Chung Hua University (CHU; Chinese: 中華大學; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Dàxúe; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhonghuá Dàsyúe; Wade–Giles: Chung-hua ta-hsüeh) is a private university located in Xiangshan District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. It was formerly known as Chung Hua Polytechnic Institute founded in 1990 by three local Hsinchu entrepreneurs, Ron-Chang Wang, Zau-Juang Tsai and Lin Junq-tzer. It was upgraded to university status and renamed as "Chung Hua University" in 1997. There are six colleges with 25 departments offering undergraduate courses as well as 16 master programs and 3 PH.D.