Chung Shing's School of Agriculture, School of Natural Sciences, and College of Liberal Arts are all located in Taichung; the School of Law and Economics is located in Taipei.
回顧中興大學的歷史，最早可溯自民國八年，日據時代在台北創立的「農林專門學校」；光復後農林專校遷往台中，成為台中農業專科學校；民國卅五年再升格為省立台中農學院；直到民國五十年，政府將「台中農學院」與「台北法商學院」合併成立中興大學。