Final Defense
Institute of International Business
Master's Degree Examination and Final Defense Regulation
I. Application schedule
1. The application has to be submitted one month before the final defense.
2. Postgraduate degree (Master's and Doctoral) examination application deadline is January 20th for the Fall semester and July 20th for the Spring semester.
II. Online application system
Postgraduate Degree Examination Online Application
http://campus4.ncku.edu.tw/wwwmenu/program/mou/
III. Required documents
Please submit the following documents and register the room and time of final defense to the Institute office during the application period:
1. Print a hard copy of【Master's Degree Defense Application Form】: Only your advisor's signature is required, the director's signature is not necessary.
2. Upload【Master Thesis Plagiarism Check Declaration】: Upload the PDF file signed by your advisor onto our website.
3. Upload【Turnitin Similarity Report】: Upload the PDF file onto our website.
4. Upload【Completion Certificate of Academic Research Ethics Education】: According to the university's requirements, please upload 6 hours of Completion Certificate of Academic Research Ethics Education onto our website.
IV. Important issues before the Final Defense
1. Any changes regarding the Thesis title, date or time of the final defense, or committee members have to be noticed with the Institute’s office 5 days ahead. Please fill out the “Amendment to defense application” and send it to the office.
2. Please pick up the following documents from the office, 3 days before your Final Defense:
a. 【 Thesis audit and transportation fees list】
b. 【Committee member letter of appointment】(If the committee has participated in other final defense this semester, this letter is not required.)
3. Print out the【Defense Scoring Sheet】 for each of the committee members.
4. Print out the【Defense Certificate】and give it to each of the committee members on the day of your final defense, submission to the office beforehand is not required.
5. The committee members will receive 【Audit Subsidy】 and 【Transportation Fee Subsidy】. The subsidies will be transferred directly to the internal committee member’s Post Office account. External committee members have to provide their Post Office or Bank account (Details including OO Bank OO Branch and Branch code).
V. Important issues on the day of Final Defense
1. The final defense needs to be conducted in English.
2. After completing your final defense, please submit the 【Defense Scoring Sheet】and【Thesis audit and transportation fees list】 signed by the committee members.
3. Please keep the 【Defense Certificate】 for future use.
4. Miscellaneous application:
(1) Each master student will be allocated NTD 250 to prepare desserts, stationary equipment, and photocopy needs. Please ask the cashier to put the university registration number of 【69115908】on the receipt so we can file for reimbursement.
(2) Please specify the details of purchases in the receipt, which includes: the date, items purchased, unit price, quantity, and total price. For photocopies, please also submit the soft copy as proof.
VI. Important issues after the Final Defense
1. After passing the final defense, please revise the first draft of your thesis. Please ensure that your advisor and the Director have signed your【Defense Certificate】, before sending your thesis for binding.
2. Please refer to【NCKU Guidelines for the Format of Theses and Dissertations】
https://www.cc.ncku.edu.tw/rule/content.php?sn=684
VII. Reference
Additional information regarding the regulations of the degree examination and application forms available for downloading, please refer to the link below:
