Thirty-five percent of the city's budget is allocated for education. Institutions of higher education include National Cheng Kung University, Tainan Provincial Normal University and the Tainan Theological College.
統一的總經理高清愿每天早上清理頭梳，只用半張衛生紙，「一天省半張，一年就省了一百八十張」，他強調。