Francis Yi-Chen Lan (; born 1969) is a Taiwanese-Australian management scientist who is currently the President of Fu Jen Catholic University.
He also served as the former vice-president of Western Sydney University and the Overseas Affairs Advisor of the Taiwan OCAC.
Early life and education Lan was born in Shilin District, Taipei City, Taiwan, in 1969. After graduating from St. Francis High School in Taipei in 1992, he went to Australia to study and successively obtained bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from Western Sydney University (WSU).《西雪梨大學副校長藍易振教授應聘返台接任輔仁大學校長新職，駐雪梨經文處頒贈僑務委員會玉山僑務專業獎章》 | 中央社訊息平台
After graduating with a Ph.D. in 2002, he stayed at WSU to teach and served successively as professor, department chair, associate dean of the Business School, and international director of the WSU Department of Asset Management.
Career WSU When Lan served as the provost of the Vietnam campus of Western Sydney University, he went to Mae Sot in the Myanmar border area many times to engage in teacher training and youth education. He also established the WSU School of International Education's "Humanitarian Scholarship" program to support Burmese refugees and students studying in Vietnam.
During his tenure as WSU Vice President, he successfully promoted WSU to rank SDGs first in the world in the Times Higher Education Impact Ranking. He is also the Ethnic Chinese with the highest position in the tertiary education in Australia system.
He was a member of the Australian Computer Society from 2000 to 2017.Professor Yi-Chen Lan Before returning to Taiwan, he had accumulated thirty years of education and academic service experience in Australia.輔仁大學新任校長藍易振榮獲僑委會玉山僑務專業獎章・吳正偉處長代表徐委員長致贈賀函 - 駐雪梨台北經濟文化辦事處 Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Sydney, Australia
Fu Jen On September 21, 2023, Lan was announced as the president-elect of Fu Jen Catholic University by Fu Jen Board of Trustees.公告：輔仁大學新任校長 On December 14, it was approved by Congregation for Catholic Education and announced by the Roman Curia.公告：梵蒂岡教廷文化教育部同意新任校長聘任案 On January 4 of the following year, the Ministry of Education (Taiwan) responded with approval and was officially appointed by Fu Jen.公告：藍易振教授獲聘為輔仁大學校長
He has officially assumed the post of president of Fu Jen Catholic University on February 1, 2025.遴選作業時程表
Recognition 2014 - Honorary Doctorate from University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2023 - Century Medal, Institute of International Education, United States 2024 - OCAC Yushan Overseas Community Affairs Professional Medal, Taiwan
References
External links Fu Jen President Yi-Chen Lan WSU Vice-President Yi-Chen Lan