In 2001 the government switched to a more hands-off method of controlling only the total number of departments, while allowing each university, so long as it meets certain stipulations on teacher salaries and education facilities, to change its departments, its number of classes and the number of students it enrolls.
在設立系所方面，自 2001 年開始採行「總量管制法」，除了特殊系所外（如醫學、師資培育），各大學得在師資與教學設備空間符合規定的情況下，自行調整系所的班數與招生人數，不需要再針對每一個增刪或調整的系所，逐一提出申請。