Dear students,

The following are application guidelines for preliminary/thesis defense.

Please make sure to check the attached file(MANUAL & FORM) as well.

1) Application : Apr. 22nd. 2024 ~ Apr. 29th. 2024 12:00

☞ On the last day(Apr. 29th) of application, please submit your documents by noon, as it takes a long time to check your documents.

☞ If your documents are fully prepared, please submit as soon as possible.

2) How to apply : ① Submit to N Center #86371

                              ② Convert your documents into ‘PDF’ file and submit it by e-mail ( number59@skku.edu )

3) Defense fee : ~ May. 17th

☞ You can check your virtual account at your ‘GLS > 신청/자격관리 > 학위논문신청 > 가상계좌조회/접수증출력’

4) Qualification & Committee Member : ☞ Preliminary defense and thesis defense cannot be held in one semester.

 ☞ It is advised to send your thesis/dissertation and presentation material to all defense committee members 2 weeks before thesis defense.

      (In case of preliminary defense, just presentation material.)

☞ In case of co-advisor:

- Write DOES advisor as first major advisor.

- Number of defense committee members for preliminary defense is 4, Master's thesis defense is 4 and PhD & Combined thesis defense is 6.

5) What to submit : See below

☞ Signature : Seal, Signature, Electronic Signature

☞ If you have only one advisor, please delete the second ‘Major advisor’.

☞ [No.0] External committee personal information : Submit only if there are external committee members

※ External examiners’ evidential document: Screenshot of the external examiner on his/her employment website OR Certificate of Employment OR CV (Choose 1 and submit it with your application)

◆ Preliminary Defense_Ph.D. & Combined

[No.1] Preliminary defense application

[No.2] Plan of the Thesis

[No.3] Declaration of Ethical Conduct in Research

◆ Thesis Defense_Master’s

[No.4] Application for the Final Defense of the Thesis (Master)

[No.3] Declaration of Ethical Conduct in Research

[No.5] Safety Instruction Complete Confirmation Form

[Attachment] Certificate of Journal & Conference

- For master's students and for those who withdrew from combined course before 4th semester,

fill in only 4 semesters of safety education.

- For those who withdrew from combined course after 4th semester, fill in all of the semesters until you graduate.

You must also submit “evidential documents” of the papers and conference.

☞ “Evidential documents” consists of:

(See the notice [MANUAL]SCI(E)_Paper_International_Conference)

1. Your SCI(E) papers (PDF file)

2. International conference documents

※ It is NOT necessary to submit all of your papers and conference during your entire academic year. Submit only the ones mentioned in [Qualification] in “Certificate of Journal & Conference”.

※ SUBMIT ONLY THE PAPERS THAT YOUR ARE THE FIRST OR CO-FIRST AUTHOR. DO NOT SUBMIT THE ONES THAT YOU ARE THE CO-AUTHOR.

◆ Thesis Defense_Ph.D. & Combined

[No.4] Application for the Final Defense of the Thesis (Ph.D. & Combined)

[No.3] Declaration of Ethical Conduct in Research

[No.5] Safety Instruction Complete Confirmation Form

[Attachment] Certificate of Journal & Conference 

You must also submit “evidential documents” of the papers and conference.

☞ “Evidential documents” consists of:

(See the notice [MANUAL]SCI(E)_Paper_International_Conference)

1. Your SCI(E) papers (PDF file)

2. International conference documents

※ It is NOT necessary to submit all of your papers and conference during your entire academic year. Submit only the ones mentioned in [Qualification] in “Certificate of Journal & Conference”.

※ SUBMIT ONLY THE PAPERS THAT YOUR ARE THE FIRST OR CO-FIRST AUTHOR. DO NOT SUBMIT THE ONES THAT YOU ARE THE CO-AUTHOR.

6) Defense evaluation report submission : ~ Jun. 21st.2024

-Preliminary Defense : [No.6] Preliminary Defense Result Report (Ph.D. & Combined)

-Thesis Defense : [No.7] Master’s Thesis Defense Result Report

                             [No.8] Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Result Report

7) Deadline only for Thesis Defense (NOT PRELIMINARY DEFENSE)

Thesis submission Online : ~ Jul. 11th

Offline : ~ Jul. 19th

More details on how to submit and thesis template will be announced in the near future.