Dept. Physics, POSTECH

Graduate
Graduation

Graduate

Graduation

Required Credits for Graduation

Program	Credits & Compulsory Subjects
Combined	Over total 60 credits including minimal 33credits by attending classes
	Compulsory: Analytical Mechanics (can be replaced by Advanced Mechanics), Statistical Mechanics (can be replaced by Advanced Statistical Mechanics), Electrodynamics Ⅰ, Quantum Mechanics Ⅰ
	One of Electrodynamics Ⅱ, or Quantum Mechanics Ⅱ (can replace Quantum Mechanics Ⅰ, Ⅱ by Quantum Mechanics Ⅲ) Colloquium (2 units)
	Doctoral Dissertation Research (variable credits, can attend repeatedly)
Ph.D.	Over total 32 credits including minimal 12credits by attending classes (except for credits in Master program)
	Compulsory: Analytical Mechanics (can be replaced by Advanced Mechanics), Statistical Mechanics (can be replaced by Advanced Statistical Mechanics), Electrodynamics Ⅰ, Quantum Mechanics Ⅰ
	One of Electrodynamics Ⅱ, or Quantum Mechanics Ⅱ (can replace Quantum Mechanics Ⅰ, Ⅱ by Quantum Mechanics Ⅲ) Colloquium (2 units)
	Doctoral Dissertation Research (variable credits, can attend repeatedly)

Master	Over total 28 credits including minimal 24credits by attending classes
	Compulsory: One of Electrodynamics Ⅰ, Ⅱ, one of Quantum mechanics Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Colloquium (1 unit)
	Master Thesis Research

Specific Regulations and Administrative Forms

Supervisor Selection

For :first year graduate students of combined program

Procedure : Application distribution (early July/early January) ⇒ Interview with professors (about a week) ⇒ Application acceptance (state up to 3rd priority) ⇒ The decision made by the Graduate School Committee

This procedure is conducted after the calculation of grades of basic courses (analytical mechanics, electrodynamics Ⅰ, quantum mechanics Ⅰ) in first semester, at the end of June (In the case of second-year students, supervisor can be assigned in January).
After the meeting with professors, students submit applications writing up to third priority they hope to enter.
According to the application, professors select multiple students among those who wrote the top priority to them, within the limits that each professor can select.

Personnel Limit :Each professor cannot exceed six persons assigned in the last three years, including the present year.

Proposal Evaluation

Thesis Committee Members :Five persons, including the student’s advisor, and at least one should be from outside of student’s department; more than half of the committee should be POSTECH faculty members.

Time limit : Within 1 year before graduation, students should submit their proposal (Normally the standards of graduate day are 28th February, and 31th August).

*This is calculated by semesters. If, however, there are overdue, it would be judged with the approval of the faculty council within first year before graduation.

Procedures and Required Documents

After the submission of a dissertation (or presentation documents) for review by all judges, the paper research plan would be reviewed through oral presentation.
Signed by judges on the "Review Results of the Ph.D. dissertation study plan" printed by POVIS, submitted to the department office.

Report on Final Thesis Defense

STEP1. Decide on the date of review for doctoral dissertation.

STEP2. Decide on the date of review for doctoral dissertation

[graduation requirements: Two or more papers as first authors in the International Journal of Science (recognized by the committees of graduate in the department of physics) or the single PRL-level paper as the first authors.].

STEP3. Submit a dissertation and evaluation files for review by all judges 15 days before the review date.

STEP4. Ph.D. dissertation review with oral presentation (oral defense): all committees must attend.

STEP5. Submit to the department office after printing out of "Professor's dissertation review and comprehensive test results report" and "Professor's dissertation review criteria" at POVIS, with signs of judge.

* Submission due: former prospect graduate(February); ~31st December, latter prospect graduate(August); ~30th June.

STEP6. Apply for graduation settlement at POVIS: Notice in June or December

Dissertation Preparation and Submission

- By 6th January (for latter: 6th July), submit one final version to the department office with, and four to Park Tae-Joon Digital Library, while sending the e-file separately.

Journal Publication Requirements

Two or more papers shall be published as first authors in the International Journal of Science (recognized by the committees of graduate in the department of physics). However, if permitted by the committees, this may be replaced by the single PRL-level paper published as the first author.

Excess of the Limit on the Number of Semesters (From semesters written below the extra semester which exceed the limit on the number of semesters will start where petitions for extension is allowed twice, and maximum two semester extension is able per single petition)

Master: from 7th semester (end at 10th semester)
Ph.D.: from 13th semester (end at 16th semester)
Combined: from 15th semester (end at 18th semester)

Graduation as Master degree

Under Article 3 of the Graduate School Regulations, a person who is attending a Masters and Ph.D. combined program may be granted a master's degree if he or she renounces the course and meets the requirements for awarding a master's degree.
The M.A. dissertation review committee shall be three, including supervisor, and will not review the thesis research plan.
The review and submission of graduation papers are the same as those of Ph.D.