Because Taiwan's government does not yet recognize qualifications from the mainland Chinese educational system, mainland students can only come to Taiwan to study as "exchange students." Nonetheless, currently there are nearly 1000 such exchange students scattered across universities nationwide. Moreover, since the end of 2008 the period of study has been extended from four to 12 months.
由於政府還未承認中國大陸的學歷，目前陸生只能以「交換學生」的身份來台唸書，目前有近千名交換生分布在全台各大學，並自 2008 年底開始，研修期間從 4 個月放寬到一年。