Taiwan introduces new med degree programme

Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University’s plan to establish a postbaccalaureate medical degree was recently approved at an interministerial meeting at the Ministry of Education. The recruitment and application process for the course will begin at the end of 2021. The first-year students who are financially supported by the Taiwanese state will enroll in September 2022. This new course represents a quantum leap for the training of doctors in Taiwan. In addition, the Temporary Office of this degree has raised NT$2 billion in funding for medical education. A plan to build a state-ofthe-art teaching hospital and medical complex in the Taoyuan Aerotropolis near Taoyuan International Airport is currently under review by the Department of Health and Social Welfare. The postbaccalaureate course in medicine is a four-year course that is open to graduates from all disciplines. It will be located in the future College of Life Sciences and Medicine (previously College of Life Science).