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New Taipei (新北市): the universities and colleges here, getting around, the immigration office, and where to read more.

The short version

New Taipei (新北市) has 22 open universities and colleges in our directory. There is one High Speed Rail station and 25 Taiwan Railway stations. For getting around the city there is New Taipei Metro lines, the Airport MRT and Taipei Metro lines. International students apply for their resident certificate (ARC) at the National Immigration Agency (NIA), which has a service center here: the NIA New Taipei City Service Center.

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Universities and colleges here

→ Browse New Taipei's schools, including any that have closed

The city in numbers

  • Registered population 4,034,572 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 2,052.5667 km², in 29 districts and townships (鄉鎮市區).
  • Density 1,971 people per km², from the end of 2025 figures.

Getting around

  • High Speed Rail (THSR) Banqiao Station (板橋站), 新北市板橋區縣民大道二段7號.
  • Taiwan Railway (TRA) 25 stations with an address here: Wudu (五堵), Xizhi (汐止), Xike (汐科), Banqiao (板橋), Fuzhou (浮洲), Shulin (樹林), South Shulin (南樹林), Shanjia (山佳), Yingge (鶯歌), Fengming (鳳鳴), Fulong (福隆), Gongliao (貢寮), Shuangxi (雙溪), Mudan (牡丹), Sandiaoling (三貂嶺), Dahua (大華), Shifen (十分), Wanggu (望古), Lingjiao (嶺腳), Pingxi (平溪), Jingtong (菁桐), Houtong (猴硐), Ruifang (瑞芳), Badouzi (八斗子), Sijiaoting (四腳亭).
  • Metro and light rail New Taipei Metro (新北捷運) lists four lines: the Danhai LRT (淡水輕軌), the Ankeng LRT (安坑輕軌), the Circular Line (環狀線) and the Sanying Line (三鶯線). The Taoyuan Metro Airport MRT (桃園捷運) runs from A1 台北車站 to A22 老街溪站, by way of the airport terminals (A12 and A13). Taipei Metro lines also reach New Taipei.

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 New Taipei City Service Center 1F., No.135, Min’an St., Zhonghe Dist., New Taipei City 235016, Taiwan (R.O.C.). Phone 02-8228-2090.

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 New Taipei on other sites

New Taipei has no guide of its own; Inside Taipei covers it in a New Taipei section. The pages below are the closest match for each topic.

Official sites

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Sources (8)

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, Banqiao Station, Taiwan Railway station dataset, New Taipei Metro, Taoyuan Metro, route, NIA, service centers, Ministry of Education, university directory.