Regulations Regarding Study and Counseling Assistance for Overseas Compatriot Students in Taiwan Article 5

Overseas compatriot students may apply to come to Taiwan to study at educational institutions at all levels in accordance with these Regulations, and they may apply to study, independently transfer into, or advance to a professional degree program offered by a domestic university in collaboration with a foreign university, that has been approved on a case by case basis by the central competent education administrative authority, and for which the universities have specific administrative mechanisms in place. They are not, however, permitted to apply to study at a supplementary or continuing education academy (college) at any level, at an open university, any recurrent or continuing education bachelor’s degree program or in-service master’s degree program offered by any university or college, or any other program which is only taught in the evening or during vacations.Overseas compatriot students who have already obtained legal resident status in Taiwan for non-study related purposes are not subject to the restriction set out in the proviso in the previous paragraph.Overseas compatriot students who are in breach of the proviso in Paragraph 1 shall have their registration as a current student cancelled and not be awarded any certification whatsoever regarding their related academic undertakings. If such a breach is discovered after graduation, the educational institution shall revoke the former student’s eligibility to graduate and shall require any degree already awarded to be returned and shall rescind it.The educational institutions referred to in the proviso in Paragraph 1 shall state clearly in their student admission guidelines that overseas compatriot students are not permitted to enroll.