Before Defense

1. Confirm whether you have submitted your "thesis title and research objectives review form" if your student ID starts with 112 and onward.
2. Finalize your thesis (first draft) - Please click here for NTUST thesis format & binding.
3. Check your eligibility
   • M.S. graduation requirements
4.  Thesis Similarity Checking

• Completion of Thesis Similarity Checking is required “BEFORE” applying for the defense examination.
• Similarity Checker system: Library System
• M.E. Department’s Similarity Checking Requirement (click to check).
• M.S. students must upload the Index Report (digital copy, Originality Report Part only) at least 2 weeks before the defense on ME registration system to be reviewed.
• Please also submit the "Thesis Academic Ethics and Authentication of Originality Statement" (physical copy) to the Department Office promptly. (please download it from your Student Information System / Thesis Section)

Verification of the non-academic committee members (Skip this if not applicable)

Committee Members who are from "non-academic" field (e.g. industry) or those not currently holding professorial positions (e.g., Postdoctoral Research Fellows) must have their qualifications reviewed and approved by the Department prior to the thesis defense. (click to download the application form)

(Skip this if not applicable)

Defense Date Registration and Receipt Preparation

Degree Defense Registration Portal : ME internal system (https://student.me.ntust.edu.tw/#)(Login restricted to campus domain only.)

1. Log in to the system using your student ID with capitalized letter as the Default Password.
2. You will be requested to upload a copy of your Similarity Index Report (Originality Report Part only, excluding thesis part) on the system.
3. The approval process takes approximately 2 working days.
4. Please log in to the same portal to check the status of your request. Once it's approved, you will be directly directed to the "Receipt Generating System" to register your defense date and generate the committee's Receipt Form.
5. Ensure that the Receipt Form is signed by all committee members and have it submitted back to the Department Office after your defense.
6. Please provide the Google form (https://reurl.cc/V3yGrn) to “external” committees to fill out (off-campus committees only). This is necessary for NTUST to proceed with the transaction of their examination fee afterward.

Reservation for meeting room :

1. Check the availability of rooms (click here).
2. Contact Mr. LIN at extension number 6476 to reserve the meeting room.

On the day of your defense

Prepare the following documents in hardcopy for Committee's approval signatures.

• Examination Evaluation Form for each professor
• Receipt Form
• Qualification Form

After Defense

Please submit the following documents back to the Department Office:

• Examination Evaluation Forms (signed)
• Receipt Form (signed)
• Qualification Form (signed): for obtaining the Department’s Chair’s signature.
• First-draft thesis: for the Department’s Chair's review. This step is crucial as it paves the way for the Chair to sign on your qualification form.
• "Thesis Academic Ethics and Authentication of Originality Statement" (physical copy) (please download it from your Student Information System / Thesis Section)

Delay (Embargo) public access to the Thesis (optional)

Please visit NTUST Library for application form and guidelines

• If you wish to delay public access to your thesis, please confirm the date with your advisor before uploading the final draft to the NTUST Library system. This will ensure consistency in the date of public access between the Letter of Authorization and the date verified by the NTUST Library.

School-Leaving Procedure

Upload the final draft to NTUST Library system

Two copies of your thesis are required for the school-leaving procedure. 

1. One paperback copy must be submitted to the Office of Mechanical Engineering Department, which will be forwarded to the National Central Library. Another copy should be directly submitted to the NTUST Library.
2. Completion of the School Leaving Form: to obtain the school-leaving form, please visit the Student Information System > Personal Information> Leaving Process for Graduate Students: https://i.ntust.edu.tw/EN/student