Taipei Medical University (TMU) is a private medical university. It was founded as “Taipei Medical College” in 1960, and it was later renamed as “Taipei Medical University” in 2000. Since its foundation, it has expanded into a worldclass university with ten colleges, 6.000 students per year, five hospitals and more than 40.000 alumni around the world. TMU is located on Wuxing Street, a few blocks away from one of the tallest buildings in the world, the Taipei 101. The university received the Taipei City “Green Procurement” and the Ministry of the Interior’s “Green Building Award”. It is ranked as the 387th best university in the world according to QS World University Rankings.