國立臺灣大學｜電子工程學研究所
Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering
National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University
There are two types of Ph.D. candidates in Electronics Engineering: general Ph.D. candidates and direct entry Ph.D. candidates from B.S. or M.S. degree.
General Ph.D. Candidates are required to complete 18 credit hours. Each student should choose a particular area of interest from the three specialized groups: the Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS) Group, the Nanoelectronics (NE) Group, or the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Group, and take at least 9 credit hours in the courses, which need to be approved by one’s thesis advisor, from one’s specialized group.
Direct entry Ph.D. Candidates from B.S. or M.S. degree, on the other hand, should complete at least 36 credit hours. No less than 18 credit hours of courses, which need to be approved by one’s thesis advisor, should be taken from their specialized group. These candidates also need to choose a particular area of interest from ICS group, NE group, or EDA group.
Both types of Ph.D. candidates are required to take Seminar, Special Project, Colloquium I, Colloquium II and Thesis. Yet these courses are not included in the obligatory 18 (general) / 36(direct entry) credit hours. Foreign languages are not required courses, and they cannot be counted in the obligatory 18 (for general Ph.D. candidates) / 36 (for direct entry Ph.D. candidates) credit hours for degree fulfillment. Further information is as follows:
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Course Note |
| 943 D0010 | Thesis | N/A | The oral defense result represents half of the assessment. |
| 943 D0060 | Seminar(ICS) | 0 | ICS students are required to take this course every semester, until six semester seminars are successfully passed. |
| 943 D0070 | Seminar(NE) | 0 | NE students are required to take this course every semester, until six semester seminars are successfully passed. |
| 943 D0080 | Seminar(EDA) | 0 | EDA students are required to take this course every semester, until six semester seminars are successfully passed. |
| 943 D0030 | Special Project | 1 | Required for every semester except for the final semester upon graduation. |
| 943 D0040 | Colloquium I | 1 | Required for one semester. |
| 943 D0050 | Colloquium II | 1 | Required for one semester. |
The qualifying exam includes reviews and written exams. The reviews are executed by the academic committee of admission. The written exams are held by GIEE with the results as a part of the review for the academic committee of admission.
The written exams are comprised of the essential subjects(基本科目), GIEE subjects (本所科目) and NE Subjects(奈米電子組專業科目). GIEE subjects are selected graduate subjects listed on GIEE courses list within five years and announced each semester.
The essential subject tests include four categories:
Each specialized group has its own regulations on the written exams, which are specified below:
| ICS Group | Essenial subject: 2 categories GIEE subject: 3 subjects |
| NE Group | GIEE subject: 3 subjects NE subjects: Semiconductor Devices and Physics, Solid-State Physics I, IC Engineering (take two out of three) |
| EDA Group | Essenial subject: 2 categories GIEE subject: 3 subjects |
Doctoral candidates can apply for the dissertation review with the application form signed both by the applicant and the dissertation advisor.
There are two ways of dissertation review:
(1) Dissertation Credit Review: A qualified dissertation should have at least 8 points of credit. At least one of the papers should attain four points of credit. The credits for dissertation are counted under the following measure:
| Full papers | Short, concise papers, Letters, Communications, Correspondences | Conference/Symposium papers | Patents | |
| International Level | 6 | 2-6 | 4 | 2 |
| General Level | 3 | 1-2 | 0.5 | 1 |
Please note that “Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering” should be specified as the affiliation in the paper, or else the credits will not be counted.
(2) Contribution Review: The officer of academic affairs along with the dissertation advisor may invite one to five professors in GIEE to form a review panel. The review panel may have the contribution reviewed via:
a. foreign scholars and experts,
b. scholars affiliated with GIEE or other domestic institutes, or
c. an open contribution display to teachers and students in GIEE following with a vote by secrete ballot. Please note the review panel should not only join but also invite more than five other fellow (associate) professors to participate. The review passes with three-fourths of the participants’ votes.
Should the Ph.D. candidate fail to pass the contribution review, he/she can apply for another review with more qualified achievements after six months.