Enforcement Rules of Act Governing the Appointment of Educators Article 5

The term “researchers of academic research institutions” mentioned in the Act refers to the staff with listed title of positions and their job rankings marked as appointed in the organization laws of academic research institutions subordinate to all levels of government agencies in charge of education administration. However, the administrative staff is not included.For the job rankings of the researchers mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the researchers shall be equivalent to professors, the associate researchers shall be equivalent to associate professors, the assistant researchers shall be equivalent to assistant professors and the research assistants shall be equivalent to lecturers.The selection, appointment and screening of the researchers of academic research institutions shall abide by the provisions made by the Ministry of Education.