University Act Article 25

Persons in any of the following categories who are entering a university to study for a degree is not subject to the published admission quotas or methods referred to in the preceding article: students from any area that has suffered a major disaster, children of parents who have been assigned to work overseas by the government, students who have participated in an international academic or skills-based competition and received excellent results, students who have been awarded for their excellent sports achievements, veterans, students from Mongolia or Tibet, persons who applied for naturalization in accordance with Subparagraphs 1 to 3, Paragraph 1, Article 4 of the Nationality Act and had their application approved, overseas compatriot students, students from the Mainland Area, and foreign students.The students from the Mainland Area referred to in the preceding paragraph are not permitted to be admitted to colleges, departments, graduate institutes, or degree programs that the Ministry of Education, after its consultation with relevant government agencies, has identified and publicly designated as involving national security and state secrets.Except for those pertaining to students from the Mainland Area which shall be approved by the Executive Yuan after being drafted by the Ministry of Education, the regulations governing the quotas, admission methods, eligibility criteria, the procedure schedule, formation of the student recruitment committee, selection principles, and other matters regarding the rights and responsibilities of examinees, pertaining to the students referred to in Paragraph 1 and enrolled in a university to study for a degree, shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Education.