Incorporated schools and other non-profit private corporations permitted by the competent authority to operate school-based experimental education and fulfill one of the following may apply to establish or change system to a new private experimental education school:
1. Those applying to establish or change system to a private experimental education school at senior high school level or below must fulfill the following requirements:
a. Recruiting students of age 6 to 18
b. The number of students for each grade shall not exceed 50, and the total number of students from the national compulsory education levels to senior high school level shall not exceed 600. However, for schools which only operate senior high school level or junior high school level, the total number of students shall not exceed 240, and the number of students for each grade shall not be restricted to 50.
c. The ratio of full-time teachers to students shall be no lower than 1 to 10; while half of the required full-time teachers may be part-time teachers, 3 part-time teachers shall count as 1 full-time teacher in the ratio calculation.
d. Indoor floor area for students’ learning and activity shall be no less than 1.5 square meters per person, excluding indoor hallways and stairways. Outdoor floor area for students’ learning and activity shall be no less than 3 square meters per person. However, floor area exceeding 4 square meters per person shall not be subject to this restriction.
2. Those applying to establish or change system to a private experimental education school at junior college level or above must fulfill the following requirements:
a. The enrollment target of associate’s degree courses and bachelor’s degree courses shall be graduates from public or private senior high schools or schools of equal level, or students of equal academic level; the enrollment target of master’s degree courses shall be bachelor’s degree recipients or student of equal academic level.
b. The total number of students from associate’s degrees to master’s degrees shall not exceed 500. However, for schools which only operate associate’s degrees or only operate master’s degrees, the total number of students shall not exceed 160; for schools which only operate bachelor’s degrees, the total number of students shall not exceed 320.
The Private School Law shall be applicable to private experimental education schools established by incorporated schools; private experimental education schools established by other non-profit corporations shall be regarded as a private school defined in the Private School Law, which shall be applicable to private experimental education schools hereto unless otherwise stipulated in this Act.
The Private School Law and other applicable regulations shall govern the supervision of the organization and operation of incorporated schools, and the regulations applicable to the permission of establishment of corporations shall govern the supervision of the organization and operation of other non-profit private corporations.

The representatives of incorporated schools applying for establishment or system change of private experimental education school, or other non-profit private corporations applying for establishment or system change of private experimental education school, shall prepare establishment or system change plan and submit to the respective competent authority 6 months before the start of a school year, whereby the plan shall be reviewed by the EERC, and said competent authority shall make decisions on said establishment or system change accordingly.
The establishment or system change plan mentioned in the preceding Paragraph shall include the following details:
1. School name
2. Schedule for school establishment or system change
3. Expected school establishment planning or status quo of school before system change
4. School location, space, and related information
5. Organization staff quota and number of teachers, students, and classes planned
6. Corporation registration certificate
7. Corporate asset status and financial statement attested by Certified Public Accountant
8. School budget summary and funding method for the past 3 years
9. Information or letters of consent to employment of the corporation’s representative, principal, teachers, and other personnel to be hired or currently employed
The establishment or system change plan mentioned in Paragraph 1 shall be submitted with the experimental education plan mentioned in Article 7 to the competent authority, which shall submit the experimental education plan to the EERC for review and give permission accordingly.

Incorporated schools and other non-profit private corporations applying for establishment or system change of private experimental education school shall have school land, buildings, and teaching equipment sufficient to conduct basic teaching and administration for experimental education and are not subject to the limitations stipulated by the Regulations Governing the Establishment, Change, and Discontinuation of Private Schools at the Senior High School Level or Below and Their Branch Campuses and Branch Departments and Regulations Governing the Establishment, Alterations, and Cessation of Operations of Junior Colleges and Institutions of Higher Education and of Their Branch Campuses and Divisions including Skills-based Senior High School Divisions. The establishment standards for private experimental education schools at junior college level or above shall be stipulated by the central competent authority.
The applicant is required to produce court-notarized proof that the owners of the school land and buildings mentioned in the preceding Paragraph agree to its legitimate use or lease during the experimental education administration period.
The respective competent authority may provide government-owned school lands or idle schools and buildings under urban planning for use by or lease to private experimental education schools pursuant to applicable regulations as measures to encourage establishment of school-based experimental education.
The lease period of lands for experimental education school shall be the same as the experiment plan schedule, and the requirement for lease for at least 30 years as stated in Paragraph 3, Article 36 of the Private School Law shall not be applicable.