National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology
Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
Provision for Electro-Optical Engineering Doctoral Students
I.
Subject: The relevant provisions of the doctoral students majoring in
engineering management program.
II.
The length of study is from two to seven years. (Excluding temporary
suspension)
III.
Dissertation Advisor
1. The dissertation advisor should be our full-time faculty whose position can
be an assistant professor (inclusive) and up.
2. The doctoral students should hand over their “advisor confirmation form” to
the office before the second week (inclusive) of the first semester of
enrollment.
3. If the doctoral student needs to change his/her dissertation advisor, the
student should first obtain the consent from the original advisor(s) and new
advisor(s), and then submits the signed application form to the graduate
office for approval.
4. Each full-time faculty can only recruit one doctoral student at most each year.
IV.
Course Requirements
1. The doctoral students should obtain a total of 18 credits (or more) from the
professional curriculum before graduation, and need to take at least 12 credits
from the curriculum of our group. (Excluding the credits of Special Topic,
Seminar and Discussion, Dissertation.) The rest of courses can selected from
the doctoral curriculum of our doctoral programs after the consent of our
group. For those graduate students pursing doctoral degrees directly, they at
least need to take 36 credits, and of which requires at least 27 credits from
the mater curriculum of the engineering management program. (Excluding
the credits of Special Topic, Seminar and Discussion, Dissertation.)
2. The doctoral students should complete the Seminar and Discussion and
Special Topic assigned by this group in the first two years of study.
3. The doctoral students should seek the advice and the consent of their
advising professors for their curriculum selection in each semester.
4. If the names and subject contents of the elective courses that the doctoral
students elect are the same as the course the students took during his master
study in our university, the credits will not take into account toward their
graduation credits.
V.
Qualifying Exam
1. The qualified examination is a written examination. The results of the
qualified examination are classified into “Passed” (over 70 points, 70 points
is included) and “Failed” (under 70).
2. Within three years after enrollment (the time period during the temporary
suspension is excluded), students can apply for the exemption of qualified
examination by publishing a full-text journal paper approved by SCI or SSCI,
the application form must hand over within the first three months after
enrollment. Once the application is approved, the students cannot change it.
The student shall be the only author (except the dissertation advisor(s)).
Furthermore, the paper for the exemption of qualified examination cannot be
accounted toward the publication requirement for graduation. If the student
does not finish the exemption requirement for the qualified examination
within the time mentioned above, the student will lose the right of studying
for Ph.D. in our institute.
3. Qualified examinations are held twice every year in the first and the second
semester respectively (usually in the third week of each semester). Students
will be notified of the time to hand in the selected subjects of qualified
examination agreed by the advisor. Except for the special reasons approved
by the advising committee, if the student does not attend the subject in the
applied qualified examination, the subject will be scored as zero point and
deemed as a “Failed” subject.
4. Doctoral students have to choose three subjects from the following list,
including one required subject, for the qualified examination. The same
subject can only be chosen twice. If you do not pass a subject at the first time,
you can apply for another subject at the second time when participating the
qualified examination. If you fail the same subject twice, the graduate chair
will form a Review Committee consisted of the professors giving the
examination and the student’s advisor to review your case. The committee
may decide whether you could take a make-up course that is the same as or
highly related to the subject that you failed twice or you should take another
subject for your qualified examination. The make-up course will be assigned
by your advisor and approved by the Review committee. The grade of the
make-up course will be counted in the grade point average of the semester,
but not in the credits required for graduation. Anyone who gets zero point on
or forfeits the qualified examination cannot take make-up course instead.
5. Doctoral students can apply for qualified examination after the first semester
of enrollment. The students have to pass three subjects of qualified
examination in two years (not including the time during temporary
suspension). If the doctoral students do not pass the qualified examination
and need to take the make-up courses, you shall pass the courses within three
years of enrollment (not including the time of temporary suspension).
Anyone who does not pass the qualified examination or finish make-up
courses in the required time will lose their right of doctoral study.
6. The student can select three subjects from the following for their qualified
examination. (Related references for the qualified examination will be
provided.)
(1) Required subject: Physics (include Optics and Electromagnetic)
(2) Optional subject: Optical Systems Design, Optical Electronics, Optical
Waveguide
Theory,
Fourier
Optics
and
Image
Applications,
Nano-Devices Fabrication, Thin Film Technology, Optoelectronics,
Technology and Application of Optical Fibers, Light-emitting Diode
(LED) Technology and Applications, Micro-optics Devices, Thin-Film
optics, Optical Sensors Technology, Optical alignment and Surface
Measurements,
Optoelectronics
Packaging,
Optoelectronic
Semiconductor, Integrated Optics, Opto-mechatronic, Backlight Module
Design, Photoelectric Signal Processing, Optical Waveguide Devices,
Fiber-Optic Communication, Solar cell Theory, Solar cell Technologies
and Practices.
7. Students who are in temporary suspension cannot apply for or attend
qualified examination
VI.
Doctoral Dissertation Examination
1.
The doctoral students need to meet at least one of the following conditions
of the minimum standard of delivering dissertation before applying for the
doctoral dissertation oral examination:
(1) At least two full journal paper. One publication has to be in SCI or SSCI
journal, and the others can be in EI-Compendex, SCI, or SSCI
journals.
(2) At least one full journal paper published in SCI or SSCI, and own at
least one invention patent which is related to the doctoral dissertation
2.
The research and composition of the journal paper and the invention patent
have to be conducted during the period of study in the institute. Beside the
dissertation advisor(s), the doctoral student must be the first author and use
the full title name of our group in the publication. The first author of the
journal paper (must with dissertation advisor(s)) and invention pattern must
be the doctoral student (except the dissertation advisor(s) and joint
advisor(s)). Otherwise, the publication will not be recognized by the
graduate committee.
3.
In order to apply for the doctoral dissertation examination, the student needs
to meet our group’s minimum requirement of the publication, and gets the
signature of the advisor to approve the quality of the dissertation.
4.
The doctoral dissertation examination committee consists of 5 to 9 members.
The dissertation advisor is a default member. At least one third of the
members are not associated with our university. The qualifications of the
committee member should meet the rules of the Ministry of Education.
5.
There should be at least 5 committee members attend the doctoral
dissertation examination, and over one third (or one third) of the attending
members are not the faculty of our university. The committee combers have
to attend the examination in person.
6.
The doctoral dissertation examination’s score need to be mark as "Passed"
(score reach 70) over two-third (included), and then allow calculating the
average score. The "passed" condition is that average score over 70
(included).
7.
If you fail the doctoral dissertation examination and have not reached the
maximum period of study of your doctoral program, you can apply for the
examination again in the following semester. The retake of the dissertation
examination is limited to once. If you retake the examination and fail, you
will be disqualified for the doctoral study in our group.