The graduation dissertation evaluations for prospective graduates (M.S. and Ph.D.) of February 2025 is announced as follows. Please plan and prepare your graduation accordingly.

■   Dissertation Evaluation for the M.S. Program

 

①    Request for evaluation: Submit “Master’s Thesis Committee Members and Evaluation Schedule” [Attachment 4] to the BCS Office(E4, Room C307) by November. 7(Thurs).

※     Registration in the 「Thesis Management」 tab on the Graduation System

Portal → Academic System → Graduation System → Thesis Management → 1. Fill in basic information of the thesis (student) → 2. Thesis proposal (student) → 3. Evaluation committee information (student) → 4. Thesis evaluation (person in charge in BCS)

※     Thesis committee: (Rules on Degree Conferment Article 6) Thesis committees for master’s and professional master’s students shall consist of three members selected by the president among full-time faculty with expertise in relevant fields. If deemed necessary by the president, the committee may consist of more than three members or include one professional outside of the institution.

※     Reservations for seminar rooms should be made directly through the intranet by students themselves.

②    Submit dissertations for evaluation: Submit the dissertations directly to the Dissertation Committee (committee members) via e-mail by November. 29(Fri).

③    Evaluation period: by December. 24(Tue)

※ This year would be an exceptional case where students can set their own schedule for evaluation. Starting next year, the department will select the dates and inform the students.

④    Submit Hard Copy to the BCS Office by December. 27(Fri).

※     Request for the Dissertation Evaluation Fee [Attachment 5]: submit if one of the committee member is a professional from outside the institution (Submit the form to BCS Office).

⑤     Submit printed dissertations: January. 6(Mon) ~ January. 7(Tue)

※     Printed dissertations: 2 hard bound copies and 2 soft bound copies. (Hard Bound copies MUST be signed by the student.)

※     The dissertation title printed in the final copy must be same as the dissertation title on the Graduation System.

※     Consent for electronic dissertations: Submit the printed form after registering the electronic dissertation on the library website.

      http://library.kaist.ac.kr → Library Service → Thesis Submission

※     All printed dissertations will be openly accessible. However, if there is a special reason for them to be closed to the public, submit the form ‘Request for the Non-Disclosure of the Printed Dissertations’ [Attachment 6]. It should include the non-disclosure reason and period along with your printed dissertations. Submit the form to BCS Administration Office.

※     For any inquiries on submitting the electronic dissertations, please contact the Academic Information Development Team T. 4491.

 

 

■   Dissertation Evaluation for the Ph.D. Program

1.     Proposal

※     (Guidelines on Management of Doctoral Programs Article 10): Students shall submit a thesis proposal pursuant to Article 4 (1) of Rules on Degree Conferment to the thesis review committee within two years of admission (students enrolled as doctoral integrated programs within the same period from the point of recognition as) and pass an oral exam. However, if the aforementioned period has passed, students shall submit a statement explaining the cause of delay (Attached 8), including a supporting statement by the advisor every year to the head of department.

 

①     Submit Request for Appointment of the Committee: Appoint a Thesis committee and submit 「Request for Appointment of the Committee」 to the BCS office. (at least 15 days prior to the evaluation date)

※     Print Request for Appointment of the Committee

-       ‘Portal → Academic System → Graduation System → Thesis Management → 1. Registration of basic information on the thesis(Student) → 2. Register date and location of the evaluation(student) → print out the form in the tab 「Print Request for Appointment of the Committee」

※     If any member of the evaluation committee is from outside of KAIST, please enter his or her institution, title, major field of study, year of acquisition of Ph.D. degree and email address in the remarks column after registering the examiners.

※     Thesis committee : (Rules on Degree Conferment Article 6)  Thesis committees for doctoral students shall consist of five members selected by the president among full-time faculty with expertise in relevant fields. If deemed necessary by the president, the committee may consist of more than five members or include two outside professionals.

※     The Thesis committee judges both Proposal and Defense.

※     If the committee member is outside of KAIST, the department will officially send ‘Doctoral Thesis Evaluation Committee’ based on information student provided.

※     Even if there is change in committee members, the form must be submitted again.

②     Submission of the Thesis file (PDF or Hard copy) for proposal evaluation to the evaluation committee members (at least 7 days prior to the evaluation date)

③ Proposal

※     Reservations for seminar rooms are made directly through the intranet by students themselves

④ Submit 「Final Report on the Oral Examination of Ph.D. Thesis Proposal」

(chairman of committee → submit to GSAI office)

- The form is available in Academic System-Graduation System-Thesis Management (Step 3) 「Print Final Report on the Oral Examination of Ph.D. Thesis Proposal」

※     The chairman can fill out the form directly in the system, or the student can send the form to the chairman and, the chairman can submit it to the department as a pdf.

※     According to Article 10 of the 'Guidelines on Management of Doctoral Programs', students who have not passed the proposal within two years of admission to the doctoral program (or within the same period from the point of recognition as doctoral students in integrated programs), Submit the 'Report on the delay of the evaluation' to the department

 

2.     Defense

 

①    Documents for submission: Dissertation file for evaluation (PDF file) and the form “Request for the Evaluation of Dissertation for the Doctoral Degree“ to the BCS office.

※     Submission period: Before 15 days prior to the evaluation date, but by October 31(Thurs) at the latest, which is the submission deadline for the dissertations for evaluation.

-       Example 1) Dissertation evaluation on September. 27(Fri) . : Submission 15 days prior to the evaluation date, by September. 13(Fri).

-       Example 2) Dissertation evaluation on November. 22(Fri): Submission by October 31(Thurs), the submission deadline for dissertations for evaluation.

※     Submission process

-       Dissertation file for evaluation (PDF file): Submit it via email to the BCS Office (Seulgi Kim, [email protected]) and the staff will deliver it to the thesis committee members by the above submission period.

-       After filling in the required information in ‘Portal → Academic System → Graduation System→4.Request for Dissertation Evaluation’, click on the print tab below, and submit the printed form.

-       After submission, the department will review student’s graduation requirements

※     The dissertation evaluation schedules will be officially announced to BCS professors and students via email(online), one week prior to the evaluation.

-       In case of on-line evaluation, send a zoom link to the committee member

-       submit the CV, abstract of dissertation evaluation (personal information i.e. phone numbers should not be included)

②     Defense

※     Evaluation period: by December. 13(Fri)

※     Reservations for seminar rooms are made directly through the intranet by students themselves.

③    Submit additional information

※     Co-author Contribution: Submit if applicable (chairman of committee → submit to BCS office)

Portal → Academic System → Graduation System → Thesis Management → 6. Academic Journal Information

※     Request for Dissertation Evaluation Fee[Attachement 5]: Submit only if there are non-full-time faculty members

※     and committee member outside of KAIST (chairman of committee → submit to GSAI office)

④    Submit the evaluation report: Submission by December 18(Wed).

※     Printed dissertations: 2 hard bound copies and 2 soft bound copies. (Hard bound copies MUST be signed by student)

⑤ Submit printed dissertations: December 26(Thurs) ~ December 27(Fri)

※     The dissertation title printed in the final copy must be identical to the dissertation title on the Graduation System.

※     Consent for electronic dissertations: Submit the printed form after registering the electronic dissertation on the library website.

http://library.kaist.ac.kr → Library Service → Thesis Submission

※     All printed dissertations will be openly accessible. However, if there is a special reason for them to be closed to the public, submit the form ‘Request for the Non-Disclosure of the Printed Dissertations’ [Attachment 6]. It should include the non-disclosure reason and period along with your printed dissertations. Submit the form to BCS Administration Office.

※     For any inquiries on submitting the electronic dissertations, please contact the Academic Information Development Team T. 4491.

 

 

1. Schedules of the completion and submission of dissertation

2. Guidelines on the Completion and Submission of masters and doctoral dissertations

3. Dissertation Template (Hwp, MS-Word, Latex)

4. Master’s Thesis Committee Members and Evaluation Schedule

5. Request for the Dissertation Evaluation Fee

6. Request for the Non-Disclosure of the Printed Dissertations

7. Application for Issuing Certification of Expected Degree

8. statement explaining the cause of delay

 

Download : https://kaist.gov-dooray.com/share/drive-files/kkmh2qu2awzo.v8S3nQDwTmew8QgoGB1U8w

 

*In the event of misinterpretation arising, original text in Korean shall take precedence over the English translation.