Final Defense
Institute of International Business
Dissertation Final Defense Regulation
I. Application schedule
1. The application have to be submitted 2 weeks before the final defense.
2. Postgraduate degree (master and doctoral) final defense application deadline is January 31st for fall semester and July 31st for spring semester.
II. Online application system
Postgraduate Degree Examination Network Application
http://campus4.ncku.edu.tw/wwwmenu/program/mou/
III. Required documents
Please send to the Institute office during the application period the following documents:
1. Hard copy of “Ph.D. Degree Dissertation defense application” with advisor’s signature.
2. Hard copy of “Ph.D. degree Dissertation defense Committee members list”.
3. Upload “Ph.D. Dissertation Plagiarism Check Declaration”.
4. Upload “Turnitin Report PDF File”.
5. Upload “Completion Certificate of Academic Research Ethics Education”.
IV. Important issues before the final defense
1. Any change regarding dissertation 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 “PhD degree dissertation defense change application” and send to the office.
2. Please pick up from the office 3 days before the Thesis defense the following documents:
a. “Dissertation audit and transportation fees list”
b. “Committee member invitation letter”
3. Please print out “PhD degree dissertation defense score table” for each committee member.
4. Please print out “Dissertation certificate” for each committee member and give it on the day of defense.
5. Students who need to apply for embargo, please print and bring:
Library - Application for the embargo of thesis/dissertation
NCKU IB - Application for embargo of thesis/dissertation
6. Committee members will receive “Audit subsidy” and “Transportation fee subsidy”. Payments are transferred directly to their Post Office or Bank account.
V. Important issues on the day of dissertation defense
1. The dissertation defense needs to be conducted in English.
2. Please return to the office “Score tables” and “Committee member’s Audit and transportation fee list” with signatures after the defense.
3. Please keep the “Dissertation certificate” for future use.
4. Please keep both embargo application forms for future use.
5. Each student will be allocated 1000 NTD to prepare committee members’ dessert or stationery. Please provide receipts with the university ID number “69115908”.
a. Each member's dessert shall not exceed 100 NTD and must be itemized.
b. Receipts must list item name, unit price, quantity, and total price.
c. Please write your name on every receipt.
VI. Important issues after the thesis defense
1. After revision, please provide the “Dissertation certificate” signed by advisor to the director.
2. Reference “National Cheng Kung Master Doctoral degree thesis format”:
https://b2c002.web3.ncku.edu.tw/var/file/42/1042/img/730/142943191.pdf
VII. Reference
“National Cheng Kung Master Doctoral degree thesis defense regulation”
