Junior College Act Article 33

Junior colleges offer two-year programs and five-year programs. Departments with special characteristics that require adjustments to the length of the study due to instructional needs may report to the Ministry of Education for approval.The credits required to be earned for graduation from a junior college may not be less than 80 credits for a two-year program; and may not be less than 220 credits for a five-year program.All junior college department courses are categorized as either required courses or electives; students who have not passed all the required courses may not graduate.Junior college students who have earned the credits required for graduation with excellent academic results may reduce their regular length of study; those in a five-year program may shorten their length of study by up to one year; those in a two-year program may shorten their length of study by up to half a year. Students who fail to earn the credits required for graduation by the end of the regular length of study may extend the said length. The regulations governing the eligibility criteria and procedures for students to shorten or extend their length of study shall be formulated by each junior college and submitted to the Ministry of Education for reference.The length of study may be extended to accommodate the physical or mental condition and learning needs of junior college students with disabilities, and any regulations governing mandatory withdrawal because of academic results shall not apply to these students.Junior college students pregnant or looking after one or more children aged three or younger may extend their length of study.The regulations governing applications and the procedure for the extension of the length of study referred to in the two preceding paragraphs shall be formulated by each junior college and submitted to the Ministry of Education for reference.