Regulations Governing the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Academic Records by Institutions of Higher Education Article 10
The following academic credentials awarded in a foreign country are not eligible for assessment and recognition:1. An academic credential obtained by completing a program in correspondence mode.2. Certificates awarded after undertaking attendance at any kind of training courses, seminars, or workshop.3. Having obtained candidate status for a doctorate without having been awarded the doctorate. A person with this status may apply for assessment and recognition as having the equivalent of a master’s degree.4. A doctorate conferred only on the basis of having completed a dissertation, without having registered, been admitted, and undertaking any courses.5. Honorary degrees.6. An academic credential awarded for a program undertaken in a non-Chinese speaking country or region, with Chinese as the language of instruction. This, however, does not include any senior secondary academic credential.7. An academic credential obtained from a foreign educational institution that has established a branch or a division and professional degree programs in Taiwan that do not have Ministry of Education approval, or obtained from an institution commissioned to recruit students and teach courses in Taiwan in the name of a foreign educational institution without Ministry of Education approval.8. Any academic credential obtained in distance learning mode which does not satisfy the provisions of Article 7.
中文原文 大學辦理國外學歷採認辦法第10條
國外學歷有下列情形之一者，不予採認：
一、經函授方式取得。
二、各類研習班所取得之修課證書（明）。
三、取得博士學位候選人資格未獲得博士學位，申請採認相當於碩士學位資格。
四、未經註冊入學及修業，僅以論文著作取得博士學位。
五、名（榮）譽學位。
六、非使用中文之國家或地區，以中文授課所頒授之學歷。
但不包括高級中等學校學歷。
七、未經本部核定，在我國所設分校、分部及學位專班，或以國外學校名義委託機構在國內招生授課取得之學歷。
八、以遠距教學方式取得之學歷不符第七條規定者。
一、經函授方式取得。
二、各類研習班所取得之修課證書（明）。
三、取得博士學位候選人資格未獲得博士學位，申請採認相當於碩士學位資格。
四、未經註冊入學及修業，僅以論文著作取得博士學位。
五、名（榮）譽學位。
六、非使用中文之國家或地區，以中文授課所頒授之學歷。
但不包括高級中等學校學歷。
七、未經本部核定，在我國所設分校、分部及學位專班，或以國外學校名義委託機構在國內招生授課取得之學歷。
八、以遠距教學方式取得之學歷不符第七條規定者。