Taiwanese universities reported 33,733 applications and 32,497 admissions for this academic year, down 9 percent and 7.35 percent from last year respectively, the University Admissions Committee said yesterday.
This year’s admissions rate is 96.62 percent, up slightly from 96.34 percent, the Ministry of Education-run committee told a news conference at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan.
The flux in admissions rates is due mainly to a steep decline in the number of university applicants, said commission executive secretary Shen Sheng-chih (沈聖智), who is the university’s dean of academic affairs.
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Applicants on average applied to 59 universities and admitted students on average were enrolled by their 22nd preference in their ranked choices.
Those who have questions can use the commission’s Web site to check the reason cited for the decision of each school to which they applied and file a request for reassessment by Friday, he said.
Reassessment reports would be made available on Friday next week, he said.
Universities reported 1,220 unfilled spots, the lowest in five years, Sheng said.
However, the number was achieved after subtracting anticipated future admissions from sources other than standardized tests, he said.
Counting raw admission numbers, Hsuan Chuang University under-recruited by 80.88 percent, Fo Guang University by 60.92 percent, Aletheia University by 54.11 percent and Nanhua University by 41.38 percent, he said.
All but six public universities recruited the full number of students they expected, and five of those universities reported fewer than 10 empty spots, Sheng said, adding that music or arts departments accounted for the bulk of the deficit.
National Quemoy University in Kinmen County proved the exception with 23.43 percent of available spots unfilled across academic departments, he said.
The university’s recruitment issues stem from population decline and lack of resources affecting the nation’s less economically developed regions, Sheng said.
Arts programs on average reported an 18.06 percent under-recruitment rate, the highest of all academic fields, followed by interdisciplinary studies with a reported under-recruitment rate of 10.87 percent, he said.
Universities should establish more opportunities for students to explore their interests and talents by removing barriers to transfers among schools and departments in different fields, he said.
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