Huafan University is an institute of higher education founded by members of the Buddhist community in Taiwan. It is located in Shiding District, New Taipei City. Currently, the university consists of 4 colleges, 12 departments, 12 graduate institutes, and 5 research centers. Huafan University (HFU, 華梵大學) was founded in 1990 as the Hua Fan Institute of Technology. In 1993, the name was changed to the Hua Fan College of Humanities, Science and Technology. In 1997, the school was conferred the status of university by the Taiwan Ministry of Education and the name was changed to its current name of Huafan University. (From the Huafan University site) Before her ordination, the Ven. Hiu Wan, or Yu Wan-shan, was one of the most acclaimed female Chinese brush painters of the twentieth century. Under the guidance of Kao Chien-fu, the master of the Ling-nan School, she majored in art at Kwangtung College of Humanities and Technology and later at the Art College of Hong Kong. For years, she had been a visiting professor to Tagore University in India, where she taught in the Art Department and had traveled extensively.