Requirements for doctoral degree (Article 9 of Guidelines on Management of Doctoral Programs)

• Credits
• Minimum enrollment period and maximum study duration: At least two semesters (one year), no more than five years
• Comprehensive exam
• Passing of thesis evaluation

General

• Overall GPA : At least 2.5/4.3
• Comprehensive exam : Pass
• Leadership : For students in MS/PhD Integrated Program: S (grade)
• Comprehensive Exam : Major exam and oral defense: Pass
• Ethics and Safety : 1AU

Leadership: For students admitted in 2002 or later. Does not apply to general scholarship recipients, international students, and techno MBA students.

Related Rules

Article 15 of Guidelines on Management of Doctoral Programs (Evaluation of Doctoral Degree Conferral)

• Conferral of doctoral degrees evaluated by Academic and Research Deliberations Committee
• Evaluation criteria
  • Credits earned and grades
  • Results of comprehensive exam
  • Quality of doctoral thesis
• Doctoral theses must be of high quality, and meet the following requirements.
  • Published or approved for publication, either partially or wholly, in an academic journal
  • Recommended by the department based on separate criteria

Article 3 of Guidelines on Management of College Academic Deliberations Committee

• Deliberations over short/long-term academic plans of the college, academic degree conferral, and academic operations.

Article 3 of Guidelines on Management of College Academic Deliberations Committee