1. Eligibility

Students enrolled in a PhD or MS-PhD integrated program, and who have not yet passed the qualifying examination

Note) PhD students must take the qualifying exam within 1 year and half of admission(Integrated course student: From the point of recognition of the Ph.D. program, Former student: From the semester of the Department of Brain Cognitive Science, where the previous day belongs). If you fail, you need to re-examine within 6 months.

2. Document screening and interview

Category		Score	Remarks
Document screening (100 points)	(1) Academic grades	40	PhD academic transcript
	(2) Plans for Ph.D Dissertation	60	Plans for Ph.D Dissertation
Interview (100 points)	(3) Presentation of research plan and achievements	100	20 minutes per person (10 minutes of presentation, 10 minutes of Q&A)
Total		200

 

3. Exam Schedule

Classification	Date/Time	Place
Notice of qualifying exam	December 23rd, 2024	Department website and e-mail
Application period	December 23rd, 2024~ January 10th, 2025	Department office/forms available via e-mail and website
Document screening and interview	Middle of January, 2025	TBD
Announcement of finalists	End of January, 2025	Department bulletin board/department website/e-mail

 

4. Required documents

① One copy of qualifying exam application form (form provided).

② One copy of plans for Ph.D Dissertation (form provided).

③ One copy of PhD academic transcript.

④ (For reference) Advisor’s opinion(form provided)

 

5. Guideline

① The length of the “Plans for Ph.D Dissertation” should be within 3 A4 pages, and the content for each item should be freely written by the individual.

②  Application documents and presentations are conducted in English.

 

6. Note

①  PhD students of the Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences must take the qualifying exam within 1 year of admission (for integrated programs, from the point of recognition as PhD student), and those who do not comply shall be deemed as having failed the exam. The PhD qualifyin gexam is scheduled to be held in January and July each year.

② Those who fail the exam must reapply within 6 months. PhD students must pass the exam within 1 year and 6 months after admission (applicable to those admitted in 2009 and onwards; for those admitted in 2008 or earlier, 3 years) or face expulsion. Leave of absence periods, up to 2 years, will not be counted. For extended leaves of absence such as military service, take the necessary measures in advance to prevent disadvantages.)

③  In the case of changing majors, regardless of whether students have passed the qualification exam of the previous department, the qualification exam of the new major must be taken within 1 year and 6 months from the semester of the major change.