Standards for Recognition of Equivalent Educational Levels for University Admission Article 9
The provisions of Article 2, Subparagraph 1 may also be applied, mutatis mutandis, for a person who received secondary school education in a foreign country, or Hong Kong, or Macao and satisfies the provisions of the Regulations Regarding the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Academic Credentials for Institutions of Higher Education, or those of the Regulations Regarding the Assessment and Recognition of Academic Credentials for the Hong Kong and Macao Areas.A student who graduated in a foreign country, Hong Kong, or Macao from a senior secondary school whose graduating year is academically equivalent to the second grade of a senior secondary school in Taiwan of a comparable academic level and nature is considered to have adequate academic ability and may take the entrance examination for new students for university bachelor’s degree programs. However, the university shall increase the number of credits required for such students to graduate or extend the prescribed length of their program.The provisions of Article 2, Subparagraph 1 may also apply, mutatis mutandis, to a student who attended a school in a foreign country, Hong Kong, or Macao of a comparable academic level and nature to senior secondary schools in Taiwan, but which requires more years of study to complete than senior secondary schools in Taiwan do, and who did not complete their secondary studies there but completed grades/years of study equivalent to particular grades/years of the prescribed senior secondary school program in Taiwan.The provisions of Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 3 and 4 of the preceding article may also apply, mutatis mutandis, to a person who was awarded a bachelor’s degree in a foreign country, Hong Kong, or Macao and satisfies the provisions of the Regulations Regarding the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Academic Credentials for Institutions of Higher Education, or those of the Regulations Regarding the Assessment and Recognition of Academic Credentials for the Hong Kong and Macao Areas.The provisions of Article 2, Subparagraph 2; Article 3, Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 1 to 4; Article 4, Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 1 to 3, Paragraph 2, and Paragraph 3, Subparagraph 1; Article 5, Subparagraphs 1 to 4; and Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding article may also apply, mutatis mutandis, for a student with an academic record of graduating from (or not yet completing a program at) a junior college or higher level educational institution in a foreign country, Hong Kong, or Macao which is included in the Ministry of Education List of Recognized Higher Education Institutions or which has been accredited by an organization authorized by the government where it is located, or by a professional accreditation body, if the educational institution’s enrollment eligibility criteria, length of prescribed programs, and curricula are all equivalent to those specified in regulations governing educational institutions of the same level and nature in Taiwan, and the educational standard of its students has been reviewed by the admission committee of a particular university or by a joint admission committee and been determined to be equivalent to that provided by an educational institution of the same level and nature in Taiwan.A person who was awarded an associate degree and was issued a transcript of their results for all academic years, or was issued an advanced diploma and a transcript of their results for all academic years by such an educational institution in Hong Kong or Macao as referred to in the previous paragraph, is considered to have adequate academic ability and may take the entrance examination for new students for the first year of two-year bachelor’s degree programs at a university of science and technology, or an institute of technology.The academic credentials, records of academic performance (ability), and transcripts of results, or related documentary evidence issued in a foreign country, Hong Kong, or Macao referred to in Paragraph 5, the previous paragraph, Paragraph 10, and/or Paragraph 12 shall each be examined and verified by an overseas representative office of the ROC, or by an agency in Hong Kong or Macao established or designated by the ROC Executive Yuan.Since the Act Governing Relations between Peoples of Taiwan Area and Mainland Area was promulgated and took effect on September 18, 1992, the provisions of Article 2, Subparagraph 2; Article 3, Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 1 to 4; Article 5, Subparagraphs 1 to 4; and of Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding Article may also be applied, mutatis mutandis, to people from the Taiwan Area, and people from the Mainland China area, foreigners, or residents of Hong Kong or Macao who have been given permission to enter Taiwan for family reunification, as relative-sponsored residents, for long-term residence, or settlement who have an academic record of graduating from (or did not complete the program at) a junior college or higher level educational institution in Mainland China which meets the following criteria:1. The educational institution is included in the Ministry of Education List of Recognized Higher Education Institutions in Mainland China and does not have any of the precluding characteristics set out in the provisions of Article 8 of the Regulations Regarding the Assessment and Recognition of Academic Credentials from the Mainland Area.2. The educational institution’s enrollment eligibility criteria, length of prescribed programs, and curricula are all equivalent to those specified in regulations governing educational institutions of the same level and nature in Taiwan, and the educational program(s) provided must have been reviewed and determined by the Admission Committee of a university in Taiwan to be equivalent to those provided by an educational institution of the same level and nature in Taiwan.The provisions of Article 4, Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 1 to 3; Paragraph 2; and Paragraph 3, Subparagraph 1 may also be applied, mutatis mutandis, to a person who graduated from (or did not complete the program at) a junior college or higher level educational institution in the Mainland China area and satisfies the provisions of the Regulations Regarding the Assessment and Recognition of Academic Credentials from the Mainland Area.If a person has a bachelor’s degree awarded in a foreign country, Hong Kong, or Macao and has academic records of graduating from (or not yet completing a program at) a higher educational institution in a foreign country, Hong Kong, or Macao which is included in the Ministry of Education List of Recognized Higher Education Institutions, or which has been accredited by an organization authorized by the government where it is located, or by a professional accreditation body, and if that educational institution’s enrollment eligibility criteria, length of prescribed programs, and curricula are all equivalent to those specified in regulations governing educational institutions of the same level and nature in Taiwan, and the educational standard of its students has been reviewed by the admission committee of a particular university or by a joint admission committee and been determined to be equivalent to that provided by an educational institution of the same level and nature in Taiwan; or if a person has a bachelor’s degree awarded by a higher educational institution in the Mainland China Area and satisfies the provisions of the Regulations Regarding the Assessment and Recognition of Academic Credentials from the Mainland Area, and if the person is able to provide documentary evidence that they have accumulated a total of 20 credits or more studying different courses of the sort listed in the provisions of Article 4, Paragraph 3, Subparagraph 2, then the person may take an examination to transfer into a post-baccalaureate bachelor’s degree program, and if they are admitted they may transfer into the second-year of the program.The provisions of Article 4 of the Regulations Regarding the Assessment and Recognition of Academic Credentials from the Mainland Area shall be applied, mutatis mutandis, regarding the academic credentials and records referred to in the preceding three paragraphs if a person who graduated from (or did not complete the program at) a junior college or higher level educational institution in the Mainland China area wants to take a university entrance examination.If a person is able to provide transcripts of their results, and records of academic performance (ability) issued in a foreign country, Hong Kong, or Macao indicating that they have received an education equivalent to completing secondary school and is also able to provide documentary evidence that was issued by the competent education authority of the government in that location that the person may take the local entrance examination for new students for university bachelor’s degree programs, and that documentary evidence has been reviewed and endorsed by the admission committee of a particular university or by a joint admission committee, then the person may take the entrance examination for new students for university bachelor’s degree programs (not including two-year bachelor’s degree programs). However, the university may, after taking into consideration a person’s academic performance in a foreign country, Hong Kong, or Macao, increase the number of credits required for such a student to graduate or extend the prescribed length of their program or extend the prescribed length of their program.
中文原文 入學大學同等學力認定標準第9條
持國外或香港、澳門高級中等學校學歷，符合大學辦理國外學歷採認辦法或香港澳門學歷檢覈及採認辦法規定者，得準用第二條第一款規定辦理。
畢業年級相當於國內高級中等學校二年級之國外或香港、澳門同級同類學校畢業生，得以同等學力報考大學學士班一年級新生入學考試。
但大學應增加其畢業應修學分，或延長其修業年限。
畢業年級高於相當國內高級中等學校之國外或香港、澳門同級同類學校肄業生，修滿相當於國內高級中等學校修業年限以下年級者，得準用第二條第一款規定辦理。
持國外或香港、澳門學士學位，符合大學辦理國外學歷採認辦法或香港澳門學歷檢覈及採認辦法規定者，得準用前條第一項第三款及第四款規定辦理。
持國外或香港、澳門專科以上學校畢（肄）業學歷，其畢（肄）業學校經教育部列入參考名冊或為當地國政府權責機關或專業評鑑團體所認可，且入學資格、修業年限及修習課程均與我國同級同類學校規定相當，並經大學校級或聯合招生委員會審議後認定為相當國內同級同類學校修業年級者，得準用第二條第二款、第三條第一項第一款至第四款、第四條第一項第一款至第三款、第二項與第三項第一款、第五條第一款至第四款及前條第一項第一款與第二款規定辦理。
持前項香港、澳門學校副學士學位證書及歷年成績單，或高級文憑及歷年成績單，得以同等學力報考科技大學、技術學院二年制學士班一年級新生入學考試。
第五項、前項、第十項及第十二項所定國外或香港、澳門學歷（力）證件、成績單或相關證明文件，應經我國駐外機構，或行政院在香港、澳門設立或指定機構驗證。
臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例中華民國八十一年九月十八日公布生效後，臺灣地區人民、經許可進入臺灣地區團聚、依親居留、長期居留或定居之大陸地區人民、外國人、香港或澳門居民，持大陸地區專科以上學校畢（肄）業學歷，且符合下列各款資格者，得準用第二條第二款、第三條第一項第一款至第四款、第五條第一款至第四款及前條第一項第一款與第二款規定辦理：
一、其畢（肄）業學校經教育部列入認可名冊，且無大陸地區學歷採認辦法第八條不予採認之情形。
二、其入學資格、修業年限及修習課程，均與臺灣地區同級同類學校規定相當，並經各大學招生委員會審議後認定為相當臺灣地區同級同類學校修業年級。
持大陸地區專科以上學校畢（肄）業學歷，符合大陸地區學歷採認辦法規定者，得準用第四條第一項第一款至第三款、第二項及第三項第一款規定辦理。
持國外或香港、澳門學士學位，其畢業學校經教育部列入參考名冊或為當地國政府權責機關或專業評鑑團體所認可，且入學資格、修業年限及修習課程均與我國同級同類學校規定相當，並經大學校級或聯合招生委員會審議後認定為相當國內同級同類學校修業年級者，或持大陸地區學士學位，符合大陸地區學歷採認辦法規定者，修習第四條第三項第二款之不同科目課程達二十學分以上，持有學分證明，得報考學士後學士班轉學考試，轉入二年級。
持前三項大陸地區專科以上學校畢（肄）業學歷報考者，其相關學歷證件及成績證明，應準用大陸地區學歷採認辦法第四條規定辦理。
持國外或香港、澳門相當於高級中等學校程度成績單、學歷（力）證件，及經當地政府教育主管機關證明得於當地報考大學之證明文件，並經大學校級或聯合招生委員會審議通過者，得以同等學力報考大學學士班（不包括二年制學士班）一年級新生入學考試。
但大學得視其於國外或香港、澳門之修業情形，增加其畢業應修學分或延長其修業年限。
畢業年級相當於國內高級中等學校二年級之國外或香港、澳門同級同類學校畢業生，得以同等學力報考大學學士班一年級新生入學考試。
但大學應增加其畢業應修學分，或延長其修業年限。
畢業年級高於相當國內高級中等學校之國外或香港、澳門同級同類學校肄業生，修滿相當於國內高級中等學校修業年限以下年級者，得準用第二條第一款規定辦理。
持國外或香港、澳門學士學位，符合大學辦理國外學歷採認辦法或香港澳門學歷檢覈及採認辦法規定者，得準用前條第一項第三款及第四款規定辦理。
持國外或香港、澳門專科以上學校畢（肄）業學歷，其畢（肄）業學校經教育部列入參考名冊或為當地國政府權責機關或專業評鑑團體所認可，且入學資格、修業年限及修習課程均與我國同級同類學校規定相當，並經大學校級或聯合招生委員會審議後認定為相當國內同級同類學校修業年級者，得準用第二條第二款、第三條第一項第一款至第四款、第四條第一項第一款至第三款、第二項與第三項第一款、第五條第一款至第四款及前條第一項第一款與第二款規定辦理。
持前項香港、澳門學校副學士學位證書及歷年成績單，或高級文憑及歷年成績單，得以同等學力報考科技大學、技術學院二年制學士班一年級新生入學考試。
第五項、前項、第十項及第十二項所定國外或香港、澳門學歷（力）證件、成績單或相關證明文件，應經我國駐外機構，或行政院在香港、澳門設立或指定機構驗證。
臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例中華民國八十一年九月十八日公布生效後，臺灣地區人民、經許可進入臺灣地區團聚、依親居留、長期居留或定居之大陸地區人民、外國人、香港或澳門居民，持大陸地區專科以上學校畢（肄）業學歷，且符合下列各款資格者，得準用第二條第二款、第三條第一項第一款至第四款、第五條第一款至第四款及前條第一項第一款與第二款規定辦理：
一、其畢（肄）業學校經教育部列入認可名冊，且無大陸地區學歷採認辦法第八條不予採認之情形。
二、其入學資格、修業年限及修習課程，均與臺灣地區同級同類學校規定相當，並經各大學招生委員會審議後認定為相當臺灣地區同級同類學校修業年級。
持大陸地區專科以上學校畢（肄）業學歷，符合大陸地區學歷採認辦法規定者，得準用第四條第一項第一款至第三款、第二項及第三項第一款規定辦理。
持國外或香港、澳門學士學位，其畢業學校經教育部列入參考名冊或為當地國政府權責機關或專業評鑑團體所認可，且入學資格、修業年限及修習課程均與我國同級同類學校規定相當，並經大學校級或聯合招生委員會審議後認定為相當國內同級同類學校修業年級者，或持大陸地區學士學位，符合大陸地區學歷採認辦法規定者，修習第四條第三項第二款之不同科目課程達二十學分以上，持有學分證明，得報考學士後學士班轉學考試，轉入二年級。
持前三項大陸地區專科以上學校畢（肄）業學歷報考者，其相關學歷證件及成績證明，應準用大陸地區學歷採認辦法第四條規定辦理。
持國外或香港、澳門相當於高級中等學校程度成績單、學歷（力）證件，及經當地政府教育主管機關證明得於當地報考大學之證明文件，並經大學校級或聯合招生委員會審議通過者，得以同等學力報考大學學士班（不包括二年制學士班）一年級新生入學考試。
但大學得視其於國外或香港、澳門之修業情形，增加其畢業應修學分或延長其修業年限。