Direct Admission into Doctoral Program

Please refer to “ Yuan Ze University Regulations for Direct Admission into Doctoral Program ”.

For the degree programs of each institute (department), students are divided into two semesters to study for a doctoral degree. The principle is to apply within the deadline specified in the school calendar. The review results of the degree programs of each institute (department) are approved by the executive meeting of the institute (department) where they are studying. , send it to the Academic Affairs Office for remittance.

Undergraduate students with exemplary academic performance and potential for research who are in their final year of study as well as master’s students who have been enrolled in a graduate program for at least one semester may apply for direct admission into a doctoral program on condition that they have received the recommendation of two associate or full professors in their current department (institute, college, degree program), the consent of the department meeting(institute, college, degree program) to which they are applying, and the approval of the president of the university.
The standards for determining whether an applicant demonstrates exemplary academic performance as well as shows a potential for research shall be judged by the department (institute,college, degree program).

If a graduate student who is studying for a doctoral degree stops studying for some reason or fails to pass the doctoral candidate qualification assessment, he may return to the master's degree program after being reviewed and approved by the institute (department) executive meeting and approved by the president.