2025-12-01
IRB Submission
IRB Submission Guidelines

TMU-eJIRB System Account

To submit IRB application documents, please log in to the system and complete the forms online. Register for a TMU-eJIRB account in advance.
TMU-eJIRB System URL: http://tmujirb.tmu.edu.tw/TMUJIRB
Account Registration Instructions: https://ohr.tmu.edu.tw/en/jirb/86


Training Hours Requirement

  1. Human Research Outside Clinical Trial Scope: At least 6 hours of ethics or human research training must be completed between January 1 of the prior year and the application submission date.
  2. Human Trials Under Article 8 of the Medical Care Act: The Principal Investigator (PI) must complete 30 hours in ethics or human research, plus 9 hours in medical ethics within six years. For somatic or gene therapy, an additional 5 hours in cell therapy are required.
  3. Medical Device Clinical Trials Under Article 5 of the Medical Device Administration Act: The PI must complete 9 hours in medical devices, 9 hours in medical ethics, and a total of over 30 hours in ethics or human research within six years.
  4. Other Team Members: As per point 1 requirements.

The specific IRB online course on Center for AREE
Taiwan Academic Research Ethics Education (AREE) have some e-learning English courses about research ethics. Since "Academic research ethics" is not as same as "human research ethics", we list some courses (highlight in yellow) which can count as IRB certificates. And there are some courses with a red checkmark is providing the English version. Please see the attachment.
Noted: Each course can counts 20 minutes.


Request TMU-JIRB as an external IRB

If the PI’s affiliated unit is outside the TMU system, please refer to the proxy application guidelines: https://ohr.tmu.edu.tw/zh-Hant/jirb/202


Fee Standards

After creating documents online, please proceed with payment according to the source of research funding.
Payment Process Instructions: https://ohr.tmu.edu.tw/en/news/367


Application Form Guidelines

New Application: https://ohr.tmu.edu.tw/zh-Hant/jirb/42
Amendment Application: https://ohr.tmu.edu.tw/zh-Hant/jirb/44
Submit Continuous Review: https://ohr.tmu.edu.tw/zh-Hant/jirb/66
Final Report: https://ohr.tmu.edu.tw/zh-Hant/jirb/68



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