Unlike instructors in other fields, in which there is a "publish or perish" imperative for promotion, the College of Design allows for prize-winning work to take the place of the publication requirement. This enables instructors to devote themselves wholly to creativity, and gives them the greatest incentive and pressure to win awards.
相較於其他領域的老師，必須勤在國際期刊發表論文才能「升等」，台科大設計學院卻開放「以得獎作品代替論文升等」的方便之門，此舉直接構成老師們投身創作、衝刺得獎數的最大誘因與「壓力」。