University Act Article 15
This English translation was last updated on 2019-12-11, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-09-23. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
Each university shall set up a university council to deliberate and make decisions regarding significant university matters. The university council shall comprise the university president, vice president(s), teacher representatives, heads of academic affairs units and administrative units, representatives of research personnel, representatives of non-teaching staff, student representatives, and representatives of other personnel.The numbers of personnel referred to in the preceding paragraph, apart from the president and vice president(s), and the criteria for council membership are as follows:1.The teacher representatives shall be elected and shall comprise at least one half of the university council; in principle, not be less two thirds of the teacher representatives shall be of or above associate professorship.2.The student representatives shall be elected and shall not be less than one tenth of the total number of council.3.The method of selecting the other voting and non-voting members of the university council, and the proportion of the council that each other category of members must comprise shall be stipulated in the charter and by-laws of the university.On calculating the actual numbers of people in accordance with the proportions stipulated in Subparagraph 1 and Subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph, any number that includes a fraction shall be unconditionally rounded up to the next integer.University council meetings shall be convened by the president, at least once each semester. If an extraordinary university council meeting is requested by a minimum of one-fifth of the number of those council members who are required to attend meetings, the president shall convene the extraordinary meeting within fifteen days.When the university council considers it necessary, it may establish various committees or special task groups to deal with matters that the university council assigns to them; whenever such a committee or special task group is established, its name, duties, and the method of selecting its members shall be specified in the charter and by-laws of the university.
中文原文 大學法第15條
大學設校務會議，議決校務重大事項，以校長、副校長、教師代表、學術與行政主管、研究人員代表、職員代表、學生代表及其他有關人員代表組織之。
前項人員，除校長及副校長外，其人數及產生方式如下：
一、教師代表應經選舉產生，人數不得少於全體會議人數二分之一；教師代表中具備教授或副教授資格者，以不少於教師代表人數三分之二為原則。
二、學生代表應經選舉產生，人數不得少於全體會議人數十分之一。
三、其餘出、列席人員之產生方式及比例，於各大學組織規程定之。
依前項第一款及第二款規定計算，遇有小數點時，採無條件進位法，取整數計算。
校務會議由校長召開，每學期至少召開一次；經校務會議應出席人數五分之一以上請求召開臨時校務會議時，校長應於十五日內召開之。
校務會議必要時，得設各種委員會或專案小組，處理校務會議交議事項；其名稱、任務及組成方式，於各大學組織規程定之。
前項人員，除校長及副校長外，其人數及產生方式如下：
一、教師代表應經選舉產生，人數不得少於全體會議人數二分之一；教師代表中具備教授或副教授資格者，以不少於教師代表人數三分之二為原則。
二、學生代表應經選舉產生，人數不得少於全體會議人數十分之一。
三、其餘出、列席人員之產生方式及比例，於各大學組織規程定之。
依前項第一款及第二款規定計算，遇有小數點時，採無條件進位法，取整數計算。
校務會議由校長召開，每學期至少召開一次；經校務會議應出席人數五分之一以上請求召開臨時校務會議時，校長應於十五日內召開之。
校務會議必要時，得設各種委員會或專案小組，處理校務會議交議事項；其名稱、任務及組成方式，於各大學組織規程定之。