Goals

1. To take human’s health and welfare as the aims of the college, to give impetus to the education of the humanities and social sciences, as well as to center on the research relevant to medical humanities, healthy society, and medical psychology.
2. To educate people who participate in the healthcare and medical industry, to familiarize students with theory and practice, and develop their interdisciplinary vision in Psychology, Applied Sociology and Social Work.
3. To be a leading healthcare and medical professional research institute.
4. To be a planner, advocator and executants who cultivate students’ humanities

The College is different from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences in the other comprehensive universities in the sense of the human-healthcare-oriented research and the teaching-based development. Also, it promotes the humanities and society education, and puts an emphasis on the research into medical humanities, medical ethics, medical anthropology, health society and medical psychology. KMU students majoring in the Department of Public Health are expected not only to develop the knowledge of health and medical treatments, but also to appreciate the spirit of the humanities. KMU graduates are likely to have more knowledge and experiences related to health and medical treatments than others from other universities. Our postgraduate program emphasizes the human and social issues about health and medical treatments.

Missions

1. The undergraduate study of the College centers on both theory and practice, not only in its majors but also the interdisciplinary fields; the postgraduate study aims at educating professionals that are needed by Healthcare and Medical Industry related to Psychology, Applied Sociology and Social Work.
2. To foster the already established teaching, research and service of psychology, applied sociology and social work in the healthcare and medical field.
3. To help students cultivate the humanistic values of students belonging to the healthcare and medical field; this includes the design of courses, the allocations of teachers, the enhancement of teaching approaches, the plan of experienced learning and the like.
4. The Center for Language and Culture as well as the Center for Humanities and Arts Education are responsible for the English and Chinese education of KMU students, enhancing their literary, historical, philosophical, and art knowledge.
5. The Center for Physical Education cooperates with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to cultivate students, including holding competitions to improve students’ physical figure and nurture their exercise habit. It also helps to foster students’ teamwork skills and cooperative spirit.
6. The Center for Fundamental Science Education places an emphasis on math, physics and information sciences, and their relevant applications. It also aims to collaborate with colleagues in other leading international organizations.

Accomplishments

1. To continue cooperating with international academies not only in pedagogy but also in practice, by providing the opportunities of the international internship for students.
2. To guide students with professional knowledge with awareness of the needs and peculiarities of the service receivers in order to offer services on and outside the campus, as well as in caring for the local.
3. To equip students with language skills in Mandarin Chinese and English by establishing and promoting language and culture self-learning system, and provide IT and culture knowledge.
4. To emphasize on the development of physical fitness and the basic concepts of various sports, which in turn bring up students’ interests in recreational sports.
5. To strengthen the environmental education of humanities and arts by holding diverse types of exhibitions and performances related to culture and arts as well as holding speeches and competitions relevant to humanities and society, grounded on the belief, “being close to arts and caring for life.”