Hsinchu International Academy (HIA)

Address: No. 215, Aikou 2nd Rd., Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, Taiwan. The campus is located in Zhubei City, which is in northern Taiwan. The site sits in a suburban area that serves both local and international families.

Hsinchu International Academy serves students in Grades 7–12. The school delivers a US-based curriculum in English and offers AP courses; admissions currently enroll Grade 7–10 for the 2026-27 school year.

Private international day school that welcomes both local Taiwanese and expatriate students. There is no publicly listed boarding facility.

EAL Support program helps students develop English language proficiency. It uses small-group instruction, EAL teaching staff shadowing content-area classes, and maintains an EAL portfolio; students are evaluated at the end of each semester to determine ongoing need.

No formal country affiliation is stated. The curriculum is US-based and the school is fully accredited by WASC.

Religious affiliation is not publicly indicated.

Start and end times for the school day are not published in public materials.

Public information about a school bus service is not listed in public materials.

HIA offers a US-based international curriculum taught in English for Grades 7–12 and is fully accredited by WASC; it is a College Board AP and SAT test center (CEEB code 158680) with on-site IELTS testing. The Middle School curriculum includes core subjects—Chinese Language and Culture, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies—plus Digital Literacy, World Language, Life Education, Physical Education/Health, Visual Arts, and a range of electives. In High School, courses cover the core areas with Electives and access to AP courses, and College Counseling supports post-secondary planning. AP courses offered include AP Computer Science Principles, AP Environmental Science, AP Biology, AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Calculus A and B, AP Chinese, and AP Precalculus, with AP exams administered on site. EAL Support helps English learners with a program aligned to WIDA and California ELD standards, featuring dedicated EAL teachers, an EAL portfolio, and regular end-of-semester evaluations. Admissions for 2026-27 currently enroll Grades 7–10.

HIA integrates Social and Emotional Learning through Life Education, embedded across the curriculum. The program comprises PRIDE Time Advisory, Character and Community, Public Speaking, and Life Education, which together help students build self-awareness, confidence, empathy, and leadership. These elements are designed to foster a student-centered climate and to support a diverse, inclusive community where students feel safe, seen, and supported. The school also emphasizes Lion PRIDE values: Positivity, Respect, Integrity, Determination, and Excellence as guiding behaviours. Life Education aims to develop essential soft skills for life beyond school, including communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and responsibility. WASC accreditation notes the school's student-centered approach and ongoing focus on holistic growth.

The school does not publicly disclose information regarding Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision, types of SEN supported, or whether it is a specialist SEN institution. EAL support is explicitly described, indicating a focus on language support rather than a dedicated SEN program.

HIA provides an EAL Support Program that accelerates English language development through small-group instruction and a customized curriculum for academic purposes. The program targets reading, writing, listening, and speaking, and uses both the WIDA and California ELD standards. EAL teaching staff shadow subject-area classes, collaborating with content teachers to support EAL students and document an EAL portfolio for each student. Students are evaluated at the end of each semester to determine ongoing need for EAL support.

Mental wellbeing is supported through Life Education, which aims to develop self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. The Life Education curriculum connects local and global issues with the United Nations SDGs, encouraging students to act positively in their communities. The Life Education approach is embedded across the curriculum and accompanied by advisory structures such as PRIDE Time. Public-facing content and school events also reflect attention to adolescent wellbeing, for example a health education lecture on gender and adolescent well-being.

The school does not publicly disclose information about safeguarding or child protection policies on the pages consulted. Public posts show a focus on wellbeing topics and safety-related activities (e.g., a health education lecture on adolescent well-being and campus safety initiatives such as Basic Life Support training). These items demonstrate attention to student safety and wellbeing, but no formal safeguarding policy is published publicly. WASC accreditation is in place, indicating external review of school quality and student welfare practices.

Admissions for the SY2026-27 cycle are organized around a formal prospectus and an in-person information session. The SY2026-27 Admission Prospectus confirms eligible grades (Grade 7 to Grade 10) and is linked from the Admissions page; it also notes the information session details and how to access the online application. An Information Session is held at HIA (No. 215, Aikou 2nd Rd, Zhubei City) and sign-up is done through an online form linked on the Admissions page. The Information Session covers program specifics, entry requirements, and the overall application process.

Step 2: Submit the HIA online registration form via the Admissions page. The page lists the online registration form as the method to apply and indicates that applications submitted after the initial window are reviewed on an individual basis based on seat availability. The application form for the SY2026-27 cycle is available through links labeled HIA Application Form on the Admissions page, and the sign-up for the Information Session is also accessible there.

Step 3: International Aptitude Diagnostic Test (IAD). The IAD is scheduled on an individual basis by HIA and is held at HIA

Step 4: Admission decision. Admission decisions are sent to the primary contact's email, generally following the IAD; the policy states that decisions are issued within two weeks of the IAD. In the 2025-26 cycle, admission decisions were communicated via email after the IAD, with a concrete release date published for that cycle.

Step 5: Waitlist/Pool. Admissions operate on a seat-availability basis rather than a formal waitlist. After the initial window, applications are reviewed according to available seats, and there is no separate waitlist pool.

Step 6: Post-decision enrollment notes. The Admissions page does not specify enrollment steps beyond the decision notification, so families should await further enrollment instructions from HIA if an offer is extended.

HIA offers two scholarships: the HIA Academic Excellence Scholarship (awarded to students with outstanding academic achievement across multiple disciplines) and the HIA Lion PRIDE Values Scholarship (awarded to students who demonstrate leadership and commitment to community service and embody the school's core values).

The school operates on a seat-availability basis rather than a formal waitlist.