
| College of Sport Education | Dept. of Sport Performance | ✔ | | ✔ | ✔ |
| College of Sport Education | Dept. of Combat Sport | ✔ | | | |
| College of Sport Education | Dept. of Ball Sport | ✔ | | | |
| College of Sport Industry | Dept. of Recreational Sport | ✔ | | ✔ | |
| College of Sport Industry | Dept. of Sport Management | ✔ | | ✔ | ✔ |
| College of Sport Industry | Dept. of Exercise Health Science | ✔ | | ✔ | |
| College of Sport Industry | Dept. of Sport Information and Communication | ✔ | | | |

## Campuses

* Main Campus in North District, Taichung

### Closed

* Hsinchu Campus in Hsinchu County (1970–1980)
* Chiayi Campus in Puzi, Chiayi County (1998–2015)

## Student life
### Athletics

The NTUS football club has participated in domestic football leagues since 1983. In recent years, they use different team names due to league regulations.
* Enterprise Football League 2008: Molten Tso I (Molten佐儀)
* Intercity Football League 2008: Chia Cheng Hsin (家成興)
* Intercity Football League 2009: Kaohsiung Yoedy (高市耀迪)
* 2017 Taiwan Football Premier League: Hasus TSU F.C. (臺體光磊)
* 2018 Taiwan Football Premier League & 2019 Taiwan Football Premier League: NTUS (臺灣體大)
* 2020 Taiwan Football Premier League: Land Home NTUS (璉紅臺體)
The 500-capacity Taichung Taiyuan Football Pitch is used for home games.

## Notable people
### Alumni

* Notable NTUS alumni include:
* Chang Tai-shan, hitting coach of Wei Chuan Dragons
* Yang Chun-han, gold medalist of 2017 Summer Universiade
* Chen Chieh, pro athlete
* Yang Yung-wei, silver medalist of 2020 Summer Olympics
* Feng Chun-kai, pro cyclist of Team Bahrain Victorious
* Hsiao Mei-yu, pro cyclist
* Lu Kun-chi, retired goalkeeper of Taiwan Power Company F.C.
* Nicky Wu, singer and actor

### Faculty

* Notable present and past NTUS faculty include:
* Hsu Gi-sheng, long-distance running club & school team coach of NTUS

## Transportation
### Taichung City Bus

| Initiating station | Terminal station | Route |
| Taichung railway station | Taichung First Senior High School | Route 7 Route 50 Route 59 Route 65 Route 270 Route 276 |
| Taichung HSR station | Taichung First Senior High School | Route 159 |
| Taichung HSR station | Taichung Tech | Route 26 Route 82 Route 99 Extend |
| Taichung HSR station | Chungyo Department Store | Route 99 |

## Relevant articles

* National Taiwan Sport University
* University of Taipei (Tianmu Campus)
* List of universities in Taiwan