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. Print out “PhD degree dissertation defense score table” for each of the committee members.
4. Print out “Dissertation certificate” for each of the committee members and give it to the members directly on the day of dissertation defense.
5. The committee members will receive “Audit subsidy” and “Transportation fee subsidy”. The fee will be transferred directly to committee member’s Post office account. Other school committee members have to provide Bank and branch code as well as the account numbers.
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 committee member’s sign after completed the dissertation defense.
3. Please keep the “Dissertation certification” for future use.
4. Each student will be allocated 1000 NTD in order to prepare committee members’ dessert or stationary equipment needed for the dissertation defense. Receipts or involves are needed in order to inquire the fund. Please ask the cashier to put the university registration number of “69115908 on the receipt so we can file for reimbursement.
a. Each committee member’s dessert / food shall not exceed 100 NTD. Please specify in receipt detail.
b. The name of the receipts or invoices, unit price, quantity and total price have to be clearly filled.
c. Please write down your name on each of the receipts/ invoices.
VI. Important issues after the Thesis Defense
1. After the dissertation defense and revision (if needed), please provide the “dissertation certification” with advisor’s signature to the director to sign.
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”
http://cid.acad.ncku.edu.tw/p/412-1042-22134.php?Lang=en
