NCTU has always been plagued by a shortage of campus space. It is one of the few national universities in Taiwan with less than 100 hectares (only 77 in fact, compared to about 200 at National Taiwan University).
校地不足一直是交大發展的瓶頸，交大是少數校地面積沒有超過一百公頃的國立大學之一（僅有七十七公頃，台大約有二百公頃）。