{"id":11498,"date":"2025-07-24T11:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"\/che\/?page_id=11498"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T06:10:04","slug":"ph-d-program-department-of-chemical-and-materials-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/che\/?page_id=11498","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. Program \u2013 CME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-tkuwpbs5-bs5-container container\" style=\"position:relative\" block_id=\"m5njwzt5zy8m1bezjp\"><style><\/style>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">(2025\/8\/18 update)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-tkuwpbs5-bs5-row row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-tkuwpbs5-bs5-column col-md-12 align-self-start\">\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n<head>\n    <meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n    <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\">\n    <style>\n        \/* \u539f\u59cb\u6a23\u5f0f\u7167\u7ffb\u8b6f\u9700\u6c42\u4fdd\u7559 *\/\n        body {\n         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      <tr>\n                        <td>Course Load per Semester<\/td>\n                        <td>Minimum 1 course, maximum 15 credits per semester<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <td>Total Graduation Credits<\/td>\n                        <td>\n                            Students admitted in AY 2025 (114th academic year): 18 credits<br>\n                            Students admitted in AY 2022-2024 (113th academic year): 24 credits\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <td>Required Core Credits<\/td>\n                        <td>4 credits<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <td>Minimum Elective Credits within the Department<\/td>\n                        <td>\n                            From AY 2025: 14 credits<br>\n                            From AY 2022-2024: 20 credits\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <td>Required Course List for Ph.D. Program<\/td>\n                        <td>\n                            <ul>\n                                <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.che.tku.edu.tw\/\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/114\u5b78\u5e74\u5ea6\u5165\u5b78\u65b0\u751f\u5fc5\u4fee\u6793\u76ee\u8868_\u9801\u9762_1.png\">Applicable from AY 2025<\/a><\/li>\n                                <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.che.tku.edu.tw\/che\/File\/Userfiles\/0000000026\/files\/113%e5%bf%85%e4%bf%ae%e7%a7%91%e7%9b%ae%e8%a1%a8_%e9%a0%81%e9%9d%a2_1.jpg\">Applicable from AY 2024 (The same in 2022 and 2023)<\/a><\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <td>Credit Transfer from Master\u2019s Courses<\/td>\n                        <td>Up to 9 credits from the department\u2019s master&#8217;s program may count toward the Ph.D. graduation credits<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody>\n            <\/table>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section class=\"section\">\n            <h2>Required Courses<\/h2>\n            <table>\n                <thead>\n                    <tr>\n                        <th>Course Name<\/th>\n                        <th>Course Name<\/th>\n                        <th>Course Name<\/th>\n                        <th>Course Name<\/th>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/thead>\n                <tbody>\n                    <tr>\n                        <td>Seminar I \/ 1 credit<\/td>\n                        <td>Seminar II \/ 1 credit<\/td>\n                        <td>Seminar III \/ 1 credit<\/td>\n                        <td>Seminar IV \/ 1 credit<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <td>Qualifying Exam \/ 0 credit<\/td>\n                        <td>Thesis \/ 0 credit<\/td>\n                        <td><\/td>\n                        <td><\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody>\n            <\/table>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section class=\"section\">\n            <h2>Elective Courses<\/h2>\n            <p>Elective courses include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n            <table>\n                <thead>\n                    <tr>\n                        <th>Course Name<\/th>\n                        <th>Course Name<\/th>\n                        <th>Course Name<\/th>\n                        <th>Course Name<\/th>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/thead>\n                <tbody>\n                    <tr>\n                        <td>Advanced Separation Techniques in Chemical Engineering<\/td>\n                        <td>Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing<\/td>\n                        <td>Powder and Granular Materials<\/td>\n                        <td>Advanced Applied Mathematics in Chemical Engineering<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <td>Petroleum Process Engineering<\/td>\n                        <td>Special Topics in Membrane Filtration<\/td>\n                        <td>Colloids and Interfacial Phenomena<\/td>\n                        <td>Process Dynamics and Applications<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <td>Special Topics in Particle Technology<\/td>\n                        <td>Special Topics in Membrane Distillation Processes<\/td>\n                        <td>Special Topics in Polymerization Chemistry<\/td>\n                        <td>Biodegradable Polymers<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <td>Inorganic Polymers<\/td>\n                        <td>Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Polymerization<\/td>\n                        <td>Materials Characterization and Analysis<\/td>\n                        <td><\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody>\n            <\/table>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section class=\"section\">\n            <h2>Regulations on Course Overload<\/h2>\n            <ul>\n                <li>Up to 6 additional credits may be taken per semester.<\/li>\n                <li>Students approved for minor programs or taking undergraduate courses may apply for overload.<\/li>\n                <li>Summer off-campus internship courses may allow up to 3 additional credits.<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section class=\"section\">\n            <h2>Regulations on Interdepartmental Course Selection<\/h2>\n            <ul>\n                <li>Graduate students taking courses from other departments or programs must obtain consent from their department chair, the target department chair, and the course instructor.<\/li>\n                <li>Maximum of 2 such courses per semester.<\/li>\n                <li>Up to 12 credits from Ph.D. programs in other departments may count toward graduation.<\/li>\n                <li>Courses from master&#8217;s or executive master&#8217;s programs are not counted toward graduation, but up to 9 credits from the department\u2019s own master\u2019s program may be accepted.<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section class=\"section\">\n            <h2>Degree Examination<\/h2>\n            <ul>\n                <li>Applicants must complete the \u201cPh.D. Candidacy Qualification Exam\u201d prior to application.<\/li>\n                <li>The qualification exam and degree examination may be conducted in the same semester.<\/li>\n                <li>See <a href=\"#\">Important Dates for Ph.D. Program<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/section>\n    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