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PhD-Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements of Department of Environmental Engineering

Degree Requirement of Doctor of Philosophy:

Credit Requirements

Minimum credits required for graduation: 24

博士班畢業學分規定:24學分 (不含論文6學分)

Graduation Requirements

  1. A minimum of 24 credits of graduate-level courses. All of the courses are selective, you should talk with your advisor before you take the course.
  2. At least two from four core courses (i.e. Environmental Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biological Principles) have to be completed.
  3. The PhD thesis should be proposed and succeeded the oral defense.
  4. Qualifying Examination, English certificate and four semesters of the Department Seminar (4 semesters) are compulsory.

Seminar must be choose the right course number, at least 4 semester seminar is require.

P5101 for 1st of PhD, P5102,P5105 for 2nd of PhD, P5019,P5003 for 3rd and above of PhD.

博士班畢業學分規定24學分,包括:

  1. 專業選修科目至少24學分以上。
  2. 本系四科核心課程(環工數學、物理、化學、生物原理)中選課兩科以上。
  3. 專題討論每學期必修。(至少4學期)
  4. 博士論文12學分及專題討論4學期不包括在畢業學分內。

Other:

Non-Department of Environmental Engineering graduate student, at least have to take 4 courses from the following 7 courses offered from Department of Environmental Engineering. If those courses are not taught in English, relevant graduate-level course can be as substitutes:

  • Applied Mechanics or Mechanics of Materials            ü   Fluid Mechanics (1)
  • Laboratory of Environmental Analysis                   ü  Environmental Engineering Design
  • Water Supply Engineering or Wastewater Engineering      ü   Air Pollution Control Engineering
  • Solid Waste Engineering

Department of Environmental Engineering graduate student, apply for credit transfer within one month.

Complete the Chinese Classes for Foreign Student (CFS) offered by National Cheng Kung University Chinese Language Center, at least 2 semester. Before enrollment, if the existing language (in) paper shows that (2) may be exempted from taking.

外校()考入本所如以前未曾修習以下課程,需補修。

  1. 應用力學或材料力學
  2. 流力()
  3. 環境分系與實驗
  4. 環境工程設計
  5. 水處理工程或衛生工程
  6. 空氣污染工程
  7. 固體廢棄物工程

外籍生需補修上述7門中選修4門基礎課程,如未有英語授課,得採修習碩博士班開課相關課程抵免承認6學分。

另須參加文學院華語中心「中文特別班」免費中文學習課程2學期修課證明,入學前若已有語文證明則可免修。

English certificate:

  1. The score of IBT is equal to or higher than 71.
  2. The score of new TOEIC is equal to or higher than 750.

英文能力證明:

  1. 托福iBT TOEFL71 ()以上
  2. TOEIC 新多益測驗750()以上。

Qualifying examination

Students in the PhD program wishing to advance to candidacy must first pass the Qualifying Examination, which will be held twice every year.

Qualifying examination should be finished before the start of their 3rd academic year.

Candidate of doctoral degree require

Candidate of doctoral degree should be the primary author of at least two journal articles listed in SCI or EI. The articles should be parts of his/her doctoral dissertation.

Prior to thesis examination, at least two international journal publications with first authorship are required.

The following 7 courses offered from Department of Environmental Engineering In NCKU (7 choose 4)

Compulsory courses for Department of Environmental Engineering undergraduate students

Professor

本地學生 Local student

國際學生 International student (graduate student)

可抵免科目 Transfer credit hours

應力或材力

Applied Mechanics or Mechanics of Materials

HT Lin

外校()考入本所,若以前未曾修習四門必選基礎課程及三門專業科目者,需補修。

流力()

Fluid Mechanics (1)

SH Liu

環境分析與實驗

Laboratory of Environmental Analysis

WR Chen

WC Hou

環境工程設計

Environmental Engineering Design

WM Liu

給水廠設計(中文)

生物反應器設計(中文)

衛生工程或水處理工程

Water Supply Engineering or Wastewater Engineering

HH Yeh

水質管理

Water Quality Management

空氣污染工程

Air Pollution Control Engineering

H Chu

燃燒原理與控制

Combustion Principles and Control

現代空氣污染控制技術

Modern Air Pollution Control Technologies

固體廢棄物工程

Solid Waste Engineering

JC Huang

污染預防與永續物料管理

Pollution prevention and Sustainable Materials Management

污染場址整治

Contaminated Site Remediation

  • Non-Department of Environmental Engineering graduate student, at least have to take 4 courses from the following 7 courses offered from Department of Environmental Engineering.
  • Department of Environmental Engineering graduate student from other school, you should take the transcript and course guide from former school to waive the credit of courses.
  • 7 courses choose 4 will show 12 credits on your NCKU transcript, 6 of 12credits will be admitted by Department of Environmental Engineering. It means you should take other 6 courses of graduate-level.

Ch4 The Degree Requirement

   

Please see table Graduation Requirements of Department of Environmental Engineering

Ch4-4.The limitation of study period:

Master degree:

PhD degree:

Direct Pursuit of PhD Degree:

maximum year of study: 4 year

minimum year of study: 1 year

maximum year of study: 7 year

minimum year of study: 2 year

maximum year of study: 7 year

minimum year of study: 3 year

Ch6. Qualifying examination

(a)The PhD student must follow the regulations when applying for the QE.

The student should have a QE committee and their advisor will be the coordinator.

(b)The QE committee should have 5 to 7 members depending on the coordinator’s recommendation.

The members must be experts/professors in the research area similar to that of the student’s.

(c)The QE will be held on the first month of each semester.

(d)The PhD student must finish the QE before their 3rd academic year.

(e)The committee members will select 3 relevant subjects for the student’s QE.

The student must attain at least a score of 70 for each subject.

(f)The 3 subjects for the QE will be each set and scored by a committee member.

(g)The student should take all the 3 QE subjects in a day.

They will have 2 more opportunities to pass the QE. If the student fails to pass, they will be kicked out of the PhD program.

(h)If the student fulfill the QE requirements they will be PhD candidates.

Ch7. Journal Article

(a).Each article should have four or less authors including the PhD candidate and advisor.

(b).The address in the articles should be that of the Dept. Env. Eng. Ncku.

(c).If one journal article has more than 4 authors, the candidate should have at least 3 journal articles accepted.

(d). Candidate of doctoral degree should be the primary author of at least two journal articles listed in SCI or EI.

The articles should be parts of his/her doctoral dissertation.