Satellite campuses are located in the Jianguo, Ximending, and Zhongxiao East Road areas of Taipei City.

The school was founded as Far East University in 1962 by Chang Ch'i-yun, and it was renamed College of Chinese Culture by President Chiang Kai-shek in 1963.

Many of the students rent apartments in this small village area and the city buses have stops along the main road.

[6] In 2023, CCU was ranked 16th best Taiwanese university focusing on humanities and social sciences by Global Views Monthly.

Some highlights of the collection include pieces by Wang Yangming, Wu Changshuo, Woo Tsin-hang, Yu Youren, Puru, Chang Dai-chien, and Li Meishu.

The CCU Martial Arts Department also offers courses in Japanese ju jitsu, aikido and kung fu.