Degree Requirements for Doctorate in Education of Educational Policy and Administration Group of Department of Curriculum Design & Human Potential Development, National Dong Hwa University 

Passed in the First Curriculum Committee Meeting of the First School Year of 2013 of Department of Educational Administration and Management on 2014.02.21
Passed in the First College Affairs Meeting of the First School Year of 2013 on 2013.09.16
Passed in the First Academic Affairs Meeting of the First School Year of 2014 on 2013.09.25
Passed in the First College Affairs Meeting of the First School Year of 2014 of Department of Educational Administration and Management on 2014.10.23
Passed in the First College Affairs Meeting of the Second School Year of 2014 on 2015.03.24
Passed in the First Academic Affairs Meeting of the Second School Year of 2014 on 2015.04.01

I.	Doctorate in Education of Educational Policy and Administration Group (hereinafter referred to as Educational Administration Group) of Department of Curriculum Design & Human Potential Development, National Dong Hwa University, of which Department of Educational Administration and Management takes charge, regulates the degree requirements for the doctoral students. The regulation is set up based on School Constitution of National Dong Hwa University and Degree Conferral Law.

II.	Admission
(1)	Applicants who hold a Master degree or equivalent from public universities, registered private universities, independent academies, or foreign academic institutions recognized by the Ministry of Education (MOE) of the Republic of China are eligible to take the Ph. D. Student Entrance Exam to enroll in the Ph.D. programs of the Department.
(2)	International students’ application for admission is based on the NDHU Admission Regulation for International Students.
(3)	Students transferring from master’s to doctoral program without completing master’s requirements is based on the NDHU Enforcement Standards for Transfer from Master’s to Doctoral Program without Completing Master’s Requirements.
(4)	According to the NDHU Guidelines for Department Transfer, doctoral students cannot apply for department transfer.
(5)	Freshmen due to serious illness or receiving call-up orders from military units not being on time for admission may apply for admission retention with relevant verification prior to the registration and are delayed into Educational Policy and Administration Group for the doctoral degree with permission.

III.	The period of study for full-time Ph.D. program is 2-7 years (not including suspension, and it is the same for all following periods), and part-time students may apply for extension of two years. 

IV.	Course regulation may be referred to the course description of the Group.

V.	Credit transfer
(1)	The doctoral student can apply only once for credit transfer of PhD courses taken before in the NDHU or other universities within the past 6 years (the course grade achieves at least 70 or higher and has not been used toward the graduation).
(2)	Courses applied for credits must be confirmed in the Curriculum Committee Meeting of Department of Educational Administration and Management.
(3)	Except the required courses regulated in the degree requirements of the Group not being waived, the maximum of a half of total credits of elective courses can be waived for the remaining credits.

VI.	Regulation for PhD thesis
(1)	The doctoral student in the Educational Administration Group shall choose a faculty member of the Department as the thesis advisor before the end of the second school year and hand in the thesis advisor notification form signed by both parties. Based on the regulation of Ministry of Education, the requirements for a thesis advisor shall be a full-time faculty member of Department of Educational Administration and Management. If necessary, one or two relevant instructors from the Department or other universities can be chosen as the co-advisors.
(2)	The doctoral student in the Educational Administration Group requesting to change the thesis advisors or add (change) co-advisors shall hand in the thesis advisor change agreement, which is confirmed by the original advisor, the new advisor, and the director of Department of Educational Administration and Management.

VII.	Candidacy examination
(1)	Application requirements: The doctoral student in the Educational Administration Group must complete 20 credits of courses, including Education Methodology, Education Innovation Project Research, and examination subjects to apply for the candidacy examination.
(2)	Application and examination time: The application deadline is in March every year for the examination held before June 15th. The applicants before the end of October would attend the examination before January 15th. The application form, the advisor’s agreement, and the transcript are required for the application.
(3)	The doctoral student must pass all subject examinations within 3 years. The maximum extension to 6 years can be allowed after getting approval from the Academic Affairs Meeting of Department of Educational Administration and Management.
(4)	Examination coverage
1.	Common required subjects: including Education Methodology and Education Innovation Project Research.
2.	Elective subjects: The doctoral student could choose a subject from elective courses by discussing with the advisor.
3.	The required or elective subject examination(s) can be waived by getting journal paper published, on which “National Dong Hwa University” is marked. The use of journal paper to waive subject examination(s) should be approved by the advisor and the director of Department of Educational Administration and Management. The subject examination(s) can be substituted by a journal paper according to the following rules.
(a)	Being the first, second, or corresponding author of papers published in TSSCI, THCI Core, SSCI, SCI journals, and other journals ranking above C in Ministry of Science and Technology could be waived one subject examination with each paper.
(b)	Being the first or corresponding author of papers published in other academic journal list in Hua-Shih College of Education or the same level (reviewed by the Academic Affairs Meeting) can be waived one subject examination with each paper.
(c)	Being the second, third, or fourth author of joint papers published in other academic journal list in Hua-Shih College of Education or the same level (reviewed by Academic Affairs Meeting) or the third or fourth author of the previous papers in (a) can be waived one subject examination with two papers.
(5)	Examination: The examination is preceded with close books, and the time lasts for four hours (total eight hours for two subjects). The time for elective subject is four hours.
(6)	Proposition and marking: Proposition committee of the NDHU and other universities are invited by the director of Department of Educational Administration and Management.
(7)	The passing grade and full marks of the candidacy examination are 70 and 100, respectively. The doctoral student who fails the candidacy examination is allowed to retake only once. The retaken examination is based on the original subjects, while they can be changed by the confirmation of the advisor and the director of Department of Educational Administration and Management.
(8)	After the application, the doctoral student may be confirmed by the advisor and approved by the director of Department of Educational Administration and Management to give up the examination within a month after the application deadline (before April or by November). The one gives up the examination without the process is regarded as a formal examination.
(9)	The doctoral student passing the candidacy examination and conforming to Degree Conferral Law is proposed as a doctoral candidate by Department of Educational Administration and Management.

VIII.	Review of doctoral proposal
(1)	Application
1.	The doctoral candidate is allowed to apply for the review of doctoral proposal after passing the candidacy examination.
2.	The dissertation proposal committee is composed of 5-9 members, in which at least one of them must be the full-time instructor in Department of Educational Administration and Management and members from other universities cannot be less than one-third of all members. In addition to the advisor being the ex-officio member, other committee members are recommended by the advisor and the director of Department of Educational Administration and Management and ratified and appointed by the president. The appointed members are the reviewers of dissertation proposal and degree examination. A dissertation proposal is passed by the confirmation of all committee members.
3.	The doctoral candidate can apply for PhD degree examination six months after passing the oral test.
(2)	Application procedure
1.	The doctoral candidate can apply for dissertation proposal with the application form and one copy of dissertation proposal, which is confirmed by the advisor and delivered to the Department office three weeks before the presentation.
2.	After the confirmation of dissertation proposal committee, the doctoral candidate could arrange the time and place for dissertation proposal review and inform the Department office.
(3)	Practice
1.	The doctoral candidate is in charge of administrative affairs for dissertation proposal review (including the application and decoration of site and equipment, the invitation and pick-up of committee members, the invitation of instructors and classmates in the Department, and the copy and delivery of relevant data).
2.	A committee member is recommended by all members to be the chair of the dissertation proposal presentation.
3.	Committee members from other universities could directly provide written opinions for the dissertation proposal review.
4.	The dissertation proposal review lasts for two hours and may be preceded with video conference if necessary.
5.	The review members will fill in the dissertation proposal review opinion form after the presentation.
IX.	PhD degree examination
(1)	The doctoral candidate attends the degree examination six months after passing the dissertation proposal review and completing the regulated graduation credits.
(2)	The doctoral candidate is requested to publish relevant academic papers and accumulate 8 points and above (as the publication type plot point table) for applying for the PhD degree examination. Accepted academic papers with documents are considered as the publication. Published academic papers (published with the full name of the Group) must be confirmed by the advisor and the director.

Publication Type Plot Point Table	First Author
Corresponding Author	Second Author	Third Author	

Others are not scored	
SCI, SSCI journal papers	12  points per paper	6  points per paper	4  points per paper		
TSSCI, THCI Core journal papers	 8  points per paper	 4  points per paper	 3  points per paper		
Published papers not belonging to above two types of journals	 6  points per paper	 3  points per paper	每篇 2 points per paper		
Papers presented on international academic conferences (non-Chinese)	 4  points per paper	 2  points per paper	 1.5  points per paper		
Papers presented on domestic academic conferences or those presented with Chinese on international academic conferences	2  points per paper	1  point per paper	 1  point per paper		
1.	Above papers shall be publicly called and reviewed anonymously.
2.	Papers for academic conferences should be handed in with full text of more than 4000 Chinese words and more than 2500 English words.
3.	Papers waived for the candidacy examination cannot be calculated the points in the paper publication.
4.	These articles are suitable for the doctoral candidate enrolled after the school year 2013 (included). 
(3)	The degree examination result is determined by the mean of committee members’ individual review (the one with the mean below 70 does not pass the examination).
(4)	 The doctoral candidate who does not pass the oral test and the study period is not due can apply only once for retaking the examination in the following term.
X.	The doctoral candidate’s plagiarization or fraudulence of dissertation will be revoked the awarded doctorate and requested to return the conferred diploma.
XI.	These requirements are practiced after passing the Academic Affairs Meeting of Department of Educational Administration and Management and verified through the Academic Affairs Meeting; the modification procedure is the same as well. Other outstanding issues are handled in accordance with relevant regulations of the Ministry of Education and the school regulations.
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