1980年代以降，大學治理模式的調整在各國都是高等教育改革的重點。相對於台灣大學治理改革的困難重重，近20年來幾乎原地踏步的情況，大學治理的美國、英國、法國及德國四大模式不但積極啟動大學治理的革新，且已完成方向、內容及程度不一的改革。在這四種大學治理模式中，就大學的外部治理，特別是大學與政府的關係部分，台灣與法國模式最為相近，都屬中央集權及政府管控模式。雖然在國家與市場、公平與效率之間不時需要尋找新的平衡點，法國政府還是加速大學治理的改革，陸續推動校務會議結構的調整、校長職權的強化、人事及財務的鬆綁等措施。對於顛頗難行的台灣大學治理改革而言，法國經驗格外具有參考價值。本研究擬先探究法國大學治理的傳統，其次分析法國高等教育治理改革的主要原因，最後討論1980年代以降法國高等教育治理改革及其意義，以做為我國相關政策之參考。

Ever since the 1980s, university governance has been the focus of higher education reform in many countries. Compared to the obstacles faced in Taiwan’s university governance reform, the four major university governance models including the U.S., U.K., France and Germany model have all made considerable progress. Among the four models, Taiwan is quite close to French model, both featured by centralized state control. Although challenged by the need to seek a dynamic equilibrium between state and market, equality and efficiency, France speeded up governance reform, including restructuring of the Council of Administration, the strengthening the role of the presidents, and decentralization of personnel/financial control. The article first deals with the French tradition of university governance, followed by an analysis of the background of French reform and, against the backdrop, discuss the major reforms since 1980s and their implications for Taiwan.