Abstract It carries an important educational mission to set up the Open University of Kaohsiung. Such an epochal establishment also marks the advent of adult education in Taiwan. There have been many kinds of universities developed in the recent 10 years. Higher education in Taiwan, thus, becomes much more generalized and marketable. More and more public or private institutions have implemented programs for adult education. However, the development and the market of institutionalized adult education, such as National Open University and the extension education of accredited colleges and universities, plus non-accredited community universities are becoming more and more competitive. Besides, the Kaohsiung City Government has encountered financial problems and subsidiaries from the Central Government are less and less as well. All of these changes have caused that the rate of student recruitment of the Open University of Kaohsiung doesn¡¦t grow up as expected. Therefore, the development and management of the Open University of Kaohsiung needs to reasonably consider an alternative method to work with ¡§authorized management.¡¨ The purpose of the present study is to make up a practical pattern on authorized managements of the Open University of Kaohsiung. The financial support from the government is less and less, and it is becoming much difficult for many universities to develop and manage. In addition to strategic alliances and university merges, there are other practical ways for local governments and related institutions to develop and manage adult education program. This research finds that certain improvements must be done to develop and manage well for the Open University of Kaohsiung. Authorized management is feasible. First, the Open University of Kaohsiung itself should make sure that adult education and extension education are its management focuses. Secondly, at the same time, it should locate its target market and create its core competition capability. Specifically, there are some students who need academic credits and degrees to get professional licenses for their jobs. Other students expect to gain more professional knowledge on marketing, management, and Internet commerce. Furthermore, more and more students are eager to acquire more practical training on foreign languages. Currently, the original regulations of authorized management have been based on the Fundamental Education Law, and Law for Promotion of Civil Participation in Infrastructure Projects. However, there have been no exact and clear regulations or models for public universities¡¦ authorized managements, at present. Thus, this study refers to the existing law and related regulations of authorized management above mentioned. Then, the researcher proposes a draft covenant of authorized management, tender instructions, and other related regulations for the Open University of Kaohsiung and expects to make them as references for other public universities.