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 6
Criteria for establishing a university are as follows:1. The university site:(1) The university site shall have an area of at least five hectares available for development and use. But if the total number of formally enrolled students is three thousand or less, the following provisions apply:1. 2401~ 3000 students: it shall have an area of at least four hectares.2. 1801~ 2400 students: it shall have an area of at least three hectares.3. 1800 students or less: it shall an area of at least two hectares.(2) A college of agriculture shall have at least five additional hectares of land to use for practical agricultural training.2. University buildings:(1) University buildings shall have sufficient teaching, research, and service areas, buildings required for the administration, student activities, and lodging, and sports facilities.(2) When the setting up of a newly established university is approved, its buildings shall have a total completed floor area of at least 12,000 square meters and shall have a total completed floor area of at least 20,000 square meters prior to the start of the second academic year following approval of its registration. All buildings shall have obtained a use permit before their floor area is permitted to be included in calculations.(3) The total university building floor area shall be calculated using the method specified in of in the provisions of the Standards for Student Admission Quotas and Resources at Institutions of Higher Education.3. Equipment and facilities:(1) The university shall have sufficient teaching, auxiliary, and experimental (training) equipment and facilities to address the practical requirements of each college, institute, department, graduate institute, subject, and course.(2) The university shall have a library and it shall have sufficient basic books, information, specialized journals, and relevant equipment and facilities.(3) A college of medicine shall have its own teaching hospital or an arrangement permitting it to jointly use a teaching hospital.4. Teaching staff:Across the entire university, the student-teacher ratio, day student-teacher ratio, and higher degree student-teacher ratio, and the different ranks, qualifications, and method of calculating the number of full-time teaching staff at the level of assistant professor and above shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Standards for Student Admission Quotas and Resources at Institutions of Higher Education.5. Funds for establishing a private university and its establishment fund: When an application is made to register a private university, the funds to establish it and its establishment fund shall be in compliance with the following provisions:(1) The university shall have an adequate establishment fund (including funding required for purchase or lease of land, building, and equipment and facilities), and funds required for annual recurrent expenses to maintain its basic operations and it shall provide explicit evidence of the sources of funds for its establishment.(2) An adequate establishment fund based on the type of institution shall be raised and be deposited in a dedicated bank account: NTD$1.4 billion for a university; NTD$1.0 billion for an independent medical college; NTD$600 million for an independent engineering college; NT$400 million for an independent college in another category; and NT$400 million for an institute of technology.
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6條
大學設立基準如下：
一、校地：
（一）學校校地可開發使用面積至少應有五公頃。
但正式學籍之學生總人數三千人以下之學校，依下列規定辦理：1.二千四百零一人至三千人：至少應有四公頃。
2.一千八百零一人至二千四百人：至少應有三公頃。
3.一千八百人以下：至少應有二公頃。
（二）農學院應另有五公頃以上之土地，作為實習農場用地。
二、校舍：
（一）應有足夠之教學、研究及服務場所，與學校行政、學生活動、住宿所需之校舍及運動場地。
（二）新設學校核准設立時，校舍建築應完成總樓地板面積達一萬二千平方公尺以上，並於核准立案之第二學年開學前完成校舍建築總樓地板面積達二萬平方公尺以上。
校舍建築應取得使用執照，方得列入計算。
（三）學校校舍建築總樓地板面積，依專科以上學校總量發展規模與資源條件標準規定方式列計。
三、設備：
（一）應針對各院、系、所、學程課程之實際需要，備置足夠之教學、輔助及實驗（習）設備。
（二）應有圖書館，並備置足夠之基本圖書、資訊、專門期刊及相關設備。
（三）醫學院應具備自有或合作而得供使用之教學醫院。
四、師資：全校生師比值、日間學制生師比值、研究生生師比值、專任助理教授以上師資結構及師資質量、師資數之計算方式，依專科以上學校總量發展規模與資源條件標準規定辦理。
五、私立大學設校經費及基金：私立大學申請立案時，其設校經費及基金應符合下列規定：
（一）應有充足之設校經費（包括購地、租地、建築、設備等經費）及維持學校基本運作所需之每年經費，且應提供明確之設校財源證明。
（二）應依學校類型籌足設校基金，存入銀行專戶。
大學新臺幣十四億元；獨立學院醫學類新臺幣十億元、工學類新臺幣六億元、其他類新臺幣四億元；技術學院新臺幣四億元。
一、校地：
（一）學校校地可開發使用面積至少應有五公頃。
但正式學籍之學生總人數三千人以下之學校，依下列規定辦理：1.二千四百零一人至三千人：至少應有四公頃。
2.一千八百零一人至二千四百人：至少應有三公頃。
3.一千八百人以下：至少應有二公頃。
（二）農學院應另有五公頃以上之土地，作為實習農場用地。
二、校舍：
（一）應有足夠之教學、研究及服務場所，與學校行政、學生活動、住宿所需之校舍及運動場地。
（二）新設學校核准設立時，校舍建築應完成總樓地板面積達一萬二千平方公尺以上，並於核准立案之第二學年開學前完成校舍建築總樓地板面積達二萬平方公尺以上。
校舍建築應取得使用執照，方得列入計算。
（三）學校校舍建築總樓地板面積，依專科以上學校總量發展規模與資源條件標準規定方式列計。
三、設備：
（一）應針對各院、系、所、學程課程之實際需要，備置足夠之教學、輔助及實驗（習）設備。
（二）應有圖書館，並備置足夠之基本圖書、資訊、專門期刊及相關設備。
（三）醫學院應具備自有或合作而得供使用之教學醫院。
四、師資：全校生師比值、日間學制生師比值、研究生生師比值、專任助理教授以上師資結構及師資質量、師資數之計算方式，依專科以上學校總量發展規模與資源條件標準規定辦理。
五、私立大學設校經費及基金：私立大學申請立案時，其設校經費及基金應符合下列規定：
（一）應有充足之設校經費（包括購地、租地、建築、設備等經費）及維持學校基本運作所需之每年經費，且應提供明確之設校財源證明。
（二）應依學校類型籌足設校基金，存入銀行專戶。
大學新臺幣十四億元；獨立學院醫學類新臺幣十億元、工學類新臺幣六億元、其他類新臺幣四億元；技術學院新臺幣四億元。