Credit requirements

The Master's in Mechanical Engineering Department is a full-time program and the duration is 1 to 4 years, which requires 24 credits towards graduation. Master’s students in Mechanical Engineering Department are required to take elective courses with the course number starting with 5 or more for 24 credits to complete the degree, and these credits should include at least 12 credits from the courses offered by the Mechanical Engineering department.

Academic Research Ethics Seminar

As a requirement by the Taiwan Ministry of Education, all graduate students enrolled at universities in Taiwan have to complete seminars in Academic Research Ethics (ARE) which usually consist of three teaching units, where the first two units are lectures, while the last unit is a test. All Taiwan Tech graduate students are required to attend at least one research ethics seminar before the end of the first year of studies, and to pass the ARE exam. 

ARE seminars are not credit-bearing, but will appear in academic transcripts as PASSED with a passing grade of 70%. A successfully completed ARE seminar is a requirement for taking the degree examination.
Every semester, the Taiwan Tech Centre of General Education offers eight or more ARE seminars which are taught by experienced instructors focusing on different aspects of academic research ethics. The schedule and topics of ARE seminars will be announced here.

Advisors

Students are free to choose the topic of their thesis, but they need to get approval from their advisor at the initial stage of the thesis-writing process. If required by the topic, students can apply to invite an expert co-advisor from another Taiwan Tech department or another academic institution. Application for co-advisors from another academic institution required an internal review by the Department Committee.

Download: Thesis Advisor Consent Form
Download: Application for Co-Supervision of Thesis/Dissertation

Master’s Thesis Defense examination

• Graduate Thesis Title Application and Review (Applicable to Students Enrolled from Academic Year 112)

Please click here for application procedure.

• Examination ("Defense"): A first draft of the thesis has to be completed and submitted to the advisor within the designated period of studies. If all other credit requirements are fulfilled, students can apply for the Master’s Degree Thesis Oral Examination where they have to defend their thesis to a panel of experts. Students can make suggestions on the members of the Defense Committee which has to consist of three to five members. The committee members must have research expertise in the field of the student’s research topic, and hold at least a Ph.D. degree as academic qualification. At least two members of the committee have to be from Taiwan Tech. Committee members from outside academia have to hold  "a distinguished record of achievement or practical experience in an unusual or highly specialized academic discipline or profession". Please refer to the NTUST Master’s Degree Thesis Defense Examination Regulations for more details.
• Submitting the Thesis: After a successful defense, students will have to revise their thesis according to the feedback given by the committee members. The deadline for submitting the final master’s thesis (both paper and digital copies) is at the beginning of the following term/ academic year as marked in the NTUST academic calendar. One printed copy has to be submitted to the NTUST library, and one to the M.E. department which will be forwarded to the National Central Library. 
• All procedures are explained in detail here: Guideline for Degree Thesis Defense Examination (M.S.)

Last update: Sept. 2023