Overview Established in 1960. Upgraded in 1977. Renamed in 2001 Brief History of Chung Shan Medical University Due to the shortage of dentists in the post war era during the 59's in Taiwan, Dr. Ju-Chuan Chou founded Chung Shan Dental Junior College (the antecedent of Chung Shan Medical University) in 1960 with the purpose of training dentists. The school was named after Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, alias Chung-Shan, in recognition of his patriotism. The demand for the institute to be elevated to the college level was growing with the time. After much effort and program enforcement, in 1977, our school was granted by the Ministry of Education to advance to Chung Shan Medical and Dental College. Yet, we kept progressing and expanding. In 2001, the institute was reorganized as Chung Shan Medical University (CSMU). Organization Currently, the CSMU consists of five colleges, which are College of Medicine, College of Oral Medicine, College of Medical Sciences and Technology, College of Health Care and Management, College of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, and College of Nursing. There are 21 academic departments and 22 graduate institutes. We have about 412 full-time faculty, 259 part-time faculty, and 273 staffs working on campus. And about 7,096 undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled. In addition, as a medical university, we have five affiliated hospital districts --- Da-Ching District, Chung-Kang District, Wen-Hsin Distric and Chung-Shing District. Each district has its own specialties and the state-of-the-art clinical facilities, e.g. the first PET scanning machine in Taiwan. Contribution to the Society and Eminent Alumni For the past 59 years, Chung Shan has educated numerous outstanding graduates. They devoted mostly to the medical care for societies all over the world. Many of our alumni also played a vital role in various leadership, like the Director of Department of Health in Executive Yuan, the Mayor of Kaohsiung City, key cabinet members, Members of Parliament, and chairs in the related fields of medicine and dentistry.