Higher education in the ROC is basically divided into two systems: regular education, including senior high schools and universities; and vocational senior high schools, technical schools, and technical institutes. NTIT is the first and only technical university in the second system.
大致說來，我國高等教育分為兩個體系，一為普通教育，包括普通高中、大學；一為技職教育，有高職、專科，而技術學院則為此系統中第一所、也是目前唯一的「最高學府」。