REQUIREMENTS

*      Starting from the initial date of enrollment, graduate students of this doctoral program have two to seven years to complete all requirements for the Ph.D. degree.

*      Minimum course credits for the PhD degree are 40, including 19 obligatory and 21 elective course credits. In addition, a dissertation of 6 credits is mandatory.

*      In the first two academic years, students shall serve as a Teaching Assistant (TA) in English-taught courses. However, exemptions from serving as a TA can be granted by the Dean on a case-by-case basis. Please refer to the “Student Handbook” for the detailed specifications.

*      Within the first two years after enrollment, students must successfully complete the written Qualifying Examination.

*      Each doctoral student must publish at least one peer-reviewed journal article coauthored with their present advisor(s) before applying for proposal defense.

*      Each doctoral student must publish at least two peer-reviewed journal articles coauthored with their present advisor(s) before applying for dissertation oral defense. For these two articles, one must be indexed in SSCI, SCI, Scopus, Econlit or TSSCI, and the other must be recognized as meticulous and approved by the program director.

*      For any doctoral student who plans to graduate before the third academic year, besides meeting the requirements specified above, s/he must further publish one journal article indexed in SSCI, SCI, or Scopus Q1coauthored with their present advisor(s) before applying for dissertation oral defense. The PhD candidate should be the first or corresponding author of the article, and any other coauthor(s) must be a faculty member or student of STUST.