2. Master’s students may select any Master and/or Ph.D. level courses to study; the course credits can be counted toward graduation.

3. Credits earned in courses of the same name offered by other departments or institutes may be substituted (up to 12 credits maximum) toward elective course requirements with the approval of the Departmental Graduate Studies Committee. Credits earned from CSIE courses are exempted from the credit substitution limit.

4. Each master student must select “Special Topic Lecture” (I), (II), (III) and (IV) course each semester while in program or until graduation.
Only the credits from “Special Topic Lecture”(I) and (II) can be counted toward the graduation.

5. Each master student must select “Thesis” course every semester while in program or until graduation. At most 4 credits earned by this course can be counted toward the graduation.

6. All students must pass the Primary Programming Proficiency Exam in order to graduate.

7. All students must fulfill the English Proficiency Requirement for Graduate Students in order to graduate.

8. In addition to this requirement, all scholarship awardees must follow the scholarship regulations and requirements to complete the degree.

9. All Master/Ph.D. students shall Take and Pass the “Academic Research Ethics Education Curriculum” from the “Taiwan Academic Ethics Education Resource Center” online platform. Please come to the CSIE Department Office to register this class and present the qualified certificate. All Master/Ph.D. students must pass this requirement before Oral Defense Exam.