Mackay Medical College
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| Motto | 敬天愛人 謙忍卓決 |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 2009 |
Religious affiliation | Presbyterian Church in Taiwan[1] |
| President | Wei Yau-Huei (魏耀揮) |
| Provost | Cho Wen-Lung (卓文隆) |
| chairman | Lin Yi-Min (林逸民) |
Academic staff | 62 (full time) (2013) 148 (joint) (2013) |
| Students | 428 |
| Undergraduates | 419 |
| Postgraduates | 9 |
| Location | 25°15′15.7″N 121°29′42.3″E / 25.254361°N 121.495083°E |
| Website | MMC (in Chinese) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 馬偕醫學大學 | ||||||||||
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The MacKay Medical University (MMU; Chinese: 馬偕醫學大學; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-kai I-ha̍k Tāi-ha̍k), formerly the Mackay Medical College, is a medical University located in Sanzhi District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Through the approval of the Ministry of Education, it became Taiwan's 12th medical school on March 30, 2009.
MacKay Medical University offers undergraduate and graduate programs in medicine, nursing, and medical technology.
The university has established partnerships with several universities and medical institutions around the world, including the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the United States, the University of Melbourne in Australia, and the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
Establishing MacKay Medical University is to commemorate George Leslie Mackay, who is the first Presbyterian missionary to Taiwan, as well as training of medical personnel. And the anniversary is March 21, which is George Leslie Mackay's birthday. Parts of the medical curriculum in Mackay adopt strategic alliance with National Yang-Ming University, and general education courses are admitted by "Summer School" which held by Second Northern Taiwan Teaching Resource Center.
