The short version
Taoyuan (桃園市) has 13 open universities and colleges in our directory. There is one High Speed Rail station and eight Taiwan Railway stations. For getting around the city there is the Airport MRT. International students apply for their resident certificate (ARC) at the National Immigration Agency (NIA), which has a service center here: the NIA Taoyuan City Service Center.
Universities and colleges here
- Chang Gung University長庚大學
- Chang Gung University of Science and Technology長庚科技大學
- Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology健行科技大學
- China Evangelical Graduate School of Theology基督教華神學校財團法人中華福音神學研究學院
- Chung Yuan Christian University中原大學
- Hsin Sheng Junior College of Medical Care and Management新生醫護管理專科學校
- Kainan University開南大學
- Lunghwa University of Science and Technology龍華科技大學
- Nanya Institute of Technology南亞技術學院
- National Central University國立中央大學
- National Taiwan Sport University國立體育大學
- Vanung University萬能科技大學
- Yuan Ze University元智大學
→ Browse Taoyuan's schools, including any that have closed
The city in numbers
- Registered population 2,358,611 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 1,220.9540 km², in 13 districts and townships (鄉鎮市區).
- Density 1,929 people per km², from the end of 2025 figures.
Getting around
- High Speed Rail (THSR) Taoyuan Station (桃園站), 桃園市中壢區高鐵北路一段6號.
- Taiwan Railway (TRA) 8 stations with an address here: Taoyuan (桃園), Neili (內壢), Zhongli (中壢), Pingzhen (平鎮), Puxin (埔心), Yangmei (楊梅), Fugang (富岡), Xinfu (新富).
- Metro and light rail 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 機場第一航廈站 and A13 機場第二航廈站) and A18 高鐵桃園站 (THSR Taoyuan).
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 Taoyuan City Service Center 1F., No.106, Xianfu Rd., Taoyuan Dist., Taoyuan City 330026, Taiwan (R.O.C.). Phone 03-331-0409.
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 Taoyuan on other sites
Taoyuan 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: getting to Taipei, including from Taoyuan Airport
- YouBike Cycle.tw: YouBike, city by city
- First weeks Inside Taipei: settling in, written about Taipei
- Night markets NightMarket.tw: Taoyuan night markets
Official sites
- Taoyuan City Government (in Chinese)
- Taoyuan City Government New Immigrants Area (新住民專區), with an English option
- Taoyuan Tourism, the official tourism site (English)
- National Immigration Agency (English)
- Taiwan Tourism Administration (English)
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, Taoyuan Station, Taiwan Railway station dataset, Taoyuan Metro, route, NIA, service centers, Ministry of Education, university directory.