Tribal University System

Tribal University System Bùluò dàxué xìtǒng Sistema Universitario Tribal
Headquarters	1590 20th Ave, River's Ward New Liverpool, Slokais Islands
Official languages	Slokaisan, Spanish, English,
Other languages of member universities	Kaijanese, Paiwanese, Kano-roah,Jelunga, and 10 others
Type	University association
Membership	15 universities
Leaders
• Chancellor	Hsu-Yuan Chan
• Minister of University and Technical Education	Abel Zhao
Establishment	13 May 1990

The Tribal University System is a university system that consists of 15 public universities and colleges that serve people of tribal ancestry in Slokais Islands. The TUS primarily supports and assists its members' schools and is a branch of the Ministry of Education. Although, the Tribal Council has chosen its commissioner since 2010, with Hsu-Yuan Chan elected in 2020. In addition to the 15 members, other schools qualify for the benefits of the TUS, these are known as Tribal Serving Institutions and must have a tribal enrollment rate of above 20%. Additionally, the TUS has its own athletic conference consisting of member schools.

History

The Tribal University System was created in 1995, although tribe-specific colleges and universities have existed since the 1920s. Many of the first colleges were funded or established by religious organizations such as the Catholic Church of Slokais or the Minjian High Temple of San Fernando. The rationale for the creation of these institutions was to help create a class of religious highly educated tribal people. In the 1970s a wave of Tribal institutions began to be founded by provinces and tribal authorities themselves to help preserve the language and traditional knowledge of tribal groups. The largest of these was Shanjiang Valley Provincial College, founded in 1976 to serve members of the Irayan tribal group. By 1995, 8 colleges came together to form the TUS, eventually becoming a public body in 2005.