[13] On the campus, the Luce Memorial Chapel (designed by architects Chen Chi-kwan and I. M. Pei) is a local landmark.

Tunghai University was founded on the Dadu Plateau, west of Taichung City, in 1955 by Methodist missionaries.

[14] The then-US Vice President, Richard Nixon, had participated at the ground-breaking ceremony in 1953.

[31] Built in 1966, the Priest Bell Tower is located in front of the entrance of the Luce Memorial Chapel in Tunghai University.

In 2017, the Taichung City Cultural Assets Office registered it as a municipal monument.

The Bell Tower is named in honor of Elsie Priest, who was invited to Taiwan by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA) in early 1955 to assist Tunghai University as the chief accounting officer and general secretary.

The university regularly holds cultural events at its campus, including concerts, choirs, and parties.Tunghai University alumni are well represented across various fields, including politics, where several have served as Premier of the Republic of China and President of the Legislative Yuan.

As of 2025, the university's alumni include one academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one honorary fellow of the American Institute of Architects, two members of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, two fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and fourteen academicians of Academia Sinica, ranking third in Taiwan in terms of the number of Academia Sinica members.