Degree Information
Degree Requirements and Qualification of the Global PhD Program (cut)
Each doctoral student should select a willing dissertation advisor within four registered semesters. After passing all qualifying exams, a dissertation proposal evaluation committee of three to five qualified committee members as ruled by Regulations Governing Thesis/Dissertation Defense should be formed by the advisor. The oral exam of the dissertation should take place no earlier than the next semester after the semester in which the proposal is approved by the committee.
Degree requirements of the global PhD program
4.1 Successful completion of eighteen (18) credits of course work for students with a M.S. degree in IE-related fields is required. Otherwise, thirty (30) credits are required. All those credits should exclude credits on Special Project for Doctor Degrees Student, Graduate Seminar and Doctoral dissertation.
4.2 At least 12 credits should be earned on courses offered by IIE.
4.3 Successful completion of a 6-hour course offered by “the Center for Taiwan Academic Research Ethnics Education” or an equivalent course within the first registered year is required.
4.4 All doctoral students should pass qualifying exams within four registered semesters. Failing this requirement, the student should be expelled from this program and university. The exams have two parts. In the first part, all doctoral students should pass a qualifying exam on Statistical Methods. In the second part, students should pass any two subjects among, (a) Introduction to Optimization, (b) Introduction to Stochastic Modeling, (c) Dynamic Programming, (d) Introduction to Nonlinear Programming, (e) Integer and Combinatorial Optimization, (f) Data Analytics, and (g) Linear Algebra and Its Applications.
4.5 For the second part of the qualifying exams, an exam can be waived by petition if the student has received a grade of A- or better in a linked course within the last 5 years.
4.6 Presentation of dissertation works in an international conference sponsored by the Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Society (APIEMS), the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, or the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), or conferences approved by the academic committee is required.
4.7 Completion of two papers as the first, second or corresponding author, in the top 50% rank (by 5-year impact factor) of SCI or SSCI journals is required.
4.8 For the requirement in 4.7, one paper should already be accepted for publication and the other should pass the first referee review.
Degree Requirements and Qualification of the Global PhD Program
Specific Rules for the Doctoral Degree Program
1.3 Proposal Oral Exam Forms
Each doctoral student should select a willing dissertation advisor within four registered semesters. After passing all qualifying exams, a dissertation proposal evaluation committee of three to five qualified committee members as ruled by Regulations Governing Thesis/Dissertation Defense should be formed by the advisor. The oral exam of the dissertation should take place no earlier than the next semester after the semester in which the proposal is approved by the committee.
1.4 Qualifying Exam
All doctoral students should pass qualifying exams within four registered semesters. Failing this requirement, the student should be expelled from this program and university.
The exams have two parts. In the first part, all doctoral students should pass a qualifying exam on Statistical Methods. In the second part, students should pass any two subjects among, (a) Introduction to Optimization, (b) Introduction to Stochastic Modeling, (c) Dynamic Programming, (d) Introduction to Nonlinear Programming, (e) Integer and Combinatorial Optimization, (f) Data Analytics, and (g) Linear Algebra and its Applications.
In the first part, all doctoral students should pass a qualifying exam on Statistical Methods.
Textbook:
Chapter 1 - Chapter 13 in Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences (By Jay L. Devore)
For the second part of the qualifying exams, an exam can be waived by petition if the student has received a grade of A- or better in a linked course within the last 5 years.