A university town of grid-planned streets, high-rise communities and a university campus
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Beida Special District is a university town — the campus of National Taipei University alone takes up about a third of it. Outside the campus, the streets are laid out in a neat grid, with plenty of space left along the roads for pedestrians and greenery. Most of the buildings here are high-rise communities, often with a doorman, a reading room, and a gym. People move here for different reasons — some like that the units are bigger than what they had before, some are planning for retirement, and others are drawn to the street layout and the schools. To get into the city, there are frequent buses on Xuecheng Road, Xueqin Road, and Daxue Road that go straight to Banqiao.
All that green space was built into the plan from the start — schools, parks, and other public facilities take up 59% of the land. That's why, in street-view photos, this neighborhood ranks 1st out of New Taipei's 100 neighborhoods for streetscape and 1st for greenery. If you need to borrow books, there's the Beida Branch Library on Xuecheng Road; Taozijiao Junior High and Elementary School is on Xueqin Road, also within the neighborhood. For groceries, there's a Carrefour and a PX Mart inside the district. The Sanying Line, which opened in June 2026, has Sanxia Station inside the neighborhood, while National Taipei University Station sits just outside its southern edge. Heading from National Taipei University Station toward Yingge, the elevated track passes through Feiyuan Square on campus. This stretch is called the Sigu Corridor, and its design blends Baroque lines with Minnan-style arched bridges.
That said, quite a few blocks here are more than 600 meters from a supermarket or train station, so convenience only ranks 50th. This neighborhood straddles both Sanxia and Shulin districts — part of Dayi Road marks the district boundary, with each side belonging to a different district. The west and north sides run right along National Freeway No. 3, so if you're looking at a unit in the row closest to the highway, remember to open the window during your viewing and listen for the traffic noise.
In April 1997, the government announced the expropriation of this 185.53-hectare plot of land to make way for National Taipei University's relocation. The first campus building was completed in November 2001, but the administrative offices didn't move in until after summer break in 2005. The various colleges were built one after another, and by 2009, all faculty and students except those in the continuing education division had moved to Sanxia. The planned population was originally 29,500, but by the end of 2019, the actual number of residents had already reached 46,623. By the eve of the 2022 elections, it had climbed past 50,000. The Sanying Line opened in June 2026, with a transfer to the Bannan Line at Dingpu Station.
Compared with the 100 New Taipei neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
NHI-contracted hospitals, public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area (estimated from the New Taipei City Education Department's 2026 school-year catchment lists, treating every neighborhood in a village as equal in size; "Shared catchment" marks a free-choice zone where families can pick between two or more schools), high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more (OpenStreetMap), and large shopping malls and department stores (OpenStreetMap).
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