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Ching Chueh Buddhist Sangha University is an affiliated institute of            MCU,  which was officially established on 26^th October 2004, based on the approval of the Committee of Administration Council of MCU, Thailand. The establishment of the university was in accordance to the issue raised back in the national meeting of the members and representatives of the Chinese Buddhist Association (CBA) in 1995.

Back in 1995, the members/representatives of the CBA held a nationwide conference where some of the attendees mentioned about five universities established by several different Buddhist groups/communities in Taiwan and stated the fact that those universities, unfortunately, were not the institutes arranged for cultivating highly-educated Sangha, Buddhist monks and nuns. In view of that, members of the CBA in the meeting suggested that the CBA set up a university solely for Sangha. As the urgent necessity for having a Sangha-only university was strongly recommended, all the attendees fully agreed and approved the proposal right in the middle of the meeting. Ven. Master Ching Hsin at that time was chairman of the CBA and naturally the very person appointed to take the whole responsibility and possible measures right after a meeting of the CBA. Under the regulations of Department of Education, R.O.C., to have a Sangha-only university had to face some restrictions/difficulties and those obstacles would not be easily removed or overcame. No one was certain that a Buddhist university solely for Sangha could be built under the State’s laws.

Ven. Master Ching Hsin accepted his Honorary Doctorate Degree awarded from Mahachulalongkornrajaydyalaya University (MCU), Thailand 0n May, 20, 2001 and during his stay he had a chance to state the difficult situations he had been encountering and some different conditions in establishing Shangha-only university between the two countries with the former rector of MCU, Most Ven. Prof. Dr. Phra Brahmapundit.  Master Ching Hsin was then suggested to think deliberately about the possibility of having a MCU’s affiliate university in Taiwan. MCU is not only a national university with a long great tradition but an institute issuing worldwide recognized diplomas.

After a couple of years of preparations and numerous evaluations made by the faculty members of MCU who had visited the school site and surroundings three times in the past years, they were fully satisfied with both the hardware and software, and facilities of the institute at Kuang Teh Temple. With the permission of the members of the School Administrative Committee (SAC), this newly-established Ching Chueh Sangha University started its first session of opening ceremony on September, 10, 2003.  Most Ven. Prof. Dr. Phra Brahmapundit and his University Administrative Committee Members all the way from Thailand flew to share this historical moment and the guiding master of Ching Chueh Sangha University,Ven. Master Chureh Kuan was there also to deliver a very encouraging speech on that special occasion.

On Oct 26, 2004, Most Ven. Prof. Dr. Phra Brahmapundit and other 17 school members visited Kuang Teh Temple again to hand officially the Certificate of College Authorization to Ven. Master Ching Hsin, president of Ching Chueh Sangha University.  No tuition fee, miscellaneous expenses, and accommodations would be charged in this four-year Sangha-only high education system and those well-performed college graduates would not only get the worldwide recognized diploma from MCU but have an opportunity to study further at MCU in Bangkok, Thailand for MA or Ph.D.