International students
The physics department offers bachelor, master, and Ph. D degrees. The Ph. D. and master degree programs will be instructed in English. International students are expected to have a good command of English to attend the Ph. D. and master degree program. The bachelor program is not recommended for students who are not familiar with Chinese.
Ph. D. students are required to have 30 course credits and two papers published in international journals (SCI papers) before apply for a defense for dissertation. It takes on average 4 to 5 years to obtain a Ph. D. degree in our department. Most Ph. D. students can have scholarships from National Chung Hsing University and research assistantship from the research funding of their advisors. Within the first two year period, the student must pass the Ph. D. qualify examination to become a Ph. D. candidate. The opportunity for whom finished his/her Ph.D. program to work as a postdoc for one or two years in our department or other institutions in Taiwan is very high. For the master degree program, students are also required to have 30 course credits (including 6 credits for master thesis). There is an oral examination for the master thesis.
Graduation Requirements for Master Students
1. Period of the enrollment
Minimum required years of the enrollment: 1 years
Maximum years of the enrollment: 4 years
2. Criteria for graduation
The criteria for graduation are in the following:
Courses: one must obtain at least 30 units, which include 12 units for required courses + 18 units for elective courses
A1. Required courses: 12 units for required courses
The required courses for the department are (which are exactly 12 units in total)
Seminar I (1 unit)
Seminar II (1 unit)
Review of Literature in Physics I (0 unit)
Review of Literature in Physics II (0 unit)
Special Topics Research I (2 units)
Special Topics Research II (2 units)
Thesis (6 units) (Note: Each one is with 3 units. Therefore one must select it for two semesters.)
A2. Elective courses: one must choose at least 18 units of elective courses (or equally 6 elective courses because each one is with 3 units) opened by the graduation courses of the Department of Physics or Institute of Nanoscience.
Note 1: For students belonging to "Biophysics Division" in the Department of Physics, the course "Biophysics" is also a required course.
Note 2: For students obtaining the units for both Condensed Matter Physics I and Solid State Physics I, only 3 units (i.e., one course) are counted in total.
*Important: When you are in your 2nd year, please check with your advisor or administrative staff if the units you obtained/ are going to obtain meet the graduation criteria.
To search for courses, one can refer to the following link:
https://onepiece.nchu.edu.tw/cofsys/plsql/crseqry_home_e
(Degree: Graduate, Department: Department of Physics or Institute of Nanoscience)
Graduation Requirements for Ph. D. Students
1. Period of the enrollment
Minimum required years of the enrollment: 2 years
Maximum years of the enrollment: 7 years
2. Criteria for graduation
The criteria for graduation are divided into two parts (the following A and B points):
A. Courses: one must obtain at least 30 units, which include 18 units for required courses + 12 units for elective courses
A1. Required courses: 18 units for required courses
The required courses for the department are listed in the following, which are 18 units in total.
Seminar I (1 unit)
Seminar II (1 unit)
Advanced Seminar I (1 unit)
Advanced Seminar II (1 unit)
Seminar III (1 unit)
Seminar IV (1 unit)
Thesis (12 units)
A2. Elective courses: Together with the required courses, one must obtain 30 units for the graduation criteria. That is, one must choose at least 12 units of elective courses (or equally 4 elective courses because each one is with 3 units) as well as opened by the Department of Physics or Institute of Nanoscience.
Note that units of Special Topics Research I & II are not counted in the 30 units of graduation criteria.
To search for courses, one can refer to the following link:
https://onepiece.nchu.edu.tw/cofsys/plsql/crseqry_home_e
(Degree: Graduate, Department: Department of Physics or Institute of Nanoscience)
*Important: When you are in your 3rd or 4th year, please check with your advisor or administrative staff if the units you obtained/ are going to obtain meet the graduation criteria.
B. Publication of two SCI papers.
Admission
For those who are interested in applying for our department, a way is to contact professors who open the Ph. D. or master studentship first:
List of professors in the department: https://www.phys.nchu.edu.tw/en/member/index.php?index_m1_id=4
Recruitment advertisement: https://www.phys.nchu.edu.tw/en/news/ins.php?index_m_id=4&index_id=34
Another way of the application is through the online application website from the university:
https://oia.nchu.edu.tw/index.php/3-apply-to-nchu-en/3-1-degree-programs-en/3-1-2-international-students-en/3-1-2-2-application-procedure-en
Financial Support
Currently, the sources of financial support for Ph. D. and master students include:
A. Support from the department:
====promise during the 1st-year enrollment====
For each master student: at least 8,000 NTD per month
(4,000 NTD from the department + at least 4,000 NTD from the supervisor's project)
For each Ph. D. student: at least 10,000 NTD per month
(5,000 NTD from the department + at least 5,000 NTD from the supervisor's project)
====promise during the 2nd-year and above enrollment====
For each master student: at least 8,000 NTD per month
(totally from the supervisor's project).
For each Ph. D. student: at least 10,000 NTD per month
(totally from the supervisor's project).
====Allowance for being a teaching assistant====
4,000 NTD per month (totally 8 months for a year).
B. Support from the university:
====competitive selection, under review annually====
1. Waiver of tuition fee - with an amount of around 53,000 NTD for each semester.
2. 6,000 NTD per month from OIA (normally within 2-3 students for the department of physics)
For more detail about the scholarship from the *university*, please refer to:
https://www.oia.nchu.edu.tw/index.php/1-1-about-en-2/2-8-scholarships-en/2-8-1-nchu-scholarships-en
For more detail about the support from the *department*, please contact Prof. Chia-Chien Huang via cch@...
Living in Taichung
On campus：
Library: One of best University library in Taiwan. Open hours: 8:00-21:00 for weekdays, and 9:00-18:00 for weekends.
Gym: swimming pool, basketball, tennis, volleyball, badminton, archery, rock climbing, skating, etc.
Wireless network: Wireless connection to internet is available almost everywhere on campus.
Chinese program: Language Center provides free one-year Chinese course for new students. (http://cp.nchu.edu.tw/en_index.php )
Off-campus：
Taichung city
National Museum of Natural Science
Accommodation
There are quite a lot of apartments and rental houses close to NCHU. The rent for off-campus accommodation ranges from NT4,000 to 8,000 (one-room apartment) per month
