University of the West (commonly known as UWest) is a private, not-for-profit, university located in Rosemead, California. It was founded in 1990 by Venerable Master Hsing Yun,[2] founder of the Taiwan-based Buddhist order Fo Guang Shan[2] and Hsi Lai Temple,[2] the North American order headquarters. The school offered its first class in spring of 1991.