Graduation

Acquire minimum credits for graduation
Publish paper in a journal*Meet individual campus criteria
Comprehensive exam
Foreign Students
required to Pass TOPIK
Submit authorized English
examination scores
Thesis
Newcomers’ ODYSSEY

Current requirements may change due to amendments to school regulations

Graduation Requirements for KIST school Download

UST Minimum Credit Requirements

(Required for both doctoral and master’s degree) Must acquire a minimum of 2 credits from selecting 1 course between field research of advisory professor, or field research of other labs or outside institutions

(Students entered in) 2012 Spring Semester or earlier

**(Students entered in) 2012 Spring Semester or earlier**

(Students entered in) 2012 Spring Semester or earlier
Type of Credit		Evaluation Method	Acquired Credits
Type of Credit		Evaluation Method	Doctoral	Integrative Courses	Master’s
Total credits			32	64	32
Subject credits	General courses	Percentage or S/U system	2	4	2
Subject credits	Major courses	Percentage	12	24	12
Research credits	Field research	Percentage	12	24	12
Research credits	Seminar	S/U system	3	6	3
Thesis supervision		S/U system	3	6	3

2012 Fall Semester ~ 2016 Spring Semester

**UST 최소이수학점요건 - 2012년 후기부터 2016년 전기 입학생까지 표**

UST 최소이수학점요건 - 2012년 후기부터 2016년 전기 입학생까지 표로 학점구분, 평가구분, 취득학점의 내용을 제공합니다.
Type of Credit		Evaluation Method	Acquired Credits
Type of Credit		Evaluation Method	Doctoral	Integrative Courses	Master’s
Total credits			32	64	32
Subject credits	General courses	Percentage or S/U system	3	6	3
Subject credits	Major courses	Percentage	12	24	12
Research credits	Field research	Percentage	12	24	12
Research credits	Seminar	S/U system	2	4	2
Thesis supervision		S/U system	3	6	3

2016 Fall Semester ~ 2018 Fall Semester

**2016 Fall semester or later ~ 2018 Fall semester or later**

2016 Fall semester or later ~ 2018 Fall semester or later
Credit types		Evaluation Method	Acquired Credits
Credit types		Evaluation Method	Doctoral	Integrative Courses	Master’s
Total credits			32	58	32
Subject credits	General courses	Percentage or S/U system	3	3	3
Subject credits	Major courses	Percentage	12	24	12
Research credits	Field research	Percentage	12	24	12
Research credits	Seminar	S/U system	2	4	2
Thesis supervision		/U system	3	3	3

2019 Spring Semester or later

**2019 Spring Semester or later**

2019 Spring Semester or later
Credit types		Evaluation Method	Acquired Credits
Credit types		Evaluation Method	Doctoral	Integrative Courses	Master's
Total credits			32	60	32
Subject credits	General courses	Percentage or S/U system	2	2	2
Subject credits	Major courses	Percentage	12	24	12
Research credits	Field research	Percentage	12	24	12
Research credits	Seminar	S/U system	2	4	2

Paper Publication

**Paper Publication**
Master’s Degree	Publish 1 or more papers in professional journal(domestic or international), or if the president acknowledges that his/her research performance is equivalent to the above criterion after a review by the Graduate Committee Corresponding Research Performance: Oral presentation and posters at international conferences in first author

**Paper Publication**
Doctoral Degree (Integrative)	To Fall 2017 Freshmen	Publish 1 or more papers in internationally renowned academic journals listed on SCI(SCIE, SSCI) as the first author
	From Spring 2018 Freshmen	Bio-Medical Science & Technology	Publish 2 or more papers in internationally renowned academic journals including SCI(SCIE, SSCI) as the first author. If the requirements are not met Graduate Committee and major committee will comprehensively review the research performance and decide whether to approve graduation
		Energy & Environment Technology	Publish 2 or more papers in internationally renowned academic journals including SCI(SCIE, SSCI) as the first author
		Nano & Information Technology	Publish 2 or more papers in internationally renowned academic journals including SCI(SCIE, SSCI) as the first author, Or Publish 1 or more papers in internationally renowned academic journals including SCI(SCIE, SSCI) as the first author and 1 or more Oral presentation and posters as the first author at a renowned international conference ※ The scope of the renowned international conferences: International academic conferences included in the top 20 publications in each subject category by Google scholar top publications and 7 Excellent academic conferences(CVPR, ICRA, IROS, CHI, ACMMM, ICIP, EMBC)
		AI-Robotics	Publish 2 or more papers in internationally renowned academic journals including SCI(SCIE, SSCI) as the first author, Or Publish 1 or more papers in internationally renowned academic journals including SCI(SCIE, SSCI) as the first author and 1 or more Oral presentation and posters as the first author at a renowned international conference ※ The scope of the renowned international conferences: International academic conferences included in the top 20 publications in each subject category by Google scholar top publications and 7 Excellent academic conferences(CVPR, ICRA, IROS, CHI, ACMMM, ICIP, EMBC)
		Nanoscience and Technology	Publish 2 or more papers in internationally renowned academic journals listed on SCI(SCIE, SSCI) as the first author

Must meet the detailed campus requirements
All research records are acknowledged only by the student’s affiliated institution (UST)

Comprehensive Examination

**Comprehensive Examination**
Doctoral Degree	Evaluation of advanced knowledge and application skills in a major field, through a written or oral test
Master’s Degree	Evaluation of basic and advanced knowledge in a major field, through a written or oral test (can be replaced by the result of dissertation evaluation – only students who entered UST before 2017)

**Comprehensive Examination**
Classification	Details
Eligibility	Students who have completed or possible to acquire both subject credits and research credits in each course
Schedule	March(Spring semester) and September(Fall semester) every year

TOPIK - Test of Proficiency in Korean (For Special admission)

**Foreign Language Exam(Common)**
Foreign Students	TOPIK I - Level 2 or above or TOPIK Speaking Level 2 or above

Foreign Language Exam(Common requirement)

**Foreign Language Exam(Common)**
Type of Exam	TOEFL		TOEIC	TEPS		IELTS
Type of Exam	iBT	PBT	TOEIC	TEPS (Before '18.5.12.)	New TEPS (After '18.5.12.)	IELTS
Obtained exam score	79	550	730	630	342	6

※ Only score earned in the last two years is accepted

Thesis/Dissertation (Required for both doctoral and master’s degree)

A candidate may request a review for thesis/dissertation evaluation if he/she (1) fulfills respective credit requirements, (2) passes a comprehensive qualifying exam, (3) receives a recommendation from an academic advisor.

**Thesis / Dissertation**
Classification	Details
Required for All Courses (Master's/Doctoral/Integrative)	Students who have acquired credits according to the article 40 of the academic regulations (acquiring credits by course) or who projected to acquire credits by course registration for the relevant semester Students who have passed the comprehensive examination Students who have received recommendations from their academic advisors
Doctoral/Integrative	Students who have passed the evaluation for doctoral thesis proposals (Paper publication needed to apply the dissertation evaluation from freshmen in 2017)
Schedule for Evaluation	Spring Semester - Evaluation Period (Apr. – June) → Submit printed copy (Jul. 10) degree conferral (Aug.) Fall Semester - Evaluation Period (Oct. – Dec.) → Submit printed copy (Jan. 10) degree conferral (Feb.)

Refer to academic manual for detailed information

Notes

There may be campus-specific requirements for paper publication, in such case both UST requirements and campus-specific requirements must be satisfied in order to acquire degree.
UST must be listed as an affiliated institution to qualify as a valid research achievement.
Candidates subjected to previous requirements should contact staff listed below.
In publishing an SCI-class academic paper, check plagiarism by TURNITIN program(Turnitin, Copykiller, eTBLAST, etc. are also recognized) and upload “Originality Report” or “Digital Receipt” From 2018, it is mandatory.

Newcomers’ ODYSSEY

(Starting with the new students of the Fall semester 2016, the completion of all the subjects for newcomers odyssey)

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