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Taichung (臺中市): the universities and colleges here, getting around, the immigration office, and where to read more.

The short version

Taichung (臺中市) has 17 open universities and colleges in our directory. There is one High Speed Rail station and 23 Taiwan Railway stations. For getting around the city there is the Taichung MRT Green Line. International students apply for their resident certificate (ARC) at the National Immigration Agency (NIA), which has service centers here: the NIA Taichung City First Service Center and the NIA Taichung City Second Service Center.

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Universities and colleges here

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

The city in numbers

  • Registered population 2,866,367 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 2,214.8968 km², in 29 districts and townships (鄉鎮市區).
  • Density 1,295 people per km², from the end of 2025 figures.

Getting around

  • High Speed Rail (THSR) Taichung Station (台中站), 台中市烏日區站區二路8號.
  • Taiwan Railway (TRA) 23 stations with an address here: Rinan (日南), Dajia (大甲), Taichung Port (臺中港), Qingshui (清水), Shalu (沙鹿), Longjing (龍井), Dadu (大肚), Zhuifen (追分), Tai'an (泰安), Houli (后里), Fengyuan (豐原), Lilin (栗林), Tanzi (潭子), Toujiacuo (頭家厝), Songzhu (松竹), Taiyuan (太原), Jingwu (精武), Taichung (臺中), Wuquan (五權), Daqing (大慶), Wuri (烏日), Xinwuri (新烏日), Chenggong (成功).
  • Metro and light rail The Taichung MRT (臺中捷運) Green Line runs through 18 stations, from 北屯總站 to 高鐵臺中站 (THSR Taichung).

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 Taichung City First Service Center 1F., No.22, Wenxin S. 3rd Rd., Nantun Dist., Taichung City 408024, Taiwan (R.O.C.). Phone 04-2472-5103.
  • NIA Taichung City Second Service Center No.280, Zhongshan Rd., Fengyuan Dist., Taichung City 420010 , Taiwan (R.O.C.). Phone 04-2526-9777.

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 Taichung on other sites

Inside Taichung is a guide to Taichung. 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, Taichung Station, Taiwan Railway station dataset, Taichung MRT, NIA, service centers, Ministry of Education, university directory.