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Taichung educational institutions are in Taichung city of Taiwan. They include bilingual kindergartens through elementary and secondary education too all forms of tertiary education. There are also international schools to serve foreigners in the city as well as a handful of language institutes for foreigners to study Mandarin and Taiwanese.
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Universities
Universities offer four-year programs in a variety of subjects. Taichung possesses both public and private universities.
Public universities
Private universities
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.
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.
Special Secondary Schools
Taichung also offers special schools for deaf as well as those who have other learning impairments.
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.
Primary education
Elementary school encompasses grades one through six. Typically、students will attend a public school in the zone designated for where ones residence is registered、not where one actually lives.
International schools
Taichung has three international schools. Two of them use English as the medium of instruction and offer an American-style curriculum, while the third is a school for Japanese children. One must possess a foreign passport to attend any of these schools.
Mandarin and Taiwanese Training Centers
Taichung City/County offers three accredited Mandarin language programs.
Other schools
Taichung City has dozens of kindergartens and cram schools. While many are registered with the government and can be found on the Chinese version of the Taichung Education Bureau website (see below), not all are.
Shane English School – Daya District – A private English language institution for Taiwanese citizens, taught by English speaking natives.