You will find below a list of the most popular international and bilingual schools for expats in Taiwan with fee information. The list includes nursery schools, primary and secondary (high) schools for you to find the right school to prepare for the International Baccalaureate and other accreditation in Taiwan. Some schools may follow the American or British curriculums with English speaking programs while others are regulated under the French and Japanese language and system.

Education in Taiwan

The educational system in Taiwan is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education. The system produces pupils with some of the highest test scores in the world, especially in mathematics and science.

In Taiwan's current education system, students may study for up to 20 years: six years of primary education, three years of junior high school, three years of senior secondary school, four years for an undergraduate program bachelor's degree, one to four years for a master's degree, and two to seven years for a doctoral degree.

Taiwan has implemented nine years of compulsory education—six years of primary education (ages 7–12) and three years of junior high school (until the age of 16) — since 1968.

• Primary or Elementary school
• Junior high schools provide a wide range of courses to cater to their students, and in addition to the regular curriculum provide practical classes that give students an understanding of future vocational and technical education and career opportunities.
• Senior high school or secondary education lasts for three years (ages 16–18).

It is provided by four categories of schools: general senior high schools, skills-based senior high schools, comprehensive senior high schools and specialty-based senior high schools.

Later on, Junior college education is divided into two categories (non- compulsory from age 16-18): 5-year junior college programs, and 2-year junior college programs, each with different admission requirements. Junior colleges admit graduates of junior high schools into their 5-year programs. The 2-year junior college programs principally admit graduates of skill-based senior high schools.

More information on the stages of education and schools can be found in the EasyExpat.com Guide to Taiwan.

International Schools

International schools can be the perfect solution for an expat student (multinational corporation executives, children of diplomats, NGO staff) in Taiwan. Many schools provide similar standards of schooling around the globe, providing for an easy transition between schools whether they are in France or Vietnam. There may be some local population, but the schools are usually geared for an international student body. Schools may follow a curriculum model from the US, UK, France, etc. Primary instruction may be any language (and multiple languages are usually taught), but it is usually in English, French, Spanish, German, or Japanese. Schools also provide internationally accepted accreditation such as the international baccalaureate.

Admission and enrolment procedures vary from school to school. Space is often limited and preference may be given to students based on nationality. Tuition tends to be expensive based on local standards, but offers high standards of learning, boast smaller class sizes, first-rate facilities, and extracurricular. Boarding facilities are available at some schools, but most only provide day classes.

Accreditation & Membership

• The CoIS (Council of International Schools) is a non-profit association of international schools and post-secondary institutions which provides educational accreditation, teacher and leadership recruitment services, links to higher education, governance assistance and help with founding new schools.
• European Council of International Schools (ECIS) is a collaborative network promoting the ideals and best practice of international education, complemented by grants and awards.
• Council of British International Schools (COBIS) is a responsive organisation that serves, supports and represents its member schools.
• New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC) is a regional accrediting association which establishes standards for all levels of education, from pre-K to doctoral.
• Agency for French Education Abroad (Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger, AEFE) is a national public agency under the administration of the French government that assures the quality of schools teaching the French national curriculum outside France.
• National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) represents over 1100 independent schools and associations in the United States and abroad.

International schools in Taipei

Asia American International Academy
Address: No.23, Aly. 37, Ln. 542, Sec. 1, Wenhua N. Rd., Linkou Dist.,
New Taipei City 244, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2606 9030
Email: webs@aaia.ntpc.edu.tw
Tuition Rates: Inquire at school

AAIA offers a rigorous and engaging standards-based grade 6 through 12 American curriculum. Asia American International Academy core content area curriculum standards have been adopted from the California State Curriculum and the Common Core Curriculum Standards. For those students interested in joining AAIA who are new to international schools. The school provides additional support for them. The EAL (English as an Additional Language) Department assesses students to see what language help they need, and tracks their progress while they are students at AAIA.

Hsinchu American School
Address: No.6, Yih-Shuh Road, East District, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30067
Tel: +886 3 520 3211
Email: contact@has.hc.edu.tw
Tuition Rates: From 175,000 NT$ ($5,580) to 215,000 NT$ ($6,855) per semester [School year 2021-22]

The Hsinchu American School curriculum is based on the McRel Standards, the predominant university standards for G1-G12 students. From 6th grade, students begin an Advanced Placement Preparatory track, which will allow them to begin taking AP classes as early as 10th and 11th grades, and many students participate in advanced offerings such as the well-known Center for Talented Youth from Johns Hopkins University. Limited English students are provided English Support, after school tutoring and study halls.

Victoria Academy International School
Address: 1110 Jhennan Rd. Douliou Yun-Lin,640
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: +886 5 537 8899
Email: admissions@victoria.ylc.edu.tw
Tuition Rates: Inquire at school

As a Cambridge English Language Assessment testing center, Victoria Academy offers qualifications culminating in the IELTS Academic examination. Additionally, Japanese and Spanish are offered as elective courses. Students enrolled in the Victoria Academy International Programme complete their middle school studies with at least five IGCSE exams including Chinese, English, mathematics, geography, and one elective. They then move on to become IB Diploma candidates. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is an academically challenging and balanced programme of education with final examinations that prepares Victoria Academy students, in Grades 11 and 12 for success in their tertiary education and life beyond.

I-Shou International School
Address: 6 Xuecheng Road, Section 1,
Dashu District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 840302
Tel: +886 7 657 7115
Email: iis@iis.kh.edu.tw
Tuition Rates: From 179,520 NT$ ($5,720) to 259,990 NT$ ($8,290) per semester [School year 2021-22]

I-Shou International School is a renowned bilingual day/boarding school. The PYP is taught from Kindergarden to the age of 5, the MYP from 6 to 10, and the DP 11 and 12, additionally the National Curriculum is taught from 9 to 12. The IB curriculum provides pedagogical frameworks for inquiry-based learning with content aligned with Taiwan Ministry of Education requirements. Throughout all programmes, teachers support students with the development of their skills associated with the core of each programme, which include service and approaches to learning.

Ivy Collegiate Academy International School
Address: 320, Lane 165, Section 1, Tan-Hsing Rd.,
Tan-Tzu Dist., Taichung 427, Taiwan
Tel: +886 4 2539 5011
Tuition Rates: Inquire at school

Ivy Collegiate Academy is a coeducational college preparatory day and boarding school enrolling students in grades 7-12. ICA is modelled after some of the best boarding schools in the United States and Canada. It is located in Tanzi District, Taichung, Taiwan, and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The school offers foreign languages teaching, including Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, French and Spanish.

Taipei American International School
Address: 800 Zhongshan North Road Section 6
Taipei 11152 Taiwan ROC
Tel: +886 2 7750 9900
Email: admissions@tas.edu.tw
Tuition Rates: From 802,720 NT$ ($25,590) to 890,245 NT$ ($28,380) [School year 2021-22]

Founded in 1949, Taipei American School one of Asia’s top independent schools, offering an American-based education with a truly global perspective to students in pre-kindergarten (KA) through Grade 12 from the expatriate community in Taipei. The school offers both Advanced Placement-AP and International Baccalaureate-IB courses for its students.

Kang Chiao International School (Taipei Campus)
Address: No.800, Huacheng Rd., Xindian Dist.,
New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886 02 2216 6000
Tuition Rates: Inquire to school

KCIS is a private international school, located in the mountains of New Taipei City, offering an overseas college preparatory program for grades 7-12.
KCIS is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), and is authorised to provide the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program to Grades 11 & 12. At Kang Chiao International School-Xiugang Campus, they offer a challenging and rigorous international curriculum that follows state standards, the Common Core (CCSS), and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) combined with the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme. KCIS students graduate with a High School Diploma and either the IB Diploma or Advanced Placement (AP) credits. Grades 7 to 10 follow the IB Middle Years Programme framework in the organization of courses, delivery of the content and skills, and the assessment of students. It has been designed to cater to the needs of KCIS students in compliance with national requirements and to prepare them for the rigorous programs offered in high school, grades 11 and 12.

Taipei Kuei Shan School International School
Address: No. 200, MingDe Rd, BeiTou District.,
Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
Tel: +886 2 2821 2009
Email: admissions@kss.tp.edu.tw
Tuition Rates: Inquire at school

The school provides International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program (DP), Middle Years Program (MYP), and Primary Years Program (PYP) with a Taiwanese national curriculum perspective. From Prekindergarten to Grade 12, the curriculum is based on IB standards and benchmarks of the Republic of China Ministry of Education. The school is accredited by the Taipei City Government Department of Education. Instruction in Kindergarten, elementary, and middle school is generally 50% in English taught by English First-language teachers and 50% in Mandarin. For the high school curriculum, all instruction, excluding Chinese, is in English.

French Schools in Taipei

LIFT - Lycée International Français de Taipei
Address: 14F-3, 57 Fuxing North Road
105 Taipei, Taïwan
Email: ceo@lift.tw
Tuition Rates: From 350,000 NT$ ($12,630) to 390,000 NT$ ($14,075) [School year 2021-22]

LIFT conducts its operations and curriculum in accordance with the laws of the Taiwanese and French education systems. The content of the school programs complies with the directives of the Ministry of National Education and Youth of the French Republic, and respects the legal framework defined by the Taiwanese authorities concerning international schools. Lycée International Français de Taipei wishes to contribute to the influence of French education abroad in Taiwan. For this the school demonstrates its ability to teach foreign languages ​​and to teach in foreign languages.

German Schools in Taipei

Taipei European School (British - German - French)
Address: 99 FuGuo Road, ShiLin District, Taipei 11158 (Primary school)
31 JianYe Road, ShiLin District, Taipei 11193 (Secondary Campus)
Tel: +886 2 8145 9007 / +886 2 8145 9007
Email: connect@tes.tp.edu.tw
Tuition Rates: From 290,800 NT$ ($9,270) to 357,100 NT$ ($11,390) per semester [School year 2021-22]

The German School Taipei was founded in 1990 to offer children of German-speaking families in Taiwan an educational program based on German curricula and standards. Later on, close cooperation with the British and French schools took place and they pooled resources and benefited from the larger common system of the Taipei European School. With the founding of the Taipei European School Foundation in 2002, a legal form was found in which school operations can be effectively organized and financed for all partners. Today, the three originally independent schools are combined under the umbrella of the Taipei European School as the German Section, British Section and Section Francaise. In 2002, the system was expanded to include the High School Section.

Japanese Schools in Taipei

Taipei Japanese School
Address: No. 785, Section 6, Zhongshan North Road, Shilin District,
Taipei City, Taiwan 111
Tel: +886 2 2872 3801
Email: kyoutou@tjs.tp.edu.tw
Tuition Rates: Inquire at school

Taipei Japanese School (TJS) is a Japanese international school located in Shilin District, Taipei. TJS was established in 1947 and mainly serves the children (up to junior high school) of Japanese expatriates in Taiwan. Traditionally, TJS students have returned to Japan to commence their high school education, while a minority choose to attend Taipei American School, which is located across the street.

International schools in Zhubei

Pacific American School
Address: No. 307, Sec 1, Xinglong Road. Zhubei City, Hsinchu County
Tel: +886 0 3558 6688
Email: pas@pacificamerican.org
Tuition Rates: From 259,000 NT$ ($10,170) to 319,000 NT$ ($8,255) per semester [School year 2021-22]

Pacific American School is one of the leading American school in Hsinchu, with a solid academic foundation through a comprehensive and robust curriculum that adheres to the American National Standards. Pacific American School is a Kindergarden - Grade 12 (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) WASC accredited school.

International schools in Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung American International School
Address: No. 889, Cueihua Rd, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 813
Tel: +886 7 586 3300
Email: info@kas.tw
Tuition Rates: Inquire at school

Established in 1989, Kaohsiung American School (KAS) is a private, non-profit Pre-Kindergarden - Grade 12 institution. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and offers college preparatory programs leading to a U.S. high school diploma. Apart from an intensive academic program including the International Baccalaureate, the school also have incredible Arts, Music and Sports Programs. The United States Department of State assists only two American schools in Taiwan. Kaohsiung American School is the only true American school in the whole of Southern Taiwan.

International schools in Taoyuan

Taoyuan American School
Address: No.1, Kainan Rd., Luzhu Dist, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Tel: +886 3 341 1890
Email: admission@tyas.tyc.edu.tw
Tuition Rates: From 224,950 NT$ ($8,120) to 249,480 NT$ ($9,005) per semester [School year 2021-22]

Taoyuan American School (TYAS) provides and American-based educational program from Elementary school to High School. This is aligned with the common core content standards established by the California State Board of Education for grade 1-12 students with foreign passports and it is supplemented with the best aspects of Taiwanese educational approaches.