e3 degree requirements

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DIVISION OF APPLIED PHYSICS

DIVISION OF CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEERINGDIVISION OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

DIVISION OF BIOTECHINOLOGY ANDMICROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

DIVISION OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

MASTER COURSE

Students who are qualified to submit athesis should give a presentation about theirresearch, which is related to their thesistheme at a national conference or shouldachieve a comparable excellent standard.

After thesis submission, hold an open thesispresentation.

Based on chairman and vice chairman'sevaluation, a decision to pass or fail is madeat Division meeting.

To shorten enrollment period for mastercourse, student must have at least oneexcellent research paper published oraccepted with confirmed publishing date.

MASTER COURSE

1) Qualification for a thesis submission

1. qualification screening is carried out by chairman and vice-chairman.2. students who are qualified to submit a thesis should give apresentation about their research, which is related to their thesis theme

at a national conference or should achieve a comparable excellentstandard.

2) requirement and procedure for shortening enrollment period formaster course

1. earning a required number of credits and meeting required standard.2. having at least one paper published (or an equivalent).3. after completing master course, continue to doctoral course.4. high possibility to complete doctoral course within 3 years.5. supervisor prepares documents below and submit to divisionchairman if student (s) meet requirement 1-4.

((Necessary documents))

- supervisor's recommendation- thesis abstract, study plan for doctoral course, list of publications, list

of presentations at conferences, transcript indicating credits studentshave earned- published paper or copy of manuscript with publication confirmation- other reference materials

6. Division chairman, thesis chairman and 2 vice chairmen have areserve screening.7. at the screening, they decide if the student (s) can shorten theirenrollment period based on their research presentation and records.8. those who pass the screening will go through submission of a thesisand research presentation just like other students.

MASTER COURSE

Qualification for a thesis submission

Students who are qualified to submit a thesis should earnrequired credits and give at least one presentation about theirresearch works at aｎ academic meeting.

Requirements for shortening enrollment period for mastercourse

- continuing to doctoral course- published papers which fulfill or nearly fulfill therequirements of doctoral degree

Upon student's and supervisor's requests, the divisionscreens the student.

Criteria for a thesis grading

- decent research background, clear research purposes and

goals, reasonable results in addition to sound theme.

- the work has to contribute to further understanding ofscience and technologies in materials science andengineering.

DOCTORAL COURSE

Students who can submit a dissertation haveto meet the necessary requirement, which ishaving at least 2 papers (being first authorfor at least one) published or accepted withconfirmed publishing date in refereed andprestigious international journals.

Same requirement for those who are toshorten enrollment period in doctoralcourse.

After an open thesis presentation, a decisionto pass or fail is made at degree council

meeting based on chairman and vicechairman's evaluations.

DOCTORAL COURSE

1) Qualification for dissertation submission

- qualification screening is carried out by chairman and vice chairmanbased on submitted thesis (published or manuscript with confirmation ofpublication) and the dissertation.

2) Number of published papers

Doctor (normal course): at least 2 papersDoctor by dissertation: at least 3 papers

The papers have to meet the three conditions below:

1. they have to be published in refereed journals.2. it is preferable that students are the first author for at least onepaper for doctoral normal course, and at least 2 papers for doctor bydissertation.

DOCTORAL COURSE

Qualification for a dissertation submission

Students who can submit a dissertation have to earn requiredcredits and satisfy the necessary requirement as follows:

1) qualificationThe screening is carried out based on published papers andthe dissertation by chairman and vice chairmen.

2) number of published paperspublished at least 2 papers in refereed journal(s) (stronglypreferable to be the first author for one of them and it has tobe a full paper).

- Requirements for shortening enrollment period for doctoralcourse


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3. papers with confirmation of publication or equivalent can be included.

(3) Procedures for shortening enrollment period in doctoral course

1. earning required numbers of credits and meeting required standard.2. having 3 papers published (or with confirmed publication) and beingthe first author for at least 2 full papers.3. supervisor holds a screening committee with vice chairman anddivision chairman.4. those who are approved by the committee submit a thesis and gothrough an ordinary screening.

(4) at degree council meeting, at least one professor outside thestudent's Division must attend.

Students who want to shorten the enrollment period have tomeet the qualifications below. Reserve screening committeeand degree committee carry out the screening.

1) Receiving high evaluation from outside authority(ies)about their research outcome.2) published more than 3 papers and should be the firstauthor for 2 full papers

- criteria for dissertation

- decent research background, clear research purposes and

goals, reasonable results in addition to sound theme.

- the work has to contribute to further understanding ofscience and technologies in materials science andengineering.

DIVISIONS OFMECHANICAL AND SPACE ENGINEERING

HUMAN MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND DESIGNENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMQUANTUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

DIVISION OF FIELD ENGINEERING FORENVIRONMENT

DIVISION OF ENGINEERING AND POLICYFOR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

DIVISION OF ARCHITECHTUAL ANDSTRUCTUAL DESIGN

MASTER COURSE

Students who are qualified to submit a thesisshould give a presentation about theirresearch, which is related to their master'sthesis theme at a national conference orshould achieve a comparable excellentstandard.

* The above is a basic rule. Each Division isto have more detailed criteria.

MASTER COURSE

Students who are qualified to submit a thesisshould give a presentation about theirresearch (or have a solid plan to do so),which is related to their thesis theme at anational conference should achieve acomparable excellent standard.

MASTER COURSE

Students who are qualified to submit athesis should give a presentation abouttheir research, which is related to theirthesis theme at a national conference orshould achieve a comparable excellentstandard.

After a thesis submission, hold an openthesis presentation.

After an open thesis presentation, adecision to pass or fail is made at degreecouncil meeting based on chairman andvice chairman's evaluations.

MASTER COURSE

Students who are qualified to submit athesis should give at least onepresentation about their research, whichis related to their thesis theme at anational conference or should be in theprocess for a presentation

DOCTORAL COURSE

Students who can submit a dissertation haveto have a paper published or accepted withconfirmed publishing in refereed andprestigious international journal (being thefirst author). If they have more than 2papers published in refereed or prestigiousinternational journal(s), they can shortenenrollment period in doctoral course afterscreening by their division.

* The above is a basic rule. Each division isto have more detailed criteria.

DOCTORAL COURSE

A)Students who can submit a dissertation haveto have more than 1.5 papers published inprestigious journal(s) that are related to theirfield of study. Paper accepted with confirmedpublishing can be counted as one. Refereedinternational conference proceeding can becounted as 0.5.

B)Students who are academically excellent withmore than 2 papers published in prestigious journal(s) and sufficient required credits canask for shortening of enrollment period indoctoral course. They have to go throughscreening by their division.

DOCTORAL COURSE

Students who can submit a dissertationhave to have a paper published oraccepted with confirmed publishing inrefereed and prestigious international journals (being the first author).

After an open thesis presentation, adecision to pass or fail is made at degreecouncil meeting based on chairman andvice chairman's evaluation.

Students who are academically excellentwith more than 3 papers published inprestigious journals and sufficient requiredcredits can ask for shortening enrollmentperiod in doctoral course. They have to gothrough screening by their division.

DOCTORAL COURSE

A)Students who can submit a dissertationhave to have more than 1.5 paperspublished on prestigious journal that arerelated to their field of study. Paperaccepted with confirmed publishing canbe counted as one. Refereedinternational conference proceedings canbe counted as 0.5.

B)Students who are academically excellentwith more than 2 papers published inprestigious journals and sufficientrequired credits can ask for shortening ofenrollment in doctoral course. They haveto go through screening by their division.


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DIVISION OF HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGNEERING DIVISION OF SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES ENGINEERING

MATSER COURSE

Students who are qualified to submit a thesis must have anability to give a presentation about their research internationally.The requirements are as follows:

1) if they intend to stay 2 years in master course, they eithergive a presentation about their research, which is related to theirthesis theme at a conference, symposium, or research conventionor have their work published in a journal or entered into acontest.

2) as a rule, students who want to shorten enrollment period inmaster course have to have at least 1 paper published oraccepted with confirmed publishing in refereed and prestigious journal (being the first author); however, details will bediscussed by thesis guidance committee, depending on student'sresearch field and contents.

MASTER COURSE

Students who are qualified to submit a thesis shouldgive a presentation about their research, which isrelated to their thesis theme at a national conferenceor should achieve a comparable excellent standard.

MASTER COURSE

1) students who are qualified to submit a thesis shouldgive a presentation about their research, which is relatedto their thesis theme at a national conference or shouldachieve a comparable excellent standard.

2) students who are academically excellent with morethan 1 paper published in prestigious journal andsufficient required credits can ask for shortening ofenrollment period in master course. They have to gothrough screening by their division (they have to have adesire to continue onto doctoral course).

DOCTORAL COURSE

Students who can submit a dissertation have to do research onsomething academically significant and get positive public

feedback. Requirements are as follows:

1) if they intend to stay 3 years in doctoral course, they have tohave at least 1 paper published or accepted with confirmedpublishing in refereed and prestigious journals (being the firstauthor).

2) as a rule, students who want to shorten enrollment period indoctoral course have to have at least 3 papers published oraccepted with confirmed publishing in refereed and prestigious journals (being the first author); however, details will bediscussed by thesis guidance committee, depending on student'sresearch field and contents.

DOCTORAL COURSE

A)Student who can submit a dissertation (doctor by

coursework) have to have a paper published oraccepted in prestigious international journals (beingthe first author) which are granted the impact factor,approved by their division and related to their field ofstudy.B)Students who are academically excellent with morethan 3 papers published in the above-mentionedprestigious journals and sufficient required credits canask for shortening of enrollment period in doctoralcourse. They have to go through screening by theirdivision.

DOCTORAL COURSE

Students who can submit doctoral dissertation have tomeet the requirements as follow:

1) if they intend to stay 3 years in doctoral course, theyhave to have at least 1 paper published or accepted withconfirmed publishing in prestigious refereed journals(being the first author).

2) if they want to shorten enrollment period in doctoralcourse by 2 years, they have to have at least 3 paperspublished in prestigious refereed journals (being the firstauthor).

3) if they want to shorten more than 1 year but up to 2years, they have to have at least 2.5 papers published inprestigious refereed journals (being the first author).

4) if they want to shorten less than a year, they have tohave at least 2 papers published in prestigious refereed journals (being the first author).

5) Prestigious journal refers to journals with a level higherthan ones by Academic Society HomeVillage and refereesystem. Commentary printed in refereed journals with alevel higher than ones by Academic Society HomeVillageor in international conference proceedings can be countedas 0.5.

Revised: 31 March 2013

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