When to Apply

➔ You must apply for the degree examination 30 to 45 days before the defense.

 Application Guidelines

➔ Confirm your credits by completing the Course Confirmation Form for each course and submitting it to the institute office.

➔ Academic Ethics

1.     Go to the Center for Taiwan Academic Research Ethics Education (http://ethics.moe.edu.tw/).

2.     Beginning the 2017-2018 academic year, all FJCU students must complete a course in academic ethics before graduating. Please go to the website of the center (http://ethics.moe.edu.tw/) and select “Mandatory Student.” Your account number is your student ID and you pre-set password is the final five digits of your student ID.

3.     If you enrolled before the 2017-2018 academic year, but are interested in taking the ethics course, please sign up on your own as a Registrant.

4.     If there is a problem with your account or password, please contact our office immediately.

5.     Academic Ethics Education System Handbook for Students

➔ Published Journal Articles –Authorization Form(Please note that there is no required format; this example is just for reference.) Please submit an electronic version of the form and full copies of the articles to the institute office.

 Fu Jen Catholic University PhD Degree Examination Online Application System ( http://140.136.251.56/fujenTS/ )

➔Before applying, you must have the teaching certificate ID number of all members on the examining committee.

➔Confirm that the English and Chinese titles of your dissertation are correct (and don’t change them afterward).

➔Apply for the letters of appointment (which will be given to the examiners) and then collect them at the institute office.

➔Please note that our program has a specific format for the letters of appointment. If you need to mail copies of your dissertation along with the letters, please notify the institute office.

➔ Discuss the format of the signature page with your advisor, and submit an electronic copy to the program office two weeks before the defense. 

➔ Make sure to find out if external examiners on the review committee would like to drive the day of the defense. If they do, make sure to notify the institute office and complete the Guest Parking Pass Application Form

➔One week before the oral defense, our office will forward details of the defense and your E-Portfolio to your advisor.

 After the Defense

➔Your advisor will submit your dissertation grade to our office. We will then forward it to the Registrar to keep on record. 

  ➔ The signature pagecan be kept either by the advisor or our office, and then given to the student to make copies when printing the bound versions of their dissertation after revisions have been made.