Students are required to complete an "Internship Report" every three months following a specified format, which can be downloaded from the Office of Research and Development's internship webpage. The content of the report will be guided and evaluated by the internship advisor and the supervisor or manager at the internship organization. In addition, after returning to campus upon the completion of the internship, students' reports for each stage shall be retained by their respective departments for record and reference by junior students. However, students are only permitted to review the reports on-site, and scanning, photographing, or any other acts violating copyright regulations are strictly prohibited.
 

The internship is a formal course for which academic credits are granted upon passing. In addition to oral and written reports, routine communications, learning logs, and other reports during the internship period serve as important evaluation items, as detailed below:

1. Students shall complete an "Internship Report" every three months in accordance with the plan. The content and writing style shall be handled in accordance with the regulations, and the details shall be guided by the department's faculty advisor and the supervisor of the cooperative institution.

2. During the internship period, students shall conduct an oral report every three months, inviting industry mentors and school advisors to jointly participate and evaluate their grades using the "Student Work-Study Practical Internship Performance Evaluation Form."

3. The internship is a mandatory course, and academic credits are granted upon passing each stage of the evaluation. In addition to oral and written reports, the learning plan, routine communications, and various learning reports during the internship period are included as important evaluation items. Interns shall maintain contact with their faculty advisors using the monthly communication form, and request the advisors to upload the records to the visiting guidance and counseling record system.

4. Students whose accumulated personal leave, sick leave, or absence exceeds 12 days during the internship period shall not receive a grade higher than 80 points for that stage. Special circumstances approved through application shall be handled on a case-by-case basis.

5. Students who resign due to personal reasons during the internship period or whose absence reaches 1/3 of a single internship stage (i.e., four weeks) shall receive a score of zero for that stage's internship grade.

6. After evaluating and calculating the grades based on the internship reports, the faculty advisor shall submit them to the homeroom teacher to compile the grades for the entire class and forward them to the Registration Section of the Office of Academic Affairs. The internship reports shall be kept on file in the respective department offices.

7. In the event of force majeure situations during the student work-study practical internship, such as pregnancy, statutory infectious diseases, critical illnesses, or major accidents, where a student requests leave for more than one month and is unable to participate in the internship within a short period, such cases shall be submitted to the President for approval on a case-by-case basis. Upon approval, the faculty advisor may assign the student a "special topic report" to evaluate their internship grade, limited to one stage, and the grade shall not exceed 80 points.
 

Students who repeatedly ignore warnings or fail to improve after counseling for the following abnormal behaviors will be reported by the cooperative institution to the Internship and Employment Guidance Section of the Office of Research and Development for dismissal. Meanwhile, the specific facts of their abnormal behaviors shall be faxed to the school in writing so that the faculty advisor can be notified to provide guidance, and appropriate disciplinary actions shall be taken in accordance with the "Student Reward and Punishment Regulations" depending on the severity of the circumstances.

1. Being absent from work without leave for three consecutive or cumulative days (inclusive) during the internship period.

2. Bringing fire sources and cigarettes into the workplace.

3. Engaging in slowdowns, sleeping on the job, or showing a lack of enthusiasm for work despite repeated admonitions.

4. Being willful in personality, having a poor learning attitude, or refusing to accept instruction.

5. Failing to comply with safety and health regulations, operating machinery and equipment without authorization, and causing major property losses.

6. Taking on unauthorized outside employment or engaging in multi-level marketing work during the internship.

7. Other severe violations of the regulations of the school or the cooperative institution.

The circumstances under which students are required to retake the student work-study internship course are as follows:

1. Those who fail the internship grade or fail to submit the internship report for that stage.

2. Those who take leave (are absent) for more than one-third of the total internship days during a phase (three months) of the internship period.

3. Those who apply to postpone their internship due to illness or accidental injury.

The matters needing attention during the student internship are as follows:

1. Comply with occupational safety and health regulations and wear personal protective equipment.

2. Ask more, observe more, think more, learn with modesty, and obey the guidance of supervisors and colleagues.

3. Report any abnormalities or deficiencies in work truthfully and promptly to supervisors in order to seize the timing for handling them.

4. Work earnestly and obtain the supervisor's consent when leaving the workstation for any reason.

5. Pay attention to safety and discipline during work, and do not operate machinery unrelated to one's own job duties. Those who operate without authorization and cause injury shall be held liable for compensation.

6. Dress neatly for work and do not wear bizarre or inappropriate attire.

7. It is strictly prohibited to bring fire sources or mobile phones with camera functions into restricted areas, and taking photos is forbidden.

8. Do not enter other people's work or office areas without permission.

9. Do not browse or review other people's documents or official papers without authorization.

10. Do not bring unauthorized persons unrelated to work into the workplace, and strictly uphold the responsibility of maintaining trade secrets.

11. Do not misappropriate or embezzle public property, such as pens, sticky notes, etc.

12. Respect colleagues, avoid frivolous speech and behavior, and do not chat during work hours.

13. It is strictly prohibited to use the partner organization's computers for personal business or browsing the internet without authorization.

14. When overtime work or shift work is required for practical learning activities, students shall cooperate based on the spirit of diligence and a professional attitude, while still complying with the regulations of the Labor Standards Act to protect student rights and interests.

15. Sexual Harassment Prevention Act consultation hotline: 113. You can also check the Ministry of the Interior website for inquiries.

16. If there is any abnormality in the payment of internship wages, report it to the counseling teacher and the school for handling, so as not to affect your own rights and interests.

The transfer of an internship unit can be divided into two types: transfer due to personal factors and transfer due to company factors. The different processing methods are described as follows:

I. Processing for applying to transfer internship departments due to personal factors:

1. Personal factors: Dismissal for reasons listed in Article 14 of the "Implementation Measures for Undergraduate Work-Study Practical Internship Courses," family factors, health factors, personal interests, work philosophy, poor adaptation, leaving without notice, unauthorized resignation, inability to cooperate with the partner organization's schedule, or student professional incompetence where the partner organization offers to adjust to appropriate work but the student is unwilling to undertake it.

2. Students wishing to resign must notify the counseling teacher in advance. If they develop their own internship opportunities, they must obtain approval from the counseling teacher, fill out the "Application Form for Changing Internship Partner Organization / Terminating Internship," and obtain authorization before resigning and transferring to a new partner organization to continue the internship. Students who resign on their own without notifying the counseling teacher will receive a score of zero for that stage of the internship, which must be retaken before graduation, and the school will impose appropriate penalties according to the "Student Reward and Punishment Regulations" depending on the circumstances.

3. If a student resigns due to personal factors and completes the procedures for changing partner organizations, the internship grade for that stage shall not exceed 65 points (inclusive), and appropriate penalties may be imposed according to the "Student Reward and Punishment Regulations" depending on the circumstances. In addition, if the absence time in one stage reaches 1/3 (i.e., four weeks), the internship grade for that stage shall be calculated as zero, and appropriate penalties shall be imposed according to the "Student Reward and Punishment Regulations" depending on the circumstances.

4. After the internship placement roster is finalized and the internship guidance manual is compiled, partner organizations may not be changed; otherwise, the grade for the first stage will be calculated as zero. Special cases approved through official channels are exempt from this restriction.

5. Students who wish to change their partner organization due to personal factors must obtain confirmation and approval from the counseling teacher and the department chair before proceeding with the transfer process. They may first check whether partner organizations with available vacancies are willing to accept them and arrange an interview. Alternatively, the department or college may employ students for internships through faculty industry-academia cooperation projects or other projects with official approval, or students may be permitted to develop their own internship opportunities. The transfer procedure is as shown in the attached table.

6. If a student needs to change their partner organization due to personal factors starting from the third stage of the work-study internship, and is still unable to complete the transfer through the aforementioned methods, they may, based on their willingness, be arranged for an unpaid internship on campus.

7. Internship students must submit the "Application Form for Changing Internship Partner Organization / Terminating Internship" one week prior to resignation, and may only resign and transfer to a new partner organization to continue their internship after receiving official approval. If an internship student is still unable to transfer to a new partner organization within two weeks after resignation through the aforementioned methods, the internship grade for that stage shall be calculated as zero, and they shall retake the course in accordance with the regulations.

8. Students who apply for suspension or withdrawal from school during the internship period must still fill out the "Application Form for Changing Internship Partner Organization / Terminating Internship" and complete the suspension or withdrawal procedure within two weeks. The Internship and Employment Guidance Section and the class advisor will provide assistance, and those who fail to complete it will be summoned to a meeting regarding internship abnormalities for review.

9. If relevant disputes arise between the internship partner organization and the internship student, the dispute negotiation and handling mechanism shall be handled as shown in the attached table.

II. Processing for applying to transfer internship departments due to company factors:

1. Partner organization factors: Business contraction and workforce reduction, high danger in the working environment or content, work level too low for student internship and unimproveable, unreasonable overtime without overtime pay affecting health, student professional incompetence where the partner organization cannot adjust to appropriate work, salary lower than the basic wage of the Labor Standards Act, refusal to provide labor and health insurance and allocate labor pension for students, refusal to sign an internship contract, etc. (the last three items should be avoided for cooperation).

2. The counseling teacher shall assist in developing internship opportunities within two weeks after the student's resignation. Students must submit an application one week prior to resignation. Upon review and approval by the department chair and the counseling teacher, they shall fill out the "Application Form for Changing Internship Partner Organization / Terminating Internship" and obtain official approval before continuing their internship. Internship opportunities shall primarily be off-campus partner organizations. When necessary, upon official approval, students may also be employed for internships through faculty industry-academia cooperation projects or other projects of their department or college, or in accordance with the methods listed in Article 15, Paragraph 6.

All students of this school who obtain various professional licenses during their period of study may submit an application for rewards in accordance with the application form.

However, if a professional technician license recognized by each department is obtained through a single exam resulting in two licenses, only one may be selected for application. Package certifications must be fully obtained before an application can be submitted, and applications based on license replacement via qualifications are not permitted.

In-school rewards for the same license shall not be repeated, but applications may be submitted for the highest available award. The explanation is as follows:

1. The incentive schedule for professional technician licenses recognized by each department shall be based on the period recognized by the Ministry of Education's overall development funding for subsidies and grants. Regardless of the number of licenses obtained by the student, only one incentive may be applied for during that period, though merit-based awards (demerits/merits) are not limited. After the student application forms are compiled and preliminarily reviewed by the assistants of each department, and signed off by the department heads, they shall be submitted to the Internship and Employment Guidance Section of the Office of Research and Development for processing in accordance with regulations. However, in coordination with the reporting schedule of the school's basic database, for licenses effective (passed) from February 1 to July 31 of each year, applications must be submitted to the Office of Research and Development by October 15 of that year; for licenses effective (passed) from August 1 of each year to January 31 of the following year, applications must be submitted to the Office of Research and Development by March 15 of the following year, and late applications will not be accepted.

2. For information technology (computer) and language (excluding English) license items, applicants shall fill out the application form, which shall be compiled and preliminarily reviewed by the assistants of each department (institute), signed and confirmed by relevant units, and then submitted to the Internship and Employment Guidance Section of the Office of Research and Development for processing in accordance with regulations.

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1. Basis for tuition and miscellaneous fees collection during off-campus internships: According to the Ministry of Education's letter dated July 31, 1987 (Ref. Tai-(87)-Ji-(2)-No. 87067583), if students undertake internships at off-campus institutions for the entire semester, the fees for that semester shall be limited to 100% of the tuition fee and 80% of the miscellaneous fees. The internship courses of this school are additional required credits and do not affect the total number of credits required for students to graduate from university.

2. Purpose of implementing off-campus internships: To balance theory and practice, and to cultivate students' self-reliance and perseverance, our school has been integrated with the Formosa Plastics Group since its establishment in 1963 to provide students with work-study internship opportunities. This allows students to earn compensation from work-study internships, reduce their family financial burden, and successfully complete their studies. To date, student work-study internships have expanded to various domestic and foreign industries, and their performance has been widely recognized by the industry. They have also been repeatedly selected by 1111 Job Bank, Global Views Magazine, and Cheers Magazine as "University Graduates Most Favored by Enterprises," effectively eliminating the gap between school education and corporate employment, and achieving the educational goal of connecting industry with academia.

3. Instructions for off-campus internship operations of the Four-Year Technological and Vocational Program:

(1) Internship period: From the second semester of the junior year, September of each year to September of the following year, for a total of one year.

(2) Internship credits: 18 credits are granted for the diverse learning curriculum module (including 1 credit for the diverse learning pre-literacy training course).

(3) Guidance measures:

1. Each student is assigned a mentor who is responsible for understanding the student's learning status, assisting and guiding students in solving problems, guiding students in writing internship reports, and jointly evaluating the student's internship performance with the supervisor of the internship company.

2. Routine guidance: Routine communication is conducted via telephone, email, and messaging software. Students must submit an "Internship Reflection Report" to their mentor every month.

3. Regular guidance: During the first month and every three months, the mentor must conduct on-site visits and guidance at the internship company, guide and evaluate the internship report for that stage, and discuss the next stage's internship plan and report project topics with the internship company supervisor and the student.

(4) Graduation credits: 148 credits. (The Ministry of Education requirement is 128 credits.)

(5) Explanation of differences in tuition and miscellaneous fee collection during the internship period (taking the tuition and miscellaneous fee standards for the 107 academic year as an example), detailed as follows:

1. For schools not implementing off-campus internships, the tuition and miscellaneous fees and graduation achievements required for four years of university:

(1) (NT$37,564 for tuition + NT$13,196 for miscellaneous fees) × 8 semesters = NT$406,080.

(2) Graduation credits: 128 credits (specified by the Ministry of Education).

(3) Possess a bachelor's degree certificate upon graduation.

2. Ming Chi University of Technology (implementing one year of diverse learning): Tuition and miscellaneous fees and graduation achievements required for four years of university:

(1) (NT$37,564 for tuition + NT$13,196 for miscellaneous fees) × 7 semesters + tuition and miscellaneous fees during the off-campus internship period (NT$37,564 for tuition + NT$13,196 for miscellaneous fees × 0.8) = NT$403,441.

(2) Graduation credits: 148 credits.

(3) Possess a bachelor's degree certificate upon graduation + one year of workplace experience (labor insurance record, labor pension fund) + one year of salary income (approximately NT$200,000 to $300,000 per year). In addition to effectively enhancing students' employment competitiveness after graduation, the salary income during the off-campus internship period can also significantly alleviate the economic burden on their families.

IV. School Resource Allocation:

(1) Tuition and miscellaneous fees at our school adopt the lower-end pricing standard for private schools, and tuition and miscellaneous fees have not been increased in recent years. Adhering to the philosophy of exquisite education and strict teaching quality requirements, the average educational cost per student over the past three years is approximately NT$220,000 per year. Annual tuition and miscellaneous fee revenue accounts for about 36% of total expenditures, government subsidies and industry-academia collaboration revenue account for about 30% of total expenditures, and the deficit relies on financial income and donations from the Board of Directors.

(2) In coordination with one year of diverse learning, the class hours per semester for students on campus are higher than the average hours of general schools. Taking students in the four-year technological program as an example, the weekly class time is about 18 hours (128 credits / 7 semesters), while general schools have about 16 hours per week (128 credits / 8 semesters). This means that various resources used by students for the original eight-semester curriculum have been evenly distributed among the seven semesters on campus.

(3) Additional costs incurred by the school for implementing diverse learning module courses (work-study practical internship, professional research internship):

1. Various expenses for pre-internship related pre-employment training.

2. Expenses related to student interview arrangements, transportation, and insurance before the internship.

3. Business expenses related to developing (or changing) internship companies during the internship period.

4. Related counseling hourly fees for counseling teachers and homeroom teachers during the internship period.

5. Travel expenses (transportation, meals, and lodging) for teachers' visitation and guidance during the internship period.

6. Postage and telecommunication expenses for business contacts during the internship period.

7. Personnel and administrative expenses for personnel related to internship operations.

8. Production and printing costs for the internship guidance manual.

9. Expenses for internship result competition activities and scholarships/grants.

10. Teaching-related expenses for offering distance learning courses during the internship period.

11. Related expenses for overseas internship visits and counseling (including the school's matching funds for the "Wings of Dreams" overseas internship program).

12. Expenses for digital teaching materials and distance learning-related materials.

V. Regarding the payment of tuition and miscellaneous fees during the student internship period, the school has publicized and explained this on the school website, during freshman orientation, and at pre-internship briefings. It is hoped that students will seize the job opportunities provided by the industry-academia cooperation companies, study diligently, build a solid foundation early in the highly competitive workplace, and enhance their post-graduation employment competitiveness.