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26 Aug. 2026 17:37PM, By UDN / Compiled from Staff Reports
In anticipation of the upcoming academic year for colleges and universities, the Ministry of Education (MOE) today (26th) officially released the "Reference Manual for Establishing Gender-Inclusive Dormitories in Higher Education Institutions" on its Gender Equity Education Website. The manual provides specific guidelines for universities to design diverse residential environments, covering models such as same-floor co-ed rooms and all-gender suite-style co-living. It also highlights current practices at institutions like National Chengchi University, National Cheng Kung University, National Taiwan Normal University, and Taipei Medical University. The MOE emphasized that schools should advance these initiatives gradually based on their unique conditions and student needs, while strengthening communication with parents and ensuring security with strict privacy and access control measures.教育部今（26）日正式在性別平等教育全球資訊網公布「大專校院性別友善宿舍建置參考手冊」，針對大專院校規劃多元住宿環境提出具體指引，涵蓋「同層分房」以及不分性別的「戶型共居」等模式，並納入政治大學、成功大學、台灣師範大學及台北醫學大學等校的實行現況。教育部強調，各校應依據自身條件與學生需求循序推進，加強與家長對話溝通，並落實隱私與門禁安全保障。
教育部指出，該參考手冊委託台灣Gender Equality教育協會，並由台灣大學According to the Ministry of Education, the reference manual was commissioned to the Taiwan Gender Equity Education Association and jointly researched and compiled by scholars and experts, including Professor Bi Heng-da from National Taiwan University and Professor Lin Mei-jun from National Taiwan Normal University. To account for the diversity among Taiwan's higher education institutions—including public versus private status, vocational education tracks, and geographical distribution across northern, central, southern, and eastern Taiwan—the development team conducted on-site visits and held in-depth discussions at 20 public and private universities (11 public and 9 private). The resulting handbook compiles these insights, balancing each school’s accommodation scale, hardware facilities, and practical feasibility, while integrating existing local and international research alongside practical outcomes.
Regarding spatial planning, the manual categorizes two primary operational models:
1.不分性別同層分房1. Same-Floor Mixed-Gender Rooms: Dormitories maintain the principle of assigning roommates of the same biological sex. However, specific floors are designated as gender-inclusive zones where rooms for different genders coexist on the same floor. Furthermore, no distinct curfews or access controls are set based on gender, thereby fostering natural interaction across genders. For example, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) designated the second floor of the 7th Student Dormitory as a gender-inclusive floor, separate from the all-male floors on levels 3 to 6 and the all-female floors on levels 7 to 12.
2.不分性別戶型宿舍：2. All-Gender Suite-Style Co-Living: This model adopts an independent co-living arrangement for an entire building or individual suite units. Taking National Chengchi University's (NCCU) Huanan New Village as an example, 15 out of 24 units were applied for and occupied by co-ed student teams. Even within these mixed-gender groups, roommates typically segregate their private spaces by floor or movement patterns inside the unit to maintain personal boundaries.
The Ministry of Education stated that promoting gender-inclusive housing spaces does not imply enforcing a single mandatory standard. Instead, colleges and universities should plan progressively, taking into account their own hardware conditions, consensus among faculty and students, and actual accommodation needs.
Furthermore, to address potential concerns from parents regarding safety and privacy, the Ministry of Education specifically recommends that universities actively establish two-way communication channels. This can be achieved through hosting dedicated briefing sessions and writing letters to parents to explain the operational mechanisms and security measures in detail. In this way, schools can protect accommodation safety and personal privacy while still respecting student autonomy and fostering diverse development.
News Source：https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202608260117.aspxNews Source：https://udn.com/news/story/6928/9715718?from=udn-ch1_breaknews-1-cate12-news