Taipei American School

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Taipei American School 臺北美國學校
Location
800 Chung Shan N. Road, Section 6, Taipei 11152 Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates	25°6′57″N 121°31′48″E / 25.11583°N 121.53000°E / 25.11583; 121.53000
Information
Type	Private independent school
Established	1949 (1949)
Faculty	269
Enrollment	820 lower school, 586 middle school, 885 upper school
Campus size	15 acres (61,000 m2)
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Blue and gold
Mascot	Tiger
Team name	Tigers and Tiger sharks
Tuition	NT $981,880 (US $31,930.24) per student for middle and upper school NT $890,370 (US $28,954.38) per student for lower school
Website	www.tas.edu.tw

Taipei American School (TAS; Chinese: 臺北美國學校; pinyin: Táiběi Měiguó Xuéxiào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Bí-kok Ha̍k-hāu; abbreviation TAS) is a non-profit private international school with an American-based curriculum located in Tianmu, Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. TAS serves students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. At the high school, students may choose from a range of courses including honors, AP, and IB courses that fulfill the full IB Diploma Program.^[1]

Founded in 1949, the school served as a U.S. Department of Defense contract school during the U.S. military presence in Taiwan from the 1950s to 1970s. Upon termination of diplomatic relations between the United States and the ROC in 1979, TAS was reorganized into a private international school. The school is operated by the Taipei American School Foundation under contract to the American Institute in Taiwan, the United States' quasi-embassy in Taiwan. The school is a member of the G30 Schools Group.

Most graduates of TAS attend colleges and universities in the United States, although some choose to attend schools in other countries due to obliging other national passports to be admitted in the tertiary education across the globe despite having a distinctive American high school educational experience. As required by ROC law, TAS admits only students who hold foreign (i.e. non-ROC) passports.