In fact, admission by college rather than department was tried eight or nine years ago by the College of Sciences at National Central University. Students who tested into the college first took two years of foundation courses, after which, without further screening, they could freely choose to enter any one of the Departments of Mathematics, Physics, Atmospheric Sciences and Earth Science.
其實，「分院不分系」的做法八、九年前中央大學理學院就實施過，只要考上理學院的學生，修過前兩年基礎課程後，不需經過任何篩選，就可以從數學、物理、大氣物理、地球物理四個系中，自由選擇自己想念的科系。