ACADEMICS

Department of Materials Science Engineering

Course	Credit	Mandatory course	Publication	Note
Master's Program	At least 28 (course credit: 15, research credit: 13)	The Seminars:At least 2 credits,Master's Research:At least 11 credits	At least one conference presentation or a paper accepted for publication in an SCI or SCI-E journal as the first author is required	Up to 3 credits (6 credits for combined Master's-Doctoral program) of undergraduate (400-level) courses may be taken with the consent of thesis advisor and instructor, and be counted toward credit requirement.
Doctoral Program	At least 32 (course credit: 12, research credit: 20)	The Seminars: At least 3 credits, Doctoral Research: At least 17 credits	At least one paper accepted for publication in an SCI or SCI-E journal as the first author
Combined Master's- Doctoral Program	At least 54 (course credit: 24, research credit: 30)	The Seminars: At least 4 credits, Doctoral Research: At least 26 credits

※ For the Combined Master's-Doctoral course, the degree requirements above apply only to the students who have been entered since 2012.

Q.E Guideline

Department of Materials Science Engineering

When	March/September
Times per Year	Two times/year
Criteria	Oral Examination
Subjects (required, elective)	The committee consists of three professors including the student's academic advisor, who is the committee chair, and two other decided by the graduate school committee of our department/school. The academic advisor can suggest committee candidates. At least two of three committee professors should be the core members from the materials science and engineering (MSE) department. The students must turn in the examination materials to all committee professors at least 1 week prior to the examination date. Otherwise the student will be considered to have failed in the examination. The presentation should be focused on mainly the student's research background and the subsequent questions from the committed should be answered properly. The committee will make a decision right after discussion in the examination.
Required Time	Presentation and Oral Examination : 60min.
Passing Standard	Knowledge and understanding of major subjects for the Ph.D. research(60 points), presentation ability and attitude (10 points) and presentation contents (30 points)
Measures on Unsuccessful Students	The student must earn at least 60 points from each committee professor to pass the examination. The student may take one more examination if he/she fails in the first examination.
Standard for Application	Students must pass the Ph.D. Q.E. within 6th semester after enrolling in the Ph.D./M.S-Ph.D. course.
Note	The guidelines are effective from Spring 2014, and apply to all Ph.D. and M.S.-Ph.D. students. For the 2013 fall and winter trimester, the existing QE rule for the school of MAME will be applied. i.e. there will be one special QE for the winter 2013 trimester. The written extermination will be allowed tentatively only for the students who already took the 1st written extermination, but they may also opt for the oral examination instead.