Like other large cities in Taiwan, Taichung has a full range of educational opportunities for its residents. From bilingual kindergartens through elementary and secondary education through all forms of tertiary education, Taichung residents are well served by an effective, if pressure-packed, education system. There are even schools to serve foreigners as there are three international schools in the city as well as a handful of language institutes for foreigners to study Mandarin and even Taiwanese.

Higher education

Universities

Universities, like elsewhere in much of the world, offer four-year programs in a variety of programs. Taichung possesses both public and private universities.

Public Universities

National Taichung University

• National Chung Hsing University (??????): Located in the southern part of the city, it is the most prestigious university in the city. There are more than seventeen thousand students and has seven colleges and a department of continuing education.

• National Taichung University (????????)?formerly National Taichung Teacher?s College (????????): Located in West District, it is the premier teacher training school in the city, training future teachers in all areas from early childhood to secondary education, including a research center for special education.

• National Taiwan College of Physical Education (????????) - Located near the center of the city, this is the top physical education university in Taiwan. It is also home to Taichung Baseball Field and the local soccer stadium.

Private Universities

The Luce Memorial Chapel at Tunghai University

• Feng Chia University (????) - Feng Chia University is a small university in Xitun District.http://www.fcu.edu.tw/wSite/mp?mp=1

• Tunghai University (????) - Tunghai University is a large sprawling university in Xitun District our near neighboring Longjing Rural Township.http://www.thu.edu.tw/1_chinese/index.php

• Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology (??????) - Located in the mountains of Dakeng, CTU has four colleges: Health Sciences, Nursing, Management, and Humanities and Social Sciences. It was upgraded to university status in 2005 and is best known for its nursing and health sciences programs.http://www.ctust.edu.tw/index.phtml

• China Medical University (??????) - China Medical University is one of two large medical universities in the city. It also has a highly regarded full-service training hospital adjacent to the university.http://www.cmu.edu.tw/

• Ling Tung University (??????) - Located in Nantun District, the university offers highly regarded design and business programs.http://www.ltu.edu.tw/

• Chung Shan Medical University (??????) - Chung Shan Medical University is another large medical university, this one on the southern part of the city.http://www.csmu.edu.tw/front/bin/home.phtml

Five-Year Junior Colleges

These are schools that one enters after completing junior high schools (ninth year of education) and enters it for five years, essentially serving as your three high school years along with the first two years or tertiary education. One gains entry through participation in a national exam.

• National Taichung Institute of Technology (????????) http://www.ntit.edu.tw/
• National Taichung Nursing College (??????????) http://www.ntcnc.edu.tw/index_redir.jsp
• Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology (??????) http://www.ocit.edu.tw/ocu/

Secondary Education

Senior High Schools

Senior High Schools are the next step for many students after completing their mandatory nine years of education. However, not all students are able to gain admittance. Entry is dependent on ones performance on a national standardized examination that is administered every year. High Schools are college preparatory and graduates are expected to go on to a four-year university following graduation.

There are two prestigious Senior High Schools in Taichung City. The Taichung Number One High School was founded by Taiwanese nationalists in the 1910s. Today, it is mostly an all-boys school with a small number of girls admitted to special programs not offered elsewhere.

Taichung Girl's High School is the top girls high school in the city. It was founded in 1919 and draws many of the best students and teaching faculty in central Taiwan.

While Hui Wen Municipal High School is a new school, the modernity of its campus as well as the modern technology available is quickly making this one of the most desirable high schools in the city after the big two.

Public high schools are generally considered more desirable due to their lower tuition and greater resources. However, there are also some excellent private high schools in Taichung City.

Some of these schools also offer Vocational Programs as well as Junior High School.

Vocational High Schools

Taiwan also offers students the opportunity to study specific trades as opposed to going to a general high school. Some vocational programs are highly academic (i.e. language programs) while others focus on preparing students for a job after graduation.

• National Taichung Home Economics and Commercial High School (??????????????)http://www.tchcvs.tc.edu.tw/
• National Taichung Agricultural Senior High School (????????????)http://www.tcavs.tc.edu.tw/
• National Taichung Industrial High School (????????????)http://www.tcivs.tc.edu.tw/public/mainasp.asp
• Kuang-Hwa Vocational High School of Technology (??????????)http://www.khvs.tc.edu.tw/

Special Secondary Schools

Taichung also offers special schools for deaf as well as those who have other learning impairments.

• National Taichung School for the Deaf (??????) http://www.thdf.tc.edu.tw/
• National Taichung Special Education School (????????) http://www.tcspe.tc.edu.tw/front/bin/home.phtml

Junior High Schools

Junior High School covers grades seven through nine and mark the culmination of mandatory education in Taiwan. Taichung offers a full range of public and private junior high schools.

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