Credit requirements
The Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering is a two to seven-year program which requires 18 credits towards graduation. Students are required to take elective courses with the course number starting with 5 or more for 18 credits to complete the Ph.D. degree, and these credits should include at least 9 credits from the courses offered by the ME department.
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Credit Requirements |
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Required Courses |
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Doctoral Thesis |
0 |
Academic Research Ethics |
0 |
Seminar (Fall Semester) |
0 |
Research Methods and Discussion (Spring Semester) |
0 |
Electives |
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Courses from M.E. |
9 (minimum) |
Free electives |
/ (depends on how many M.E. courses are taken) |
Total credits |
18 |
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
Only full-time members of the M.E. faculty (assistant professor level or above) can be advisors for Ph.D. students. However, if required by the field of research, students may wish to choose a co-advisor from M.E. Department, or another Taiwan Tech department, or even another institution (i.e. another domestic or international university, Academia Sinica etc.). An application (click to download) for co-supervision needs to be signed by both advisors and the form has to be submitted to the M.E. Department Office.
Also, students who wish to change their advisors must apply to the M.E. office after their request is approved by the current advisor. If a student fails to secure a new advisor within one month following the previous advisorship termination, the student's scholarship wil be suspended and student's status will be terminated.
Download: Dissertation Advisor Consent Form
Download: Application for Thesis Co-Supervision Form
Download: Changing Thesis Advisor Form
Qualifying Examination
Ph.D. students shall complete the qualifying-examination requirements within two years after his/her enrollment into the Ph.D. program, who fail to do so shall be mandatorily withdrawn from the program. Please refer to the Qualifying Examination Requirement for detailed information.
Journal Publication
Dissertation and Defense
Graduate Thesis Title Application and Review (Applicable to Students Enrolled from Academic Year 112)
Please click here for application procedure.
Last update: Sept. 2023