National Taipei University (NTPU; ), founded in 1949, is a national university in Taiwan which specializes in law, business, humanities, and social sciences. Before 2000, the university was named the College of Law and Business, National Chung Hsing University (). The university's main campus is in Sanxia District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Two other campus and education center are in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. According to Times Higher Education World University Ranking, it's ranked 1501+ in the world, and 30th in Taiwan. History and development NTPU has undergone different stages of development. It began as the Taiwan Provincial College of Law and Business in 1949; it merged with and became the local Junior College of Administration and the specifically established Administrative Junior College. In 1961, it combined with the newly established College of Science and Engineering to become Taiwan Provincial Chung Hsing University. In 1964, the Evening School was set up on the Taipei Campus. In 1968 another Evening School and the College of Liberal Arts were added to the Taichung Campus. The university continued to grow in size, and in 1971 it became National Chung Hsing University. In February 2000, the Taipei Campus including the College of Law and Business and Taipei Evening School became National Taipei University. So far, NTPU has signed MOUs and/or agreements with more than 110 universities worldwide to form partnerships. These partnerships are manifested through all kinds of programs for students and academic faculties, including international joint research, exchange scholars, visiting scholars, dual degrees, exchange programs, and internships. NTPU and Fu Jen Catholic University are the representative university of New Taipei City by QS Most Affordable Cities for Students Ranking. In addition, NTPU has exchange and visiting students from America, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, France, Poland and other European countries. Campus National Taipei University have Sansia (Main) Campus and Taipei Campus. Organization The president heads the university, while each college is headed by a dean and each department by a chairman: College of Law Department of Law Graduate School of Law The Center of Comparative Law Documentation College of Business Department of Business Administration Department of Banking & Cooperative Management Department of Accountancy Department of Statistics Department of Recreational Sport Management Graduate Institute of Information Management Electronic Business Research Center (EBRC) Center for Cooperative Economics & Non-Profit Organizations (CCENB) EMBA in International Finance Graduate Institute of International Business College of Public Affairs Department of