When the NTNU was established as the Provincial Taiwan Teachers 'College in Taipei in 1946, it was housed in a high school built during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan.
師大位於台北市和平東路一段，日人所設立的高等學校舊址。師大的前身是台灣省立師範學院，成立於民國卅五年，四十四年改制為台灣省立師範大學，五十年改制為國立師範大學。