The nation’s only graduate institute of forensic medicine was yesterday unexpectedly placed on a watch list in this year’s college evaluation for failing to meet certain standards.
The Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan publicized the results of its university evaluation conducted in the second half of last year, putting National Taiwan University’s (NTU) Graduate Institute of Forensic Medicine on a watch list along with 26 other academic departments or graduate schools.
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Council president Roger Chen (陳振遠) said that although members of the council’s evaluation board generally gave credit to the institute for its faculty and the performance of its students, the school has not invested as many resources in helping the institute Development.
The institute was established in 2004.
“Although it is a graduate institute, students are required to take 170 credits — far more than for undergraduates,” Chen said.
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Chen said the evaluators also recommended that the institute hire more teaching staff. At present, it has only six professors who must divide their time between teaching and helping with forensic work.
The evaluators also found that students at the institute did not have adequate facilities to complete their internship, Chen said.
In response, NTU secretary-general Sebastian Liao (廖咸浩) said the school would provide more room at its College of Medicine to accommodate the institute.
Liao called on the government to invest more resources to help the institute with its development, as the institute is meant to serve as the cradle of the nation’s medical examiners.
A total of 243 academic departments and graduate institutes at nine universities participated in the evaluations, with almost 95 percent passing the review, council data showed.
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