Master’s Degree Requirements

Master’s Degree Requirements for Graduate Students in the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

25th amendment in the Department Affairs Meeting on December 22, 2009

26th amendment in the Department Affairs Meeting on February 23, 2010

27th amendment in the Department Affairs Meeting on December 14, 2010

28th amendment in the Department Affairs Meeting on October 18, 2016

29th amendment in the Department Affairs Meeting on March 06, 2018

30th amendment in the Department Affairs Meeting on May 15, 2018

31st amendment in the Department Affairs Meeting on May 14, 2019

32nd amendment in the Department Affairs Meeting on May 12, 2020

1. Students studying in the master's program at the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) must complete a minimum of 24 credits, excluding their master’s thesis.
2. Students studying in the in-service master’s program must complete a minimum of 30 credits, excluding their master’s thesis, and their graduation thesis should be practice-based research.
3. At the initial stage of composing a thesis, students must confirm with the advisor that the subject and content of the thesis match the professional fields of the department (graduate institute).
4. Students studying in the master’s program (excluding foreign students and students in the in-service master’s program) must complete 4 credits of English courses (not included in the minimum required credits). Students who have passed the intermediate-level writing and speaking tests of the General English Proficiency Test (GEPT) before or after admission can submit the relevant certification for credit exemption when applying for the degree examination.
5. The graduate courses and continuing education credit courses that are completed before admission, respectively, by students in the master’s program and the in-service master’s program can be waived in accordance with the NTUST credit exemption regulations.
6. NTUST students are allowed to select cross-campus courses in the College of Engineering, National Taiwan University under the permission of their advisors (no more than 3 credits per semester).
7. The courses in the master’s program are structured into five divisions: (a) construction management, (b) geotechnical engineering, (c) structural engineering, (d) construction material, and (e) information technology. Students studying in the master’s program must complete at least 15 credits of the core courses from their chosen division (details in Annex 1).
8. Graduate students in this department should select their thesis advisor (assistant professors and above) within 4 weeks after the start of the first semester. If students require instruction from off-campus advisors (assistant professors and above) or experts for special reasons, they can receive joint instruction by such off-campus personnel and professors (assistant professors and above) in this department, contingent on approval by the chairman of department.
9. When students studying in the master’s program begin their second semester, their advisors are allowed to request them to serve as teaching assistants for 1 year (2 semesters) depending on the teaching and research requirements.
10. To ensure that students have good research ethics and are compliant with academic norms, all students studying in the graduate or Ph.D. programs must complete, by the end of their first academic year, the academic ethics course, based on the NTUST Regulation of Academic Research Ethics Course. Those who have completed the course may apply for the degree examination.
11. Matters that are not specified in this document shall be managed according to relevant regulations proposed by NTUST and the Ministry of Education.
12. The degree requirements and amended regulations are being implemented after being approved in the department affairs meeting.

Note: 

1. The original Article 6, which states that students studying in the master’s program must complete at least 3 credits of construction management related courses (including those stated in the original Annex 2), was rescinded in the department affairs meeting of September 23, 2008; the new regulations are applicable to students admitted in and after the 2009 academic year.
2. Article 4, which states that graduates must complete 4 credits of English courses, is applicable to students admitted in and after the 2009 academic year. Students are allowed to take the common compulsory English courses in the undergraduate program or the English courses in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages.

Annex 1

Core Courses for Each Division