Academics
Graduation Thesis & Qualifying Exam.
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Ph. D. Qualifying Examination(Refer to email for every details)
1. Who?
1) Doctoral Students who entered the KAIST in or before 2008
Application within three years after entrance
Doctoral Students who have not yet taken Ph.D. Qualifying Exam.
Doctoral Students who have registered more than two semesters taking at least three classes
2) Doctoral Students who entered the KAIST in or after 2009
Application within one and a half years after entrance
※ Students who have transferred must pass the qualification exam of the current department within three semesters from the transferred semester.
2. When?
1) Application forms must be submitted to administrative office(email only) of the School of Electrical Engineering
Submission Period: within the given period of time
Scanned file(pdf) : e-mail(danielyoon@kaist.ac.kr)
2) Evaluation of Ph. D Qualifying Exam. is being done within the given period of time
3) Qualified candidates will be announced at the end within the given period of time.
3. What to be submitted?
① Application form (#attached file below)
② Plan for dissertation (#attached file below)
③ Other achievements (#attached file below)
A copy of the references that proof the applicants’ excellences such as patents, awards, and Published papers)
4. Allotted point
| Item | Point | Document relative to each item |
|---|---|---|
| GPA ※ | 50 | Applicant’s GPA |
| Plan for dissertation | 40 | Plan for dissertation |
| Other achievements | 10 | References that proof the applicant’s excellence |
| Total | 100 |
※ accumulated GPA of 2.5 or below / U grade of thesis research in the previous semester: automatically eliminated during document evaluation
5. Notes
① Application form (#attached file below)
The Ph. D Qualifying examination is scheduled in January and July respectively.
Those who don’t pass the Ph. D Qualifying Examination will be expelled from KAIST.
