Ph.D. Student Checkpoints and Regulations of Thesis Progress

Within 2 months of enrollment, a 5-person advisory committee should be convened by the student’s advisor, including at least 3 GIEE assistant professors or above. Other members should be composed of assistant professors or above (which may include assistant researchers or above from Academia Sinica). The advisory committee should be convened by the student’s advisor to draw up the student’s study plan, and will regularly advise on the student’s progress (including Qualifying Exams(QE), 40%, and 70% progress assessments).

The checkpoints and required documenst of thesis progress are listed below:

Progress		Documents Required
Study Plan (within 2 months of enrollment)		Study Plan
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Qualifying Exams (QE) (within 3 years of enrollment)
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QE -- Written		Qualification Application Form (Written Part)
(4 foundational and core courses)
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Replacement with Grade of A (within 2 years)	Traditional Written Exam (within 3 years)	Replacement with Grade of A： Please provide Full Academic Transcript
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QE -- Oral (Proposal, English Paper Critique) (within t 3years of enrollment)		Application： Qualification Test Application Form (Oral Part for Proposal) Qualification Test Application Form (Oral Part for Paper Critique) Include the document listed on the application form.
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		Oral Evaluation： Qualification Test Evaluation Form (Oral Part for Proposal) Qualification Test Evaluation Form (Oral Part for Paper Critique)
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40% Thesis Progress Defense (1 SCI, SSCI, or EI paper submission)		Application： 40% Ph.D. Dissertation Progress Application Form And attach the necessary documents listed on the application form.
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		Oral Evaluation： 40% Ph.D. Dissertation Progress Review Form
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70% Thesis Progress Defense (2 SCI, SSCI, or EI paper acceptances) (first authorship)		Application： 70% Ph.D. Dissertation Progress Application Form And attach the necessary documents listed on the application form.
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		Oral Evaluation： 70% Ph.D. Dissertation Progress Review Form
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Degree Examination (Dissertation Defense)		For the necessary forms and documents , please follow the “Dissertation Defense and Important Notes” of each semester.

Note.

1. For more details about QE,please see the GIEE Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Regulations.

2. QE- oral part、40% Progress、70% Progress, all need to apply in advance. Oral Evaluatoin of each progress should not be taken before applicaion.

3. The application forms(40% Dissertation Progress、70% Dissertation Progress) should be signed/stamped by the student, the student’s advisor, the departmental administrator, and the progress advisory committee, and submitted for review at the departmental meeting. If the meeting is not held, the Institute Director’s signature may replace the meeting approval.

4. GIEE requires that the aforementioned publications by doctoral students are “full papers”, published based on the main contents of the student’s doctoral dissertation. This excludes review papers, research notes, technical notes, short communications, commentaries, or other short essays.

5. The dissertation defense must be held after the completion of the 70% progress report review process.

6. Advisors should request that students add an extended English abstract to the appendix of their dissertation, as to increase international visibility/global readership.