national taichung university of science and technology

National Taichung University of Science and Technology (NTCUST; Chinese: 國立臺中科技大學) is a top tier technical university located in North District, Taichung, Taiwan. In Taiwan it is also known as 臺中科大 (tái zhōng kē dà). In central Taiwan, the university is known for its business school, which has produced thousands of business leaders in central Taiwan, especially in Taiwan early time when the business education was highly needed. The university began as two separate universities, National Taichung Institute of Technology (國立臺中技術學院) and National Taichung Nursing College (國立臺中護理專科學校). The two schools merged on December 1, 2011 to form National Taichung University of Science and Technology. The San-min campus is located on Sanmin Rd. near Yizhong Street shopping area, while the Min-sheng campus, where the College of Health is located, is down the same road near Taichung Hospital. The academic division of the university is composed of five colleges and one committee.