The National Taichung University of Education (NTCU; ) is a university in West District, Taichung, Taiwan. Founded in 1899 at the Confucian Temple in Changhwa county, it moved to the current site in 1923. In 2005, the university was renamed National Taichung University of Education. NTCU had a College of Education, College of Humanities and Liberal Arts, and College of Mathematics and Information Science. History In 1899, the school was established in the Changhua Wunwu Temple. In 1902, the school was suspended and the students were transferred to the Taiwan Mandarin School and Tainan Normal School. In April 1923, the school was reestablished and classes were temporarily held in the Taichung Public School building (formerly named Chung-Hsiao Elementary School). A practical program was established with a maximum study period of seven years. In April 1928, the main building (Administration Building) of the school was completed and an affiliated elementary school was established. In April 1943, the school was upgraded to a teachers' school (junior college). During the Japanese occupation of Taiwan in World War II, the school was administered by the Taiwan Governor-General Administration. In December 1945, the Nationalist government took over the school, which was renamed the Taiwan Provincial Taichung Normal School. A three-year program of general courses was instituted for junior high and vocational junior high graduates. In September 1960, the school was upgraded and renamed the Taiwan Provincial Junior Teachers College, and a three-year program of elementary education courses was instituted for general and special education teachers, and senior high and vocational senior high graduates. In August 1963, the school initiated a five-year day program and an evening-school program for the training of elementary school teachers. In July 1987, the school was upgraded and renamed the Taiwan Provincial Taichung Teachers College, which was composed of the Elementary Education Department, Language and Literacy Education Department, Social Studies Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Department, and Early Childhood Teacher Education Program. In July 1991, the college became affiliated with the Ministry of Education and was renamed the National Taichung Teachers College. In August 1992, the college established the Graduate Institute of Elementary Education (renamed the Graduate Institute of Elementary and Secondary Education in August 1995), the Department of Early Childhood Education, and the Department of Fine Arts and Crafts Education. In August 1993, the college established the Department of Music Education and the Department of Special Education. In August