The Doctoral program study period shall be within two to seven years, excluding retaining enrollment and suspension periods. Please refer to the the following graduation requirements of our doctoral program.
1. Coursework
[1] Students' course selections must be approved by the advisor.
[2] Doctoral program students must complete 20 credits (2 credits of seminar inclusive) to fulfill the requirement of graduation. Only two "Independent Studies/Special Topics" courses (6credits) are allowed to be counted in fulfilling graduation requirement.
[3] Academic credit will not be given if a grade of B- (score of 70 in the percentage system); a grade of B- (score of 70 in the percentage system) is the passing grade.
[4] If student select the coursework option as their qualification assessments, the credits earned from these courses will not be counted toward the graduation credit requirement. ( please refer to item 4 )
[5] Master's students who apply for direct pursuit to doctoral degree program must complete 44 credits (2 credits of seminar inclusive) to fulfill the requirement of graduation. Only two "Independent Studies/Special Topics" courses (6 credits) are allowed to be counted in fulfilling graduation requirement. Please note that courses with the same title cannot be double-counted for graduation credits.
2. Online ethics courses
The ethics education center of the Ministry of Education.
This online course is for learning and training to be applicable to master and doctoral students. teachers, and researchers. All students need to attend courses and get a certificate.
3. English Language Proficiency
Students must meet one of the following English criteria as proof of English proficiency prior to applying for a doctoral dissertation defense.
1. A TOEIC score of 700 or above, or an equivalent test/standard established by other language test organizations approved by the Ministry of Education. Please enclose a credible documents of proof and authorize the institute chair to make recognition.
Reference table for conversion of English Language Proficiency Test
2. During doctoral study periods, completing at least 3 credits (inclusive) of HighIntermediate level English course offered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature of the university or 3 credits of English Technical Writing one course offered by various departments/institute of the engineering college. A student must obtain at least a grade of B- (70 points in the percentage system) for either of the aforementioned courses. If you would like to apply for the English course to meet the English criteria, please note the credits can not be counted in fulfilling graduation requirement.
4. PhD candidate Qualification Assessments
[1] Qualification Assessments:
** Applicable for Students Enrolled at/after the 2021 autumn semester : Students can select qualification examinations, or course selection as their qualification assessment. Students must complete one of the qualification assessments within four semesters (the period of suspension not included) after entry to the program. Students may face expulsion if they fail the assessment.
Subjects (1) through (7) are the examination subjects designated for Groups A through G of the Department of Electrical Engineering. Students must select at least one subject from the System Group courses (8) to (10) for the exam; the other subjects can be chosen as you wish.
The examination is conducted in written form and held once at the end of each semester (the exact date will be announced during the midterm examination period). Each subject may be taken up to two times. Students may change their selected subjects when retaking the examination.
This qualification may alternatively be fulfilled by completing two core graduate-level courses offered by the System Group and one core graduate-level course offered by other groups (including courses offered by ICE and EE).
To pass under the coursework option, the grades of the three selected courses must meet the following standards:
For the two core courses within the System Group: ranked within the top 30% of the class or receiving a grade of A− or above.
For the core course from other groups: ranked within the top 50% of the class or receiving a grade of B+ or above.
If the qualifying examination requirement is fulfilled through the coursework option, the credits earned from these courses will not be counted toward the graduation credit requirement.
若選擇以修課方式認列資格考試者，其修習之課程學分不列入畢業學分。
Please note that the qualification assessment failure will result in a requirement for additional publication points. If a student fails to pass the qualifying assessment in the required subjects of their own group, the required thesis publication points for graduation shall be increased by 50%. If a student fails to pass the qualifying assessment in subjects from other groups, the required thesis publication points for graduation shall be increased by 25%. The additional required points mentioned above are not limited to journal publications.
A minimum of 20 publication points for graduation is required during the study period of the doctoral program. This is the minimum threshold set by the Institute of Communications. The actual requirement may vary depending on the specific laboratory’s regulations.
How to caculate the publication points?? (System Group)
a. IEEE Journal Articles:
For articles published in IEEE journals, each full-length paper is awarded 15 points, and each short paper is awarded 10 points.
b. Non-IEEE Journal Articles:
For articles not published in IEEE journals, papers are classified into three levels—A, B, and C—based on the journal’s ranking in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Impact Factor under the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE):
Level A: Journals ranked within the top 50% (inclusive); each paper is awarded 10 points.
Level B: Journals ranked within the top 75% (inclusive) but below the top 50%; each paper is awarded 7.5 points.
Level C: Journals ranked below the top 75%; each paper is awarded 5 points.
c. Other Journals and International Conference Papers:
Each paper is awarded 5 points. However, no more than one such paper may be counted toward the graduation point requirement.
The relevant regulations shall apply when calculating publication points.
When indicating the student’s institutional affiliation, this institute must be listed as the sole affiliated institution. If the student lists any additional affiliations, the publication shall not be counted toward the graduation thesis point requirement. 於註明該研究生所屬單位時，本所應為唯一之掛名單位，若該研究生同時掛有其他單位名稱，則該篇論文不計入其畢業論文點數。
If this institute is not listed as the first affiliated institution for the publication, the paper shall not be counted toward the student’s graduation thesis point requirement. 研究生發表之著作，若該著作本所不是第一掛名單位，則該篇論文不計入其畢業論文點數。
Each publication may be used by only one graduate student for graduation qualification purposes. The student must be listed as the first author among all student authors, and the student’s advisor must be listed as the first author among all non-student authors of the publication. 每篇著作僅能供作一位研究生之申請參考，且該研究生排名必須為所有學生作者中掛名的第一位，同時其指導教授之排名亦必須為該著作中所有非學生作者的第一位。
If a graduate student changes advisors, publications co-authored with the former advisor shall, in principle, not be counted toward the graduation point requirement unless written consent is obtained from the former advisor. In the event of any dispute, the matter shall be coordinated by the Director of the Institute or reviewed and determined by the Academic Review Committee. 若研究生有更換指導教授，則其與原指導教授發表之論文原則上不得算入畢業點數，除非經原指導教授書面同意方可納入畢業點數。若有其他爭議，由所長協調或召開學術審議委員會討論認定。
Jointly appointed and retired professors may follow the above regulations. The order of authorship for retired professors and co-advisors shall be determined through mutual agreement based on the actual supervisory contributions. 合聘及退休教授得遵照上述規定辦理，退休教授及共同指導教授論文掛名順序，請依實際指導情形自行協商。
[3] Dissertation Proposal Review:
Within 5 years of admission (the period of suspension not included), doctoral students must pass a dissertation proposal review after passing qualification examinations and being approved by their advisor. The review is conducted orally. Students obtain the qualifications of doctoral candidates once they passed the dissertation proposal review. If a doctoral student does not submit a dissertation proposal within 5 years of admission, they will be disqualified for the program, and they will be expelled, in accordance with the university’s Doctoral Program Candidate Performance Evaluation Requirements rule three.
