Department Detail

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (INTEGRATED-PHD)
Graduation Requirements
Successful completion of two Compulsory courses (MSME 650, AMN 501), thirteen Elective courses (at least 8 of them must be taken from MSME or AMN (Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology) programs); at least 4 out of these 8 courses must be taken from MSME program), Introduction to Scientific Research Methods and Scientific Publication Ethics (GCC 1001), and Seminar course (MSME 600); a minimum GPA of 3.00; earning 300 ECTS credits; passing the PhD qualifying exam, and approval of a dissertation proposal, at least three Thesis Monitoring Committee Report, Publication and activity requirements for taking the thesis defense exam; and successful defense of the dissertation.

Publication requirements for graduation from Integrated PhD Program;
* At least 1 accepted article indexed in SCI (Science Citation Index) or SCI-Expanded (Science Citation Index Expanded) journals which is derived from the student's thesis. The PhD student must be the first author or corresponding author in this paper.
* At least 1 accepted article in SCI (Science Citation Index), SCI-Expanded (Science Citation Index Expanded) or other international field indexed journals.
* The student as a first author or corresponding author must present at least two (2) oral presentations, one of which should be international.




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