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Fortune Institute of Technology
Fortune Institute of Technology
Traditional Chinese	和春技術學院
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Héchūn Jìshù Xuéyuàn
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Hô-chhun Ki-su̍t Ha̍k-īⁿ

Fortune Institute of Technology
和春技術學院
Former name	Fortune Junior College of Industry; Fortune Junior College of Technology and Commerce
Type	Private college
Active	5 July 1989 (as Fortune Junior College of Industry); 1999 (as FIT)–2023
Address	Daliao and Cishan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 22°36′26″N 120°25′38″E / 22.60722°N 120.42722°E
Campus	3

Fortune Institute of Technology (FIT; Chinese: 和春技術學院; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-chhun Ki-su̍t Ha̍k-īⁿ) was a private university in Daliao District and Cishan District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.^[1]

History

FIT was founded on 5 July 1989 as Fortune Junior College of Industry in Cishan Township, Kaohsiung County.^{[citation needed]} In 1991, it was renamed Fortune Junior College of Technology and Commerce. In 1998, the Daliao Campus was established in Daliao Township. In 1999, the junior college was upgraded as Fortune Institute of Technology. In 2002, the second campus in of Daliao Campus was established and was subsequently renamed Dafa Campus.^[2] In 2019, the collage had an enrollment rate of 58.10%.^[3] In September 2022, the Ministry of Education ordered the university to close by May 2023 due to poor financial and academic performances.^[4]