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Chung Yuan Christian University

中原大學

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Chung Yuan Christian University is a private university in 中壢區, Taoyuan. It has 16,404 students (2025/26). 544 of them are international students.

The facts

Departments

Campus and area

As each school publishes it, with the school year shown where the school gives one. Check the school's own page before you apply.

Chung Yuan Christian University

  • District
    Zhongli Dist., Taoyuan
  • Address
  • Train (TRA)
    台鐵中壢站 (30 min)
    台鐵中壢站後站至本校約2.5公里,步行約30分鐘
  • High speed rail (HSR)
    高鐵桃園站
    搭乘高鐵快捷公車170高鐵桃園站-中壢,約20分鐘可到達中壢市區,再轉搭公車至中原
  • Bus
    170 高鐵桃園站-中壢
    國光客運1818A 台北北一門-中原大學
  • YouBike stations
    Chung Yuan Christian University
    Civil Engineering Building (Chung Yuan Ecological Park)

Dorms

  • Dorms
    Yes
  • Who is guaranteed or put first
    First-year students Freshmen applicants are assigned to dormitories in the order of proximity to their residence which is based on the residential address before admission to the school. The university retains the right to allocate.
    priority by distance, not a guarantee; unplaced freshmen can join an online waitlist
    First-year graduate students If the applications from new graduate students do not exceed the capacity of the dormitory, all applicants will be allowed to live in the dormitory. If the capacity is exceeded, there will be a draw to determine bed assignment.
    Other Sophomores or above (master/PhD students included): beds arrangement is conducted by computerized draw.
    Students with disabilities Disabled students (a copy of the disability card should be attached) have the priority for accommodation.
    priority, not a guarantee
    Low-income households (低收入戶) Students from low-income and middle-low-income families (certificate of the current year attached) have the priority for accommodation.
    priority, not a guarantee
  • How to apply
    If you need accommodation, please apply on itouch during the application period. If you do not need accommodation, please fill in the waiver form.
    for freshmen; no mandatory housing requirement
  • Application period
    Returning students: the Housing Section announces the application requirements in early March each year.
  • How beds are allocated
    Freshmen are assigned in the order of proximity to their residence (address before admission). New graduate students all get beds unless applications exceed capacity, then a draw. Sophomores or above (master/PhD included) apply after the early-March notice and beds are arranged by computerized draw. Approved residents must stay the full academic year.
  • Lottery
    Yes
  • Household registration (戶籍) rule
    Freshmen applicants are assigned to dormitories in the order of proximity to their residence which is based on the residential address before admission to the school.
  • Summer break
    住宿服務組於每學期中公告寒、暑宿申請須知,請同學依據相關規定提出申請及完成繳費。寒、暑宿僅開放當學期及下學期住宿生申請。
  • Winter break
    寒、暑宿僅開放當學期及下學期住宿生申請。恩慈宿舍不開放寒暑宿住宿,將統一安排於良善宿舍住宿。農曆春節假期則各棟宿舍關閉。

Dorm fees

Hall and roomFeeYear
Lih Hsing Boys' Dormitory
Men, Undergraduates, First-year students
6人雅房NT$9,500 [1]
per semester
2026/27
6人雅房NT$1,470 [2]
winter break
2026/27
6人雅房NT$1,840 [3]
summer break
2026/27
6人雅房NT$3,690 [4]
summer break
2026/27
En Tzu Girls' Dormitory
Women, Undergraduates, First-year students
4人雅房NT$9,000 [5]
per semester
2026/27
Lian Shan Girls' Dormitory
Women, Undergraduates, First-year students
4人套房NT$12,500 [6]
per semester
2026/27
4人套房NT$1,940 [2]
winter break
2026/27
4人套房NT$2,430 [3]
summer break
2026/27
4人套房NT$4,860 [4]
summer break
2026/27
Hsin Shih Dormitory
Men, Women
4人套房NT$12,000 [7]
per semester
2026/27
4人套房NT$1,860 [2]
winter break
2026/27
4人套房NT$2,330 [3]
summer break
2026/27
4人套房NT$4,660 [4]
summer break
2026/27
ReCheng Dormitory
Men, Women
4人雅房NT$15,000 [8]
per semester
2026/27
4人雅房NT$2,330 [2]
winter break
2026/27
4人雅房NT$2,910 [3]
summer break
2026/27
4人雅房NT$5,830 [4]
summer break
2026/27

Notes on the fees

  1. The fee page states no school year; year taken from the page's last update (2026-08-11). Deposit NT$1,500 and air-conditioning electricity prepayment NT$1,500 per semester are extra.
  2. The fee page states no school year; year taken from the page's last update (2026-08-11).
  3. The fee page states no school year; year taken from the page's last update (2026-08-11). Half summer term (半期).
  4. The fee page states no school year; year taken from the page's last update (2026-08-11). Full summer term (全期).
  5. The fee page states no school year; year taken from the page's last update (2026-08-11). Not open in winter or summer break.
  6. The fee page states no school year; year taken from the page's last update (2026-08-11). Winter NT$1,940; summer half term NT$2,430, full term NT$4,860.
  7. The fee page states no school year; year taken from the page's last update (2026-08-11). Water heater and air-conditioning electricity prepayment NT$1,500 per semester extra.
  8. The fee page states no school year; year taken from the page's last update (2026-08-11). Winter NT$2,330; summer half term NT$2,910, full term NT$5,830.

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Checked November 2026.