Regulations for qualifying examination:
1.Qualification for application: Students must apply for qualifying examination during the semester in which they have earned a cumulative total of 30 credits, as specified in the criteria for graduation. (Limited to those who have registered for the current semester)
2.Application period: The compulsory subject must be scheduled during the second week of the second semester in each academic year, while elective subjects can be scheduled during the second week of each semester.
3.Examination dates: Examinations are held during the 12th week of each semester; each subject lasts for 4–6 hours over the course of 3 mornings.( November 18, November 20 and November 22 in this semester)
Click “計畫前Before Proposal” to download the application form：https://www.spe.ntnu.edu.tw/index.php/common-regulations-for-graduate-students/
4.For relevant regulations, please refer to the Academic Regulations for the English Taught Doctoral Program
https://www.spe.ntnu.edu.tw/index.php/en/doctoral-program/
5.For archaeological questions, please contact the Department Office
6.Additional information
6-1.Academic Calendar: https://www.aa.ntnu.edu.tw/zh_tw/Calender
6-2.National Taiwan Normal University Incentive Policy for Publication of Academic Theses and Books:https://www.acad.ntnu.edu.tw/3admiss/recruit.php?Sn=154
Notes：
- Amended and approved in the 3rd Meetings of Academic affairs of the 2020–2021 academic year on January 4, 2022: “The alternative of compulsory subject can be published in journals in the Science Citation Index(SCI), Q1 or Q2 of Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and first work in the Taiwan Social Sciences Citation Index (TSSCI). The elective subject can be replaced by the publication in journals in the Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), Engineering Index (EI), Taiwan Social Sciences Citation Index (TSSCI), Taiwan Humanities Citation Index (THCI), EconLit, or Scopus.”and “The order of publishing papers as an alternative is as follows: two elective subjects and compulsory subject.”.
- According to the 2nd Dept. Meeting of the 2023–2024 academic year on October 17, 2023, the adjustment about the compulsory subject of qualifying examination of the doctoral program changes to be only scheduled during the second semester of each academic year, while elective subjects can be scheduled during the second week of each semester.
This regulation is applied to all the doctoral student who has not passed the compulsory subject of qualifying examination. Please note this for future personal academic plans.