The purpose of the School Professional Art Education is to teach art theory and technique, to carry out artistic research and creation, and to cultivate diverse Arts Professionals.

School Professional Art Education shall be provided by schools of the following types and at the following levels:
1.The art departments or graduate institutes of universities, colleges, and junior colleges.
2.Universities, colleges, junior colleges, and senior high schools for arts education and their affiliated junior high school or elementary school divisions.
3.Art Gifted Classes at senior high schools, junior high schools, and elementary schools.
As educational needs require, the universities, colleges, junior colleges, and senior high schools for arts education under subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph may implement a single-track educational system after receiving approval from the designated administrative authority for arts education.

After applying to and receiving approval from the designated administrative authorities for arts education, schools at the senior high school level or below may establish classes for artistically gifted students to guide them in appropriate development based on their abilities, inclinations, and interests.
The standards for establishment of the Art Gifted Classes under the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Education.
When necessary, schools may organize a professional qualification review team to evaluate part-time teachers and substitute teachers of the Art Gifted Classes, and supervise matters relevant to the hourly salary of such teachers.
In case that the Art Gifted Classes underperform, and there is still no improvement after the deadline set by the designated administrative authorities for arts education, it may be ordered to decrease the number of classes.

Extension education may be offered by schools for arts education at all levels, as well as universities, colleges, and junior colleges with art departments or graduate institutes, and senior high schools, junior high schools, and elementary schools with Art Gifted Classes ; the relevant governing regulations shall be prescribed by the designated educational authorities at the corresponding levels.

As educational needs require, practice, performance, and research units or venues may be established at schools at all levels, as well as universities, colleges, and junior colleges with art departments or graduate institutes, and senior high schools, junior high schools, and elementary schools with Art Gifted Classes .
The regulations governing establishment and management of the units and venues of the preceding paragraph shall be formulated by the respective schools and submitted to the Competent Education Authorities at the corresponding levels for ratification. Schools may apply to their respective designated educational authority for subsidies for the establishment of such units and venues.

The qualifications for student enrollment and the required years of study at schools for arts education at various levels, as well as at universities, colleges, and junior colleges with art departments or graduate institutes, and at schools with Art Gifted Classes shall be as provided in the laws and regulations governing the schools at each respective level. For students with special artistic talent who pass specific screening tests, however, the age of admittance may be lowered, admission qualifications relaxed, or the required years of study reduced.
The regulations governing the age of admittance, relaxation of admission qualifications, and reduction of required years of study for students with special artistic talent, and the standards for their special screening tests, shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Education.

Assessments of students enrolling at the affiliated junior high school or elementary school divisions of senior high schools for arts education, or in Art Gifted Classes at junior high or elementary schools, shall be carried out by the designated education authorities; parental applications and registrations shall not be subject to restriction based on their individual school district.

If a student enrolled in an art school（or class）of senior high school level or below is unable to continue studies for some reason there or has failed to adapt successfully, as determined through meetings by school officials, the student may be transferred to ordinary classes through guidance by the original school of enrollment or apply for transfer to a different school.

Courses offered by schools at all levels that provide professional arts education or Art Gifted Classes shall focus on professionalism. Matters regarding facilities, class organization, qualifications for appointment of teachers, staff organization, and curriculum design shall be determined through joint discussions between schools, experts and representatives of parents invited by the school, in coordination with the needs of each individual art subjects.

The Competent Education Authority at each level shall allocate funds specially designated for the promotion of professional arts education activities to be held by schools at all levels.