Ou Chin-teh, president of the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, is one such alumnus. By his own admission, he was an obstreperous child until his exasperated parents handed him over to be educated by the priests. Another alum, Tao (Yami) Aboriginal author Syaman Rapongan, has expressed gratitude to Pei-tse for opening the door to a better education.
身為院友的現任高鐵董事長歐晉德，就承認自己小時候「調皮頑劣」，才被父母特地送來給神父管教；也是院友的達悟族作家夏曼．藍波安，則感念培質院不僅讓他順利踏上求學之路，也對他的人格氣質造成長遠影響。