However, finding a location for the university turned out to be a difficult matter. The people of Sanhsia were the first to offer several hectares of hillside property for the construction of the school; but after a thorough investigation it was decided that the site was too far from Taipei.
張其昀籌建大學的消息傳出後，曾有三峽鎮地方人士，願捐贈數十公頃山坡地為校地；因其距台北市太遠，而未被採納。