National Taiwan University stated that the registration rate of the five doctoral programs was zero, mainly because the students' scores did not meet the admission standards.

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[Reporter Zhang Weizhen/Taipei Report] The tsunami of young children hit colleges and universities. The Ministry of Education announced yesterday the registration rate of new students in master and doctoral classes in colleges and universities. There are 13 doctoral programs and 13 master programs, eight more than last year.

Among them, National Taiwan University has five famous universities, National Chengchi University, Tsinghua University, Yangming Jiaotong University, Chengda University and many other well-known top universities are also on the list.

The Ministry of Education pointed out that some of the top schools have experienced a drop in registration rate and zero registration, because the master's and doctoral programs are based on the spirit of careful selection of talents and the spirit of preferring shortages rather than lack of students.

Comparing the data of the past two years, it is found that the number of doctoral programs at National Taiwan University has increased from two last year to five this year, including the Department of Drama, the National Institute of Development, the Department of Forestry Environment and Resources, the Institute of Molecular Medicine, and the doctorate degree in green sustainable materials and precision components. course.

National Taiwan University stated that the registration rate of the five doctoral programs was zero, mainly because the candidates' scores did not meet the admission standards.

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A closer look at the data shows that there are 54 departments, including 45 day departments, and 9 on-the-job special classes.

Thirty-one departments and institutes are occupied by the National Chengchi University, including the doctoral class of the Department of International Business and Trade of National Chengchi University, the doctoral class of the Institute of Astronomy of Tsinghua University, the doctoral class of the Environmental Engineering Research Institute of Yangming Jiaotong University, the doctoral class of the Physiological Institute of Yangming Jiaotong University, and the history of Taiwan Normal University. Many well-known master's and doctoral programs are on the list.

According to the Ministry of Education, the enrollment status of master and doctoral programs in recent years has been affected by the impact of the decline in children and the rapid changes in industry types. Master and doctoral programs are for the cultivation of high-level research talents. Industry-university cooperation to cultivate doctoral-level R&D talents plan", "domestic universities and Academia Sinica to jointly handle international postgraduate study programs", and promote industrial master's special class plans, etc.

The Ministry of Education stated that it currently reserves 30% of the total doctoral program enrollment and 20% of the master's program (including the master's program), and authorizes schools to cooperate with national policies, such as six core strategic industries, AI and Internet of Things industries, semiconductors, and information Safety, food safety, Southeast Asia, etc., as well as the school's development direction are coordinated and allocated. It also provides two flexible plans for school enrollment: "temporarily not allocating enrollment quotas" and "only enrolling overseas students", and offering active reduction (reservation) enrollment Quota and other measures to facilitate flexible adjustment of enrollment quotas by colleges and universities.