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Kaohsiung (高雄市): the universities and colleges here, getting around, the immigration office, and where to read more.

The short version

Kaohsiung (高雄市) has 15 open universities and colleges in our directory. There is one High Speed Rail station and 18 Taiwan Railway stations. For getting around the city there is the Kaohsiung MRT and light rail. International students apply for their resident certificate (ARC) at the National Immigration Agency (NIA), which has service centers here: the NIA Kaohsiung City First Service Center and the NIA Kaohsiung City Second Service Center.

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Universities and colleges here

→ Browse Kaohsiung's schools, including any that have closed

The city in numbers

  • Registered population 2,705,240 at the end of September 2026. This is the household registration count (戶籍人口), people registered here, which is not the same as everyone living here.
  • Land area 2,952.1226 km², in 38 districts and townships (鄉鎮市區).
  • Density 921 people per km², from the end of 2025 figures.

Getting around

  • High Speed Rail (THSR) Zuoying Station (左營站), 高雄市左營區高鐵路105號.
  • Taiwan Railway (TRA) 18 stations with an address here: Dahu (大湖), Luzhu (路竹), Gangshan (岡山), Qiaotou (橋頭), Nanzi (楠梓), Xinzuoying (新左營), Zuoying (左營), Neiwei (內惟), Museum of Fine Arts (美術館), Gushan (鼓山), Sankuaicuo (三塊厝), Kaohsiung (高雄), Minzu (民族), Science And Technology Museum (科工館), Zhengyi (正義), Fongshan (鳳山), Houzhuang (後庄), Jiuqutang (九曲堂).
  • Metro and light rail Kaohsiung Rapid Transit (高雄捷運) runs the Red Line (紅線), the Orange Line (橘線) and the Kaohsiung Light Rail (高雄輕軌).

The station list comes from Taiwan Railway's station dataset, which does not say which stations are staffed or which trains stop there. Check a station on Taiwan Railway's own site before you plan a trip around it.

→ Getting around Taiwan: fares, monthly passes, YouBike and scooters

Your ARC: the immigration office

International students apply for the resident certificate (ARC) and register a change of address with the National Immigration Agency (NIA).

  • NIA Kaohsiung City First Service Center 5 F., No. 6, Zhengnan St., Lingya Dist., Kaohsiung City 802304, Taiwan (R.O.C.). Phone 07-715-1660.
  • NIA Kaohsiung City Second Service Center No.115, Gangshan Rd., Gangshan Dist., Kaohsiung City 820009, Taiwan (R.O.C.). Phone 07-621-2143.

NIA service centers are open 08:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday, including the lunch hour. The NIA's Foreigners in Taiwan Hotline is 1990 from a Taiwan phone, or 886-800-001990 from overseas.

→ How to apply for your ARC

Housing and costs

More about Kaohsiung on other sites

Inside Kaohsiung is a guide to Kaohsiung. These are its pages on the topics students ask about most, with NightMarket.tw for night markets.

Official sites

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Sources (7)

Checked November 2026.

Ministry of the Interior, household registration open data ODRP014 (September 2026), Ministry of the Interior, population density by district ODRP048 (end of 2025), THSR, Zuoying Station, Taiwan Railway station dataset, Kaohsiung Rapid Transit, NIA, service centers, Ministry of Education, university directory.