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Fo Guang Shan International University Consortium

《The FGS International University Consortium: Integrating resources from seven universities》
Venerable Master Hsing Yun prioritized “Education” in his diverse approach when propagating Buddhist truth. The first social educational institution that Venerable Master Hsing Yun founded was the Tzu Ai Kindergarten in Yilan in 1956, and he continued building educational institutions, including high schools and elementary schools worldwide until the University of the West was founded in the year of 1991, as the begging of higher education and based on the philosophy of venerable Master Hsing Yun “keeping wisdom to myself and leaving the university in the world”, so the following 4 universities: Nanhua University in Chiayi; Fo Guang University in Yilan; Nan Tien Institute in Australia; and the Guang Ming College in the Philippines because of the continuous effort of the “Million-member Fundraising Campaigns as the contributions to thank to the generous donors over the world.
- 1990 University of the West founded in The United States
- 1993 Fo Guang University founded in Yilan, Taiwan
- 1996 Nanhua University founded in Chiayi, Taiwan
- 2005 Centre for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism, Hong Kong
- 2011 Nan Tien Institute in Australia
- 2014 Guang Ming College in the Philippines
- 2021 FGS Tsunglin University join into FGS International University Consortium
Website : www.fgsiuc.org