Regulations Governing the Establishment, Alterations, and Cessation of Operations of Junior Colleges and Institutions of Higher Education and of Their Branch Campuses and Divisions including Skills-based Senior High School Divisions Article 24-1
If any one of the circumstances listed below apply to an institute of technology that was formerly a junior college, or to a university of science and technology that was formerly called an institute of technology, the MOE may issue an order requiring the educational institution to change its institutional status to become a junior college, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7-2 of the Junior College Law. The provisions of Articles 7 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, when dealing with the site, buildings, equipment and facilities, teaching staff, establishment capital and funds.1. If the total number of students is less than 3,000, and the new student registration rate is less than fifty percent in the two most recent years.2. If a rating of tier three or lower was achieved in the vocational and technological college and university accreditations on two consecutive occasions (a concession pass or a failure), or if a rating of tier three or lower was achieved in the most recent institutional accreditation (at least three-quarters of the programs failed to pass).3. If major administrative errors or negligence were recorded by the MOE for two consecutive academic years, or if two or more major administrative errors or negligence were recorded by the MOE within the same academic year.4. If financial forecasts indicate that within one year the educational institution will be unable to cover its expenses or face financial difficulties.If any one of the circumstances listed below apply to a junior college that was formerly a skills-based senior high school, the MOE may issue an order requiring the junior college to undergo change of institutional status and become a skills-based senior high school, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7, Paragraph 4 of the Junior College Law, with the provisions of Paragraph 2 of the same article applying, mutatis mutandis; the provisions of Articles 4 and 6 of the Senior High School Education Act that apply to applications for the establishment of schools shall also apply, mutatis mutandis, to an educational institution after it has undergone such a change of institutional status:1. If the total number of students is less than 1,800, and the new student registration rate is less than fifty percent in the two most recent years.2. If any one of the circumstances listed in Subparagraphs 2 to 4 of the previous paragraph apply.
中文原文 專科以上學校及其分校分部專科部技術型高級中等學校部設立變更停辦辦法第24-1條
由專科學校改制之技術學院，或由技術學院改名之科技大學，有下列之情形之一者，依專科學校法第七條第二項規定，本部得命其改制為專科學校；其校地、校舍、設備、師資、設校經費及基金準用第七條規定辦理：
一、全校學生數未達三千人，且最近二年新生註冊率均未達百分之五十。
二、連續二次技專校院校務評鑑三等以下（有條件通過或未通過），或最近一次系所評鑑三等以下（四分之三以上系所未通過）。
三、連續二學年度經本部列有重大行政疏失，或同一學年度經本部列有二次以上重大行政疏失。
四、依財務預測一年內將入不敷出或財務調度困難。
由技術型高級中等學校改制之專科學校，有下列情形之一者，依專科學校法第七條第四項，準用同條第二項規定，本部得命其改制為技術型高級中等學校，並準用高級中等教育法第四條及第六條有關改制後學校之申請設立相關規定辦理：
一、全校學生數未達一千八百人，且最近二年新生註冊率均未達百分之五十。
二、有前項第二款至第四款規定情形之一。
一、全校學生數未達三千人，且最近二年新生註冊率均未達百分之五十。
二、連續二次技專校院校務評鑑三等以下（有條件通過或未通過），或最近一次系所評鑑三等以下（四分之三以上系所未通過）。
三、連續二學年度經本部列有重大行政疏失，或同一學年度經本部列有二次以上重大行政疏失。
四、依財務預測一年內將入不敷出或財務調度困難。
由技術型高級中等學校改制之專科學校，有下列情形之一者，依專科學校法第七條第四項，準用同條第二項規定，本部得命其改制為技術型高級中等學校，並準用高級中等教育法第四條及第六條有關改制後學校之申請設立相關規定辦理：
一、全校學生數未達一千八百人，且最近二年新生註冊率均未達百分之五十。
二、有前項第二款至第四款規定情形之一。