According to the Ministry of Education, there are over 20 university campuses in Taiwan with over 100 foreign students. National Chengchi University, National Taiwan University and National Cheng Kung University have over 500 foreign students each. When you add overseas Chinese students, short-term exchange students, foreigners in Chinese language programs, mainland Chinese students and so forth, the sight of foreign students in classrooms, campus clubs and dormitories has become commonplace.
據教育部統計，全台灣招收外籍「學位生」超過 100 人的大學已有二十多所，台大、政大、成大更超過 500 人；再加上僑生、短期交換生、華語班外籍生、大陸生等，「外來學生」出入在大學課堂、社團、宿舍中已是常態風景。