Survey Schedule

At the end of each academic year, the "Full-Time Faculty Teaching Credit System" calculates the required and actual teaching credits for faculty based on data such as course records, research projects, student advising, service and counseling roles, and administrative positions. full-time faculty members are obligated to engage in teaching, research, advisory roles, and service obligations during their period of appointment.

Survey Targets

Full-time faculty members who held positions during any semester of the current academic year (excluding contract-based and jointly appointed external faculty).

Required Teaching Credits

• According to the university’s Teaching Credit Guidelines and Faculty Appointment Contracts, full-time faculty are expected to undertake teaching, research, advising, and service duties during their appointment.
• Required teaching credits per academic year: Professors – 16, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors – 18, Lecturers – 20. These are divided per semester as 8, 9, and 10 credits respectively (excluding summer courses).
• Approved leaves (e.g., sabbatical, study, secondment, unpaid leave) result in required credits being set to 0, although actual and deducted credits still count towards departmental totals.
• Departments may apply for a reduction in required credits for newly hired faculty, senior professors, or under special circumstances, subject to approval by the Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
• Holders of “National Chair” or “Academician of Academia Sinica” titles may reduce their annual teaching credits by 3 (approved on April 20, 2019).
• Credits may be prorated for approved maternity, paternity, prenatal examination, miscarriage, or bed rest-related sick leaves.

Actual Teaching Credits

• Based on the credit hours of courses offered.
• If a course is co-taught, credits are equally divided by default unless specified otherwise by the department.
• Courses from in-service master's programs are not included in this system.
• Zero-credit PE courses are counted based on actual teaching hours.

Principal Investigator of Research Projects

• Each approved project by the R&D Office may deduct up to 2 credits per academic year (prorated for shorter projects or co-PIs based on workload).
• Maximum of 4 credits per academic year. For major projects, additional deductions may be approved by the President.

Teaching Incentives

• Large classes: 1.5x credits for classes over 80 students; 2x for over 150 (with maintained teaching quality).
• English-taught courses: Courses taught mainly in English may be credited at 1.5x under the English Teaching Incentive Plan, subject to departmental rules.
• MOOCs: Multimedia course materials for open courses count double. Every 6 hours of MOOC content counts as 1 teaching credit.

Graduate Student Advising

• Advising graduate theses (including in-service or offshore students) may reduce teaching credits.
• Each doctoral student deducts 1 credit per semester; each master's student deducts 0.5 credits per semester (less than one semester still counts as one).
• Maximum of 4 credits may be deducted per academic year.

Service and Counseling Roles

• Involvement in service roles (e.g., undergraduate advisor) may deduct 1 credit per semester per 4 weekly hours of service.
• Non-administrators may deduct up to 4 credits per year upon approval; further deductions require Presidential approval.

Administrative Roles

Faculty holding official administrative positions may automatically deduct credits as follows:

• Tier 1 Administrators (e.g., VP, Deans, Secretary-General): 4 credits/semester
• Deputy Tier 1 (e.g., Deputy VP, Deputy Dean): 2 credits/semester
• Tier 2 Administrators (e.g., Department Chair, Program Director): 2 credits/semester
• Deputy Tier 2 (e.g., Assistant Chair): 1 credit/semester
• As of Oct 22, 2014: Certain senior administrators may deduct up to 13 credits/year

Maximum Deduction Limit

• A maximum of 10 credits may be deducted annually, unless otherwise approved by the President.
• The average annual teaching credit for all full-time faculty in a department (excluding those on leave or in administrative roles) must not fall below 9.
• Credit reduction documents must be attached with departmental approvals and noted in the system.