Innovation Act for Industry-Academia Collaboration and Talent Cultivation in National Key Fields Article 23
A key research institute’s increasing the number of or making and adjustments to graduate institutes, degree programs, eligibility criteria to sit for PhD entrance examinations, direct entrance into a master’s degree program by bachelor’s degree students, enrolment method（s）and quota（s）, prescribed periods for completing programs, and course credits, and the procedure for assessment and recognition of foreign academic records and credentials shall not be subject to the provisions of Article 12, Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 of Article 23, Article 24, Article 26, and Article 28 of the University Act.The name of each degree conferred by the key research institute, the criteria for conferring each degree, the awarding and registration of the associated degree diploma, the formation of master’s degree and PhD examination committees, and the requirements to become a PhD candidate shall not be subject to the provisions of Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 of Article 3, Article 8, Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2 of Article 9, Article 10, and Article 11 of the Degree Conferral Act.The regulations governing the operations, recognition criteria and other relevant matters to be observed referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, which are not subject to the provisions of the University Act or the Degree Conferral Act shall be formulated by the key research institute and then reported to the supervisory committee for reference, after being deliberated on and approved by the management committee.In principle, if the key research institute is adding another class for a master’s degree program or for a PhD program, it shall only add one extra for the master’s degree program and only one extra for a PhD program. If the competent authority gives approval for the key research institute to continue operating, in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 12, the number of students in the master’s degree and PhD programs may be increased year by year.
中文原文 國家重點領域產學合作及人才培育創新條例第23條
研究學院增設、調整研究所、學位學程、博士入學考試資格、學士逕修讀碩士學位、招生方式與名額、修業期限、修習學分數及國外學歷採認程序，不受大學法第十二條、第二十三條第二項、第三項、第二十四條、第二十六條及第二十八條規定限制。
研究學院之學位名稱、授予要件、學位證書之頒給與註記、碩士學位與博士學位考試委員會之設置、博士學位候選人之要件，不受學位授予法第三條第二項、第三項、第八條、第九條第一項、第二項、第十條及第十一條規定限制。
前二項排除適用大學法與學位授予法之作業規定、認定基準及其他相關事項，由研究學院擬訂，經管理會審議通過後，報監督會備查。
研究學院新設之碩士班或博士班，應分別以一班為原則，經主管機關依第十二條第一項規定核定續辦者，其碩士班及博士班學生人數得逐年增加。
研究學院之學位名稱、授予要件、學位證書之頒給與註記、碩士學位與博士學位考試委員會之設置、博士學位候選人之要件，不受學位授予法第三條第二項、第三項、第八條、第九條第一項、第二項、第十條及第十一條規定限制。
前二項排除適用大學法與學位授予法之作業規定、認定基準及其他相關事項，由研究學院擬訂，經管理會審議通過後，報監督會備查。
研究學院新設之碩士班或博士班，應分別以一班為原則，經主管機關依第十二條第一項規定核定續辦者，其碩士班及博士班學生人數得逐年增加。