The school was established in 1895, initially named Zhishan Yan School. The following year, it was renamed the Taiwan Governor's Office Normal School. In 1919, it was renamed the Taiwan Governor's Office Taipei Normal School. In 1927, it was divided into the Taiwan Governor's Office Taipei First Normal School (the predecessor of today's Taipei Municipal University, Nanmen Campus) and the Taiwan Governor's Office Taipei Second Normal School (the predecessor of today's National Taipei University of Education, Fanglan Campus). In 1943, the two schools merged again into the Taiwan Governor's Office Taipei Normal School (the Nanmen Campus took the preparatory department and the women's department, while the Fanglan Campus took the undergraduate students; all student records of the National Schools and the Taipei Normal School during the Japanese rule period were transferred to the Fanglan Campus, which is now the campus of National Taipei University of Education).
In 1945, after Japan's defeat, the school was renamed the Taiwan Provincial Taipei Normal School. In 1961, it was reorganized as the Taiwan Provincial Taipei Normal Junior College. In 1987, it was upgraded and reorganized as the Taiwan Provincial Taipei Normal College. In 1991, it was transferred under the administration of the National Taipei Normal College. In 2005, it was upgraded and reorganized as the National Taipei University of Education. The school has now been in existence for over 117 years, with a long and distinguished history. Its graduates, numbering more than 100,000, are spread all over the world, and have achieved remarkable success in education, history, art, law, and finance.
Source: National Taipei University of Education