{"id":5006,"date":"2026-07-15T08:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/?p=5006"},"modified":"2026-07-15T08:49:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:49:35","slug":"international-collaboration-fu-jen-catholic-university-signs-41-bridge-program-agreement-with-seattle-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/blog\/2026\/07\/15\/international-collaboration-fu-jen-catholic-university-signs-41-bridge-program-agreement-with-seattle-university\/","title":{"rendered":"[International Collaboration] Fu Jen Catholic University Signs 4+1 Bridge Program Agreement with Seattle University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Enrollment Begins in 2025 | Info Sessions Available in May\u2013June<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Fu Jen Catholic University (FJCU),&nbsp;<strong>the largest comprehensive university in Taiwan<\/strong>&nbsp;with a student body of&nbsp;<strong>26,000<\/strong>, has officially signed a&nbsp;<strong>4+1 Bridge Program agreement<\/strong>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<strong>Seattle University<\/strong>. The&nbsp;<strong>College of Management<\/strong>, the largest college at FJCU, enrolls approximately&nbsp;<strong>2,600 undergraduate students<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>400 graduate and doctoral students<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">On&nbsp;<strong>February 24<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Joseph Orlando<\/strong>, Assistant to the Vice President of Seattle University, and&nbsp;<strong>Mr. Dario Ogaz<\/strong>, Senior Specialist for International Education, visited Fu Jen Catholic University, where they were warmly welcomed by&nbsp;<strong>Dean Mei-Juh Huang<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Associate Dean Hsiao-Yun Huang<\/strong>&nbsp;of the College of Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Expanding International Learning Opportunities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The meeting focused on the&nbsp;<strong>4+1 Bridge Program agreement<\/strong>&nbsp;between the two universities, as well as FJCU&#8217;s experience in expanding&nbsp;<strong>English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) courses<\/strong>. Dr. Orlando highlighted&nbsp;<strong>Seattle&#8217;s dynamic business environment<\/strong>, home to world-renowned companies such as&nbsp;<strong>Amazon, Google, Starbucks, Microsoft, and Costco<\/strong>, offering&nbsp;<strong>outstanding internship opportunities<\/strong>&nbsp;for international students. He expressed enthusiasm in welcoming&nbsp;<strong>Fu Jen students<\/strong>&nbsp;to further their studies at&nbsp;<strong>Seattle University<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A Leading Institution in Bilingual and Business Education<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The&nbsp;<strong>FJCU College of Management<\/strong>&nbsp;comprises&nbsp;<strong>five undergraduate programs and six master&#8217;s programs<\/strong>, offering&nbsp;<strong>the highest number of English-taught courses<\/strong>&nbsp;among all colleges at FJCU. In alignment with Taiwan\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>2030 Bilingual Nation Policy<\/strong>, the college has been awarded&nbsp;<strong>the Ministry of Education\u2019s Bilingual Learning Initiative for Higher Education<\/strong>, providing students with&nbsp;<strong>diverse English course options<\/strong>&nbsp;to enhance their global competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>About the 4+1 Bridge Program<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The&nbsp;<strong>4+1 Bridge Program<\/strong>&nbsp;offers two graduate degree options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>MS in Finance<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Early Career MBA<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Enrollment for the program begins in May\u2013June 2025<\/strong>, with detailed&nbsp;<strong>admission information available at upcoming info sessions<\/strong>. Follow us on&nbsp;<strong>the College of Management\u2019s official Facebook page, website, and campus digital bulletin boards<\/strong>&nbsp;for updates on&nbsp;<strong>this exciting international study opportunity<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enrollment Begins in 2025 | Info Sessions Available in  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5006"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5036,"href":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006\/revisions\/5036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acct.fju.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}