Nearby are the College of Science of National Central University comprising the Institute of Earth Sciences and Institute of Mathematics, Chung Yuan College of Science and Engineering, Chung Cheng College of Science and Engineering, the Telecommunications Research Institute of the Ministry of Communications and the Chungshan Institute of Science.
高速公路開通後，再結合附近的中央大學、中原理工學院、中正理工學院、交通部電信研究所、中山科學研究院等，構成了外圍研究中心。