Graduation Requirements of Master Degree for Foreign Students

Graduate Institute of Automation Technology

National Taipei University of Technology

 (Approved by GIAT on 2007-09-14)

(Approved by GIAT on 2015-03-10)

1. Period of Study

a. Time required to complete the degree ranges from 1 to 4 years, depending on the progress of the student.

b. Student, who has published papers on SCI, SSCI, TSSCI, EI, or others with the equivalent level during the period of study, can apply for early graduation.

c.  Students must publish at least one paper in a conference / workshop proceeding   or file an invention patent.

2. Master students will be required to complete a master thesis. 

3. Thesis Advisor

a. Student has to declare a thesis advisor before the first week of the second semester.

b. The thesis advisor has to be a full-time faculty from the Graduate Institute of Automation Technology.

4. Course Requirement

Master students enrolled in Graduate Institute of Automation Technology (GIAT) will require minimum of 32 credits.  Students have to fulfill the following criteria in order to graduate:

a. 2 credits of “seminar” course for two semesters, taken from the GIAT or other graduate level courses offered by College of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering approved by the thesis advisor of the student.

b. 6 credits of thesis.

c. 24 credits (8 courses) taken from the GIAT or other graduate level courses offered by National Taipei University of Technology or other universities approved by the thesis advisor of the student.These courses need to be approved by the thesis advisor of the student.