Chihlee University of Technology’s organizational structure is established in accordance with the University Act, with the University Affairs Meeting as the highest policy-making body responsible for major decisions.
Self-assessment is divided into institutional and department/program levels:
⚫ Institutional self-assessment: Conducted in five-year cycles. An external evaluation is held at the end of each cycle.
⚫ Department/program evaluation: Departments and programs must participate in professional evaluations by domestic or international accreditation bodies recognized by the Ministry of Education, or implement their own quality assurance mechanisms according to those standards.
The internal self-evaluation for the 109th academic year, the external self-evaluation for the 110th academic year, and the evaluation results reports for the University and all colleges for the 111th academic year were all passed; there was no evaluation for the 112th academic year.
University Affairs Council
The University Affairs Council is composed of the President, Vice Presidents for Research & Administration and Academic Affairs, academic leaders (including deans, division heads, and department chairs), heads of first-level administrative units, full-time faculty representatives, research personnel representatives, administrative staff representatives, maintenance staff representatives, and student representatives. The number of faculty representatives must not be less than half of the total attendees, and at least two-thirds of the faculty representatives must hold the rank of associate professor or higher. In the 2023 academic year (Academic Year 112), the Council had 94 attendees, including 34 senior administrators (the President, Vice Presidents, and heads of academic and administrative units), 47 faculty representatives, 2 administrative staff representatives, 1 maintenance staff representative, and 10 student representatives.
The Matters Discussed at the University Affairs Meeting are as Follows:
1. University development plan and budget.
2. Organizational rules and important regulations.
3. Establishment, change and closure of colleges, departments, divisions of general education, degree programs and affiliated institutions.
4. Academic affairs, student affairs, general affairs, research and other important matters within the University.
5. Review of various self-evaluation methods related to teaching, research, service, counseling, University administration, and student involvement.
6. Matters resolved by the committee or special task force established by the University affairs meeting.
7. Meeting proposals and matters suggested by the president.
University Development Advisory Committee
In order to bring into play the collective wisdom and promote the sustainable and sound development of University affairs, our University has established a University Affairs Development Advisory Committee, with the president as the chairman, and invited representatives from the industry, government, academia, alumni associations and other representatives to discuss University affairs development guidelines and major University affairs reforms, as well as review the relevant contents of each University affairs development plan. In addition, it also proposes forward-looking and feasible development plans for major planning matters and medium- and long-term University affairs development matters of our University for reference by various units of our University in decisionmaking or business execution.
Operation of Each Committee
According to Article 46 of the University’s Organizational Regulations, relevant committees and task forces are established as needed to support the development of university affairs. Each committee and task force operates in accordance with its designated purpose. As of Academic Year 2023, Chihlee University of Technology has established a total of 29 committees and task forces.