I-Shou University (ISU; ) is a private university in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Formerly known as the Kaohsiung Polytechnic Institute, ISU was established in 1986 by I-Shou Lin, the founder of E United Group (義联集團), to commemorate his mother as well as to benefit the villages and towns where he started his business. KPI was officially renamed I-Shou University on August 1, 1997.