Master's
Master’s Program Regulations for the Department of Business Administration (Applicable to students admitted in the 113th academic year and earlier)
Admission Notice for New Master’s Program Students
Academic Year 2025 Curriculum Plan Graduate Program in Business Administration
Academic Research Ethics Seminar
As a requirement by the Taiwan Ministry of Education, all graduate students enrolled at universities in Taiwan have to complete seminars in Academic Research Ethics (ARE) which usually consist of three teaching units, where the first two units are lectures, while the last unit is a test. All Taiwan Tech graduate students are required to attend at least one research ethics seminar before the end of the first year of studies, and to pass the ARE-exam.
ARE seminars are not credit-bearing, but will appear in academic transcripts as PASSED with a passing grade of 70%. A successfully completed ARE seminar is a requirement for taking the degree examination.
Every semester, the Taiwan Tech Centre of General Education offers eight or more ARE seminars which are taught by experienced instructors focusing on different aspects of academic research ethics. The schedule and topics of ARE seminars will be announced here.
Master’s Thesis
The Master's thesis is an important part of the Master's of Business Administration program and a requirement for graduation, although no credits are awarded for the thesis.
Choosing a topic: By the end of the first year of the program, students have to choose a thesis advisor who has to be a full-time member of the DBA faculty. Students are free to choose the topic of their thesis, but they need to get approval from their advisor at an initial stage of the thesis-writing process. Starting from the spring term 2023, graduate students are required to submit a "Recognition Form for Academic Field of Expertise" in the early stages of the writing process, i.e. usually at the end of their 3rd semester (latest by the end of the add-and-drop -period of te 4th semester). By signing this form, the advisor confirms that the topic and content of the student's thesis is aligned with the DBA's field of expertise. If required by the topic, students can apply to invite a co-advisor from another Taiwan Tech department or from another academic institution, but co-advisors may not be from the industry or other non-academic institutions according to DBA regulations.By signing this from, the advisor confirms that the topic and content of the student's dissertation is aligned with the DBA's field of expertise.Students will work on their thesis during the second year of the program, and have to hand in a first draft of their thesis for the oral defense. After the defense, students will have several weeks to revise their thesis following the suggestions of the Defense Committee, before it will be finally submitted.
Download: Master's Thesis Advisor Consent Form (NTUST Student Information System)
Download: Application for Co-Supervision of Thesis/Dissertation (NTUST Student Information System)
Download: Application for changing Advisor (NTUST Student Information System)
Master’s Degree Thesis Oral Examination ("Defense"): A first draft of the thesis has to be completed and submitted to the advisor within the designated period of studies.The DBA requires students to hand in a a positive Similarity Report (less than 20%) of the Plagiarism Detection Checker software Turnitin which is provided by the NTUST library. If all other credit requirements are fulfilled, students can apply for the Master’s Degree Thesis Oral Examination where they have to defend their thesis to a panel of experts. Students can make suggestions on the members of the Defense Committee which has to consist of three to five members. The committee members must have research expertise in the field of the student’s research topic, and hold at least a Ph.D. degree as academic qualification. Committee members from outside academia have to hold "a distinguished record of achievement or practical experience in an unusual or highly specialized academic discipline or profession". Please refer to the NTUST Master’s Degree Thesis Defense Examination Regulations for more details.
Submitting the Thesis: After a successful defense, students will have to revise their thesis according to the feedback given by the committee members. The deadline for submitting the final master’s thesis (both paper and digital copies) is in the beginning of the following term/ academic year as marked in the NTUST academic calendar. One printed copy has to be submitted to the NTUST library, and one to the DBA department which will be forwarded to the National Central Library. The Turnitin report will be filed by the DBA office. As a rule, all NTUST postgraduate thesis have to be published. Under special circumstances (such as pending patent applications or publications), the student can apply for a delay of publication (“Embargo of Thesis/Dissertation”) with the NTUST Library. The application, including supporting documents, needs to be approved by the thesis advisor.
All procedures, beginning with the registration for the defense, to the invitation of committee members, to the submission of the printed and digital copies, and the final school leaving process, are explained in detail in the information sheet Timeline for the Master’s Degree Thesis Oral Examination
Download: Timeline for the Master’s Degree Thesis Oral Examination
Last update: 02 Feb 2023
