Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center

Defense in November 1991; the first group of postgraduates was recruited in 1992. Currently there are three subject groups: Group of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Group of Systematic Biology, Group of Sociobiology, Group of Biotechnology and Biochemistry. Eligible postgraduates applying for the Institute must be already endowed with Master's Degree from their home universities [accredited by Ministry of Education], or from foreign universities and graduate divisions of private colleges [also accredited by Ministry of Education]. Starting with the very first semester in 1996, the institute has enrolled students with eligible qualification to apply for the doctor degree, in full accordance with the “Standards for Recognition of Equivalent Qualifications for University Entrance Examination”.