Chinese characters Hua (華), meaning Chinese culture, and Fan (梵), meaning Buddhism. This is intended to highlight the integration of 5,000 years of Chinese culture and 3,000 years of Buddhist philosophy to educate people with professional and technical knowledge to provide a service to society. Huafan University's goal as an educational institution is to help students improve themselves through self-education, or the "Education of Enlightenment" as advocated by its founder, the Ven. Hiu Wan. This involves self-awakening, self-development, and human-oriented education based on Chinese ethics and Buddhist compassion. Through this path of education, Huafan University’s objectives are to promote its students' academic competency and personal integrity, to help them achieve wisdom and compassion, and ultimately to benefit humankind as a whole. By integrating Hua (Chinese culture) and Fan (Buddhism) in education, these objectives will become one step closer. Location and environment Huafan University is located at the top of a small mountain in Shiding District. Atop Dalun Peak, with an elevation of 550 meters, it is reportedly "the highest" university in Taiwan (i.e., in terms of elevation). There are scattered Sanyou plum, bamboo and pine trees on the surrounding hills. The road linking the campus to the city is torturous: to walk from the town of Shiding would be very time-consuming and athletic; wending traffic and the steep incline of the roads would make bicycle transportation difficult (if not dangerous). The vast majority of students reach the campus by taking Bus 666; there is more than one bus route under the number 666, but this does link the campus to downtown Taipei (in a journey of more than one hour, each way, even in good weather). The campus is self-sufficient in many respects and has a vegetarian restaurant, in addition to small shops, so that students and staff do not have to commute for minor needs. Faculties College of Arts and Design College of Buddhism College of Engineering and Management College of Liberal Arts University presidents Yu Jie Ming (于傑民): August 1990 - January 1991 Guo Rong Zhao (郭榮趙): February 1991 - July 1992 Tian Bo Yuan (田博元): August 1992 - July 1995 Ma Xun Jiao (馬遜): August 1995 - July 2005 Yan Wei Mou (顏維謀): August 2005 - January 2010 Jue Jien-Ming (朱建民): January 2010 - July 2015 Kao Poyuan (高柏園): January 2015 -July 2018 Lee Kao Poyuan (李天任): August 2018 - Current International academic exchange Huafan University has