The short version
Keelung (基隆市) has three open universities and colleges in our directory. There are seven Taiwan Railway stations, and no High Speed Rail station. International students apply for their resident certificate (ARC) at the National Immigration Agency (NIA), which has a service center here: the NIA Keelung City Service Center.
Universities and colleges here
- Chungyu University of Film and Arts崇右影藝科技大學
- Deh Yu College of Nursing and Health德育護理健康學院
- National Taiwan Ocean University國立臺灣海洋大學
→ Browse Keelung's schools, including any that have closed
The city in numbers
- Registered population 357,575 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 132.7589 km², in 7 districts and townships (鄉鎮市區).
- Density 2,710 people per km², from the end of 2025 figures.
Getting around
- High Speed Rail (THSR) No station here. None of the 12 THSR stations has an address in Keelung.
- Taiwan Railway (TRA) 7 stations with an address here: Keelung (基隆), Sankeng (三坑), Badu (八堵), Qidu (七堵), Baifu (百福), Haikeguan (海科館), Nuannuan (暖暖).
- Metro and light rail None.
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 Keelung City Service Center 11F., No.18, Yi 1st Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Keelung City 202201, Taiwan (R.O.C.). Phone 02-2427-6374.
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.
Housing and costs
- Dorms: how to apply, who gets priority, fees and rules.
- Tuition and living costs: what rent and everyday life cost across Taiwan.
- Renting: renting a room or flat off campus.
More about Keelung on other sites
Keelung has no guide of its own. These are the nearest pages, from Inside Taipei, which covers the area around it.
- Nearest guide page Inside Taipei: Keelung day trip from Taipei
- First weeks Inside Taipei: settling in, written about Taipei
- Night markets NightMarket.tw: Keelung Miaokou Night Market
Official sites
- Keelung City Government (English)
- Keelung Travel, the official tourism site (English)
- National Immigration Agency (English)
- Taiwan Tourism Administration (English)