Soochow University (traditional Chinese: 東吳大學; simplified Chinese: 东吴大学; pinyin: Dōngwú Dàxué; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tong-ngô͘-tāi-ha̍k) is a private university located in Taipei, Taiwan. Although the Soochow University in Taiwan maintains a church and a Methodist minister in residence, it may be considered a secular institution. The University and its College of Law is considered to be one of the best in Taiwan. The original Soochow University was founded by Methodists in Suzhou, Jiangsu province of Qing Dynasty China in 1900 as a merger of three existing institutions: the Po-hsi Academy, the Kung-hsiang Academy, and the Chung-hsi Academy. After the Chinese Civil War, members of the Soochow Alumni Association who fled to Taiwan established a new institution in Taiwan in 1951 to make up for the Soochow University lost on the mainland. A law school was opened in 1954, and a full university was certified in 1971. As the original site of Soochow University was later reestablished as Soochow in 1982, there would be a Soochow University in Taiwan and a Soochow University in Jiangsu.