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Top Public Universities in Taiwan

What are the top public Universities in Taiwan? uniRank answers this question by publishing a complete list of 45 public Taiwanese higher education institutions ranked by the 2026 uniRank University Ranking and meeting uniRank's :

  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in Taiwan.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top public Taiwanese Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.

Top Public Universities in Taiwan


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List of Taiwanese public universities by university country ranking position
# University Town/City
1 National Taiwan University Taipei City
2 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Taipei City
3 National Cheng Kung University Tainan City
4 National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu
5 National Taiwan Normal University Taipei City
6 National Chengchi University Taipei City
8 National Central University Taoyuan City
9 National Sun Yat-Sen University Kaohsiung City
10 National Chung Hsing University Taichung City
11 National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology Kaohsiung City
13 National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Taipei City
16 National Chung Cheng University Minxiong
20 National Taipei University of Technology Taipei City
22 National Taiwan Ocean University Keelung
23 National Dong Hwa University Shoufeng
25 National Chi Nan University Puli
27 National Yunlin University of Science and Technology Douliu
32 National Taipei University Taipei City
34 National Changhua University of Education Changhua
37 National Chiayi University Chiayi
39 National University of Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City
41 National Formosa University Huwei
42 National Pingtung University Pingtung City
43 National University of Tainan Tainan City
44 National Taiwan University of Arts New Taipei City
45 National Taipei University of Education Taipei City
46 National Pingtung University of Science and Technology Pingtung City
48 National Kaohsiung Normal University Kaohsiung City
50 Taipei National University of the Arts Taipei City
52 University of Taipei Taipei City
55 National Taichung University of Education Taichung City
58 National Taichung University of Science and Technology Taichung City
61 National Ilan University Yilan City
63 National United University Miaoli
65 National Chin-Yi University of Technology Taichung City
75 National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences Taipei City
76 Tainan National University of the Arts Tainan City
81 National Taipei University of Business Taipei City
82 National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism Kaohsiung City
92 National Taiwan University of Sport Taichung City
94 National Penghu University of Science and Technology Magong
95 National Quemoy University Jinning
99 National Taiwan Sport University Taoyuan City
110 National Taitung University Taitung
119 National Taiwan College of Performing Arts Taipei City
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There are 45 officially chartered, licensed or accredited public Taiwanese higher-education institutions that meet uniRank's selection criteria.

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