College Name City Country Start Date End Date Affiliation Other Information Source
Amoy University Fukien Peoples Republic of China Tan Kah Kee founded and financed the Chip Bee Primary School (1913), the Chip Bee High School (1918) and the Chip Bee Normal College (1918) as well as the Amoy University (1921). Amoy University was eventually taken over by the Nanking Government and operates today as Xiamen University. www.knowledgenet.com.sg/singapore/shf/e_journal/articles/EJV2ART001.htm
Anglo-Chinese College Shanghai Peoples Republic of China 1882 Methodist Episcopal Church South merged with Tungwu College in 1911 to form Soochow University Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
Nance, W.B. 
Soochow University.  1956. 
Aurora University Shanghai Peoples Republic of China 1903 Roman Catholic located on Avenue Dubail; following reorganization of higher education in 1952 Aurora Medical College was integrated into Shanghai Second Medical College www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/library/pott/pott.12.htm
http://202.120.143.251/ehtml/exxgk.htm
Boone University Wuchang Peoples Republic of China 1903 Protestant Episcopal Church of USA Boone Memorial School which was founded by in 1871 in memory of early missionary to China, Bishop William J. Boone. The school was upgraded to college level and was called Boone University in 1909. Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=89
Bowen College Peoples Republic of China 1885 1924 Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society see entry for Central China University, predecessor of Huachung University http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=89
Canton Christian College Guangzhow (Canton) Peoples Republic of China 1888 moved to Macao before final arrangements, made in 1904, guaranteed a permanent location on Honam Island, two miles from Canton. Due to its nondenominational status and the frequent location changes in the early years, Canton Christian College grew only slowly.  Only in 1920 did the college make coeducation a regular practice. By 1925, Canton Christian College counted 226 students. Westerners outnumbered Chinese faculty members by a ratio of 27 to 7 in 1920-21.  Presidents: Reverend A.P. Happer was the driving force behind the founding of Canton Christian College and was president of the school from its opening in 1888 to 1890 when he had to retire on health grounds. He was replaced by B.C. Henry (1893-96). Charles K. Edmunds served as president from 1908 to 1924. Nance, W.B. Soochow University. 1956.
Thurston and Chester. 
Ginling College. 1955.
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=51
Central China (or Huachung) Universty Wuchang (Wuhan) Hubei Provence, Peoples Republic of China 1924 Protestant Episcopal Church of USA,
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society of England,
London Missionary Society,
Yale Foreign Missionary Society,
Evangelical Reformed Church of USA
closed for two years after 1927 due to student unrest; in 1929 reconstituted on western part of Boone Compound in Wuchang; after 1937 classes were held first in Kweilin, then Kunming and finally to Hsichow from 1939-1946; returned to Wuchang in 1946; in 1951 became Hua Zhong University Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=89
Fukien Christian University Fuzhow (Foochow) Peoples Republic of China 1915 Church Missionary Society, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Reformed Church of America, Methodist Episcopal Church moved to Shaowu in 1937; returned to original campus in 1946; closed after 1951 and buildings now house a factory Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998. 
Fu Jen University Peoples Republic of China 1925 Benedictines of Saint Vincent Archabbey Archabbey relinquished control in early 1930's; institution closed after 1949; in early 1960's the university was re-established in Taiwan http://benedictine.stvincent.edu
Ginling College Nanjing Peoples Republic of China 1915 Northern Baptist, Disciples of Christ, Northern and Southern Methodist, Northern Presbyterian founded initially in Nanking (now Nanjing); by 1924 support also provided by Smith College, the YWCA, and the China Medical Board.  Smith College was the larget single contributor.  During the Sino-Japanese War academic activities were dispersed to Chengtu, Wuchang and Shanghai.  Students returned to the Nanking campus in 1946.  In 1951 Ginling College and the University of Nanking were merged to form National Ginling University. Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
Thurston and Chester. 
Ginling College. 1955.
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=87
Griffith John College Peoples Republic of China 1899 1924 London Missionary Society see entry for Central China University, predecessor of Huachung University http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=89
Hackett Medical College Canton Peoples Republic of China 1899 founded by Dr. Mary Fulton, who had previously assisted a Presbyterian missionary Dr. John G. Kerr in a co-educational medical school; when Kerr resigned from the Canton Hospital, Fulton then opened a medical school for women Corbett, Charles Hodge.  Shantung Christian University (Cheeloo).  1955.
Hangchow University Hangzhou Peoples Republic of China 1845 Presbyterian founded as boarding school for boys; in 1867 moved to Hangchow (now Hangzhou); attained college status in 1897 as Hangchow Presbyterian College; known as Hangchow Christian college after 1914; co-ed after 1931; initially relocated to Shanghai during Sino-Japanese War and during WW II Colleges of Arts and Commerce located in Shaowu and College of Engineering in Kweiyang; reopened in Hangchow in 1947 and was under government control after 1949; the camus was occupied by Chekiang Teachers College; the College of Engineering was merged with the National Chekiang University; the Colleges of Arts and Commerce were dissolved; now called Zhejiang University  Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=154
Day, Clarence Burton. 
Hangchow University.  1955.
Hwa Nan College Fuzhow Peoples Republic of China Methodist Episcopal Church    college for women; evolved from preparatory school, with first college graduates in 1921; relocated to Nanping in 1938; in 1951 the government merged Fukien Christian University and Hwa Nan College with two other institutions to form National Fukien University; the Hwa Nan campus was initially designated as the college of science in the new institution, it is now used for training female teachers and is called Fujian Teachers College Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
Wallace, L. Ethel. 
Hwa Nan College. 1956. 
Lakeside College Yuezhou (Yochow) Peoples Republic of China 1917 1926 Reformed Church in America see entry for Central China University, predecessor of Huachung University Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=89
Lingnan University Guangzhow (Canton) Peoples Republic of China 1904 in 1938 shared space with the University of Hong Kong and in 1941 moved toTaitsuen; returned to original campus in 1945; after 1951 merged into government's Sun Yat-sen or Chung Shan Ta Hsueh or Zhong Shan University Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=96
Medhurst College Shanghai Peoples Republic of China 1908 London Missionary Society located on Chaoufoong Road www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/library/pott/pott.12.htm
Methodist Nanking University Nanjing Peoples Republic of China 1888 Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998. 
Nanyang College Shanghai Peoples Republic of China later known as Imperial Polytechnic Institute Nance, W.B. Soochow University. 1956.
National Southeastern University Nanjing Peoples Republic of China later renamed National Central University and still later, merged with Nanking University Lamberton, Mary.  St. John's University.  1955.
North China Women's College Beijing Peoples Republic of China 1905 Woman’s Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., the Woman’s Board of Missions of the Interior (Congregational), the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the London Missionary Society established in 1905 as the North China Union Women’s College; in 1920 it became the College of Arts and Sciences for Women of Peking University and its name was changed to Yenching College or the Women's College of Yenching University; The North China Union Medical College for Women joined the Shantung University College of Medicine in 1923 Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
Thurston and Chester. 
Ginling College. 1955.
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=104
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=137
Peking University Beijing Peoples Republic of China Methodist predecesor of Yenching University (now Beijing University); originally Peking University, but in 1912 the Imperial University (Chinese gov't institution) changed it's name to Peking University and the Christian university was renamed to avoid confusion Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998. 
Peiping Union Medical College Peoples Republic of China Thurston and Chester. Ginling College. 1955.
Shansi University Shansi Peoples Republic of China 1901 1911 English Baptist Missionary Society founded by Timothy Richard Corbett, Charles Hodge.  Shantung Christian University (Cheeloo). 1955.
St. Francis Xavier's College Shanghai Peoples Republic of China 1864 Roman Catholic located on Nanzing Road; initially operated by Jesuits; later responsibility changed to the Marist Brothers after 1893; after reorganization of higher education in 1950, the Brothers relocated to Hong Kong and resumed a secondary school program that was renamed St. Francis Xavier's College and continues today www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/library/pott/pott.12.htm
www.sfxc.edu.hk/sfxc/history.htm
St. John's University Shanghai Peoples Republic of China 1879 Episcopal absorbed into government's educational system after 1952 as The East China College of Politics and Law; St. John's Medical College becamepart of Shanghai Second Medical College Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
Lamberton, Mary. 
St. John's University. 1955.
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Shanghai Baptist College Shanghai Peoples Republic of China 1906 Northern and Southern Baptist after 1952 became Shanghai University of Science and Engineering Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998. 
Soochow University Suzhou Peoples Republic of China Methodist Episcopal Church South ceased operation after 1949 with change in government, campus is known today as Suzhou University; in 1951 Soochow Alumni Association in Taiwan started process to open Soochow University which now operates in Taipei Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
Nance, W.B. 
Soochow University.  1956.
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Southwest Associated University Kunming Peoples Republic of China 1937 1945 With the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War Tsinghua University, Peking University and Nankai University merged.  Follow the end of the war the institutions returned to their respective campuses. http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/eng/about/history.htm
Talmadge College Amoy Peoples Republic of China Reformed Church in America http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=740
Tengchow College Jinan Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China 1882 Presbyterian in 1902 the Presbyterians and English Baptists agreed to combine efforts in Shantung, forming an Arts College at Weihsien, Gotch-Robinson Theological College at Tsingchowfu, and Union Medical College in Tsinan (now Jinan); in 1909 these institutions were consolidated and a central site at Tsinan was selected; Between 1916 and 1923 the former Peking Union Medical College, the Medical Department of Nanking University, the Hankow Medical College, and the North China Union Medical College for Women all moved to Tsinan and these schools combined to form the Cheeloo University School of Medicine.  In 1917 the College of Arts and Sciences moved from Weihsien and the College of Theology and Normal School from Tsingchowfu to the new campus.  Initially Shantung Christian University, if was informally known as Cheeloo and is known today as Cheeloo. Corbett, Charles Hodge.  Shantung Christian University (Cheeloo). 1955.
Erh and Johnston, eds.
Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=55
Tong-De Medical College Peoples Republic of China 1918 1952 after reorganization of higher education was integrated into Shanghai Second Medical College http://202.120.143.251/ehtml/exxgk.htm
Trinity College Canton Peoples Republic of China 1908 1938 Church Missionary Society started as a boy's school; Revd William Sandford Pakenham-Walsh, went to China in 1897 under the auspices of CMS to work with the Dublin University Mission.  He was head successively of Fuchow High School and Theological College, and in 1907 he opened “Saint Mark’s
Anglo-Chinese College”, later known as Trinity College, Fuchow.  Included a training college for pastors for a time; survived until Japanese invasion of Canton
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Tungwu College Soochow Peoples Republic of China Methodist Episcopal Church South merged with Anglo-Chinese College in 1912 to become Soochow University Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
Nance, W.B. 
Soochow University.  1956. 
Union Normal Training College Guangdong Province, Peoples Republic of China http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=638
University of Nanking Nanjing Peoples Republic of China 1910 formed through union of three small colleges, the oldest being Methodist Nanking University; during the Sino-Japanese War academic programs were moved to West China Union University in Chengtu and return o Nanking in 1946; in 1951 merged with Ginling College to form National Ginling University. Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998. 
Wesley College Wuchang Peoples Republic of China British Methodist predecessor of Huachung University Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998. 
Western China Union University Chengtu Peoples Republic of China 1910 1951 American Baptist, British Friends, Methodist Church of Canada, Methodist Episcopal Church with takeover by the government become initially West China University (Kuo Li Hwa His Ta Hsueh) or West China People's University; now Huaxi Medical University; the Colleges of Arts and Science, and Education were tranferred to a new Provincial University located roughly three miles away Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
Walmsley, Lewis C. 
West China University.  1974. 
Women's Christian Medical College Shanghai Thurston and Chester. Ginling College. 1955.
Women's College of South China Thurston and Chester. Ginling College. 1955.
Yenching College for Women Beijing Peoples Republic of China see entry for North China Women's College Thurston and Chester. Ginling College. 1955.
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=137
Yale-in-China Changsha Peoples Republic of China 1903 1926 Yale Foreign Missionary Society see entry for Central China University, predecessor of Huachung University Erh and Johnston, eds. Hallowed Halls: Protestant Colleges in Old China.  1998.
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=89
last update:  2/16/04
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