Degree examination 

•  The graduate students who meet the following requirements may apply for a PhD degree examination:

1.          The student must finish the required course works/credits.

2.          All papers must be published or accepted prior to the degree examination, and followed the published article specification.

3.          Students must be in the status as an official PhD Degree Candidate and have passed at least 3 English presentations (including seminars, proposal, qualification, or progress reports)

4.          Students pass the intermediate English language proficiency tests including TOEFL、GEPT、IELTS、TOEIC etc. (Foreign students don't need) 

5.          The approval by the thesis committee is mandatory.

6.          The draft of the written thesis must be completed.

•  Apply for Degree examination

        Students completed the required coursework and credits. An original transcript, signed by the advisor, must be submitted for credit check to the administration office one month before examination.

1.     Students should submit a degree examination application checklist (download  as follows), and attach the following information (a) a primary draft thesis/dissertation with approval by the thesis/dissertation proposal committee, (b) papers published (or been accepted) plus one summaries in English, (c) an originality report from the online plagiarism detection system and the first page of report needs to be signed by advisor, (d) the evaluation formed approved by the degree examination committee. The above application documents must be sent to the ICM office for review one month before the degree exam date.

2.          The doctoral examination committee shall consist of 5 to 9 members, including at least one-third of extramural faculty members, appointed from those specializing in the disciplines related to the Ph.D. candidate’s dissertation, which shall be approved by the President. The dissertation advisor shall not act as the convener of the committee.

3.          Not only application documents but also the eligibility of committee members must be reviewed and approved by the Institute of Academic Advisory Committee.

4.          After Academic Advisory Committee agrees to your application, you will apply degree examination online.

5.          Students will apply degree examination online and print application form and the list of committee members.

6.          Students have to submit application form with the advisor’s signature and the list of committee members to the ICM Office at least one month before the scheduled degree examination。

7.          Timeline:

1)、  For Graduation in July: Degree examination must be completed by July 30.

2)、  For Graduation in January: Degree examination must be completed by Jan 15.

8.          Other related regulations please refer to National Cheng Kung University Enforcement Rules for Doctoral and Master’s Degree Examinations.

•  Post- degree examination procedures

1.          The dissertation advisor(s) and the director must sign the “certificate” and approve the final version of the dissertation.

2.          Before the final copy has been printed, the student must have one certificate signed by his/her advisor, committees, and the ICM director.

3.          The certificate should be attached to the front of the final dissertation.

4.          The book cover style must follow NCKU format.

5.          Following approval of the final dissertation by the Committee, the student should complete the procedures specified in the student’s guide.

6.          If a student granted a Pass status for the degree examination is unable to submit the approved dissertation papers with signatures from the Committee members before the registration date of the next semester, the students’ status will be active in that new semester.

7.          As a result, students must pay for the base tuition/miscellaneous fees and select a 0 credit seminar course (for which there is no credit fee) [for students on NCKU scholarship who are still within their scholarship period, tuition payment will still be waived.

•  Candidates who fail the degree examination can apply for a re-examination, provided their time-to-degree limits have not yet expired. Re-examination is limited to one opportunity only. Students who fail the re-examination will be asked to withdraw from the program.