In a study of the nation's technical personnel needs for the years 1983 to 1993, which classified technical manpower under the four categories of engineering, science, medicine, and agriculture, the ROC Council for Economic Planning and Development predicted that oversupply will exist in the two categories of science and agriculture.
行政院經濟建設委員會人力規劃處的「國家建設科技人才需求推估」研究報告中指出，在民國七十二年至八十二年間，大專程度的科技人力若以工程、理科、醫學以及農科等四類來劃分，理、農兩類人力都有供過於求的現象。