Abstract
An aging population is an important issue for many countries in the world. Based on empirical data, Taiwan is to become a “super-aged society” by 2025, facing that demographic pressure much earlier than most of the western countries. The demographic shift has impacted higher education and further forced doctoral programs to make necessary moves. This study aimed to identify the most pressing issues for doctoral educationDoctoral education in Taiwan, where society is expecting an aging profile in a few years. The chapter covers higher education policiesEducation policy that the government has formulated to transform doctoral educationDoctoral education, and also reviews the strategies that the universities have adopted to deal with the pressures and meet the needs of an aging society. The article concludes with a discussion of some possible barriers to meeting these challenges.