Current Students
Computer Science and Information Technology (M.Sc. & Ph.D.)
Master Program
- Students who choose Plan A1 must complete 36 credits of thesis and focus on high-level research with the goal of publishing either 1 international journal paper or 3 international conference papers.
- Students who choose Plan A2 must complete 24 credits of coursework, 12 credits of thesis, and publish at least 1 international conference paper.
- Students who choose Plan B must complete 30 credits of coursework, 6 credits of thesis, and publish at least 1 national conference paper.
Doctoral Program
- Students holding a Bachelor’s degree are required to take at least 24 credits of course work and 48 credits of dissertation. The students must graduate within 8 years counting from the first year of their admission.
- Students holding a Master’s degree are required to take 48 credits of dissertation. The students must graduate within 6 years counting from the first year of their admission.
- In addition, the students in both background classifications must also meet the general requirements of the graduate school. Among the important ones are the Ph.D. qualifying examination, the dissertation proposal defense, and at least two international journal papers accepted for publication.
Qualifying Exam
Qualifying Examination is required only for the Ph.D. and must cover four subjects as follows:
- Design and analysis of algorithms
- One subject from either Computer System Organization or Information Technology Management
- One subject from Automata Theory, Discrete Mathematics, and Numerical Analysis
- A specialized subject related to the dissertation
Proposal Examination
Required paper work
- thesis/dissertation proposal form which can be downloaded from http://www.grad.chula.ac.th
- examination committee schedule form
- proposal addendum (for additional research elaboration) not to exceed 6 or 10 pages for M.Sc. and PhD, respectively
Time table
The maximum time limit to take the proposal examination is 4 or 6 semesters for all M.Sc. and PhD students, respectively, starting from the first day of admission. This does not include any approved study leaves.
Last day to submit the thesis/dissertation prospectus to take effect immediately upon approval
fall semester before August 15
spring semester before January 31 for non-scholastic students, or before December 30 for scholastic students
Steps in thesis/dissertation prospectus examination
- Consult the academic advisor for the research content.
- Set up an examination committee. The committee must consist of
- 3-5 members for M.Sc. student, and 5-7 members for PhD student;
- each committee member must meet the Graduate School academic qualifications guideline and be appointed accordingly, i.e., either holding a PhD degree or at least an associate professorship;
- there must be at least 1 exterior examiner, other than Chulalongkorn University faculty members (or interior examiners); and
- the principal advisor and other co-advisors are considered as one member.
The student must ensure a definite examination time and date; complete the proposal examination request and schedule forms and signed by the academic principal advisor, program chair prior to submitting them to the administrative secretary.
The administrative secretary will send an informatory examination letter to each committee member within 3-5 days after all relevant documents are submitted. The student must deliver the proposal and informatory examination letter to all interior examiners in person within 2 weeks prior to the scheduled examination. On the other hand, the student only delivers the proposal to the exterior examiner. The informatory examination letter will be issued and signed by the head of the department and sent via postal mail, one copy to the exterior examiner and the other to his/her affiliation.
- The administrative secretary will reserve a room for the proposal examination.
- Carry out the actual examination.
- The student must correct the proposal according to what is recommended by the examination committee.
- Submit the corrected proposal to the administrative secretary for general format check via email.
- Submit the corrected proposal to the advisor(s) for research content check in strict compliance to the recommendations of the examination committee. The final version of the prospectus must be signed by the academic program secretary and the program chair. Gather all signed documents and submit to the administrative secretary for approval by the Program Committee and the Faculty Academic Affair.
Thesis and Dissertation Defense
Required documents for thesis/dissertation defense
- informatory defense letter form
- thesis/dissertation format check form
- defense request form
- instructions for on-line submission, which can be downloaded from http://www.grad.chula.ac.th
Scheduling of defense
The maximum time limit to take the thesis and dissertation defense is 8 and 12 semesters for all MS and PhD students, respectively, starting from the first day of admission. This does not include any approved study leaves.
Last day for thesis/dissertation defense to graduate in the same semester
fall semester before September 20 or by the academic announcement
spring semester before April 20 or by the academic announcement
Last day to submit the complete thesis/dissertation write-up to graduate in the same semester
fall semester before October 15
spring semester before May 15
Steps in thesis/dissertation defense
- Consult the academic advisor for the completeness of research work.
- Invite the same examination committee as the prospectus one. The committee must consist of
- 3-5 members for MS candidate, and 5-7 members for PhD candidate; and
- should there be any replacement on individual committee members, the student must file a request for replacement to the administrative secretary at least one month prior to the actual defense.
The student must ensure a definite examination time and date; complete the defense examination request and schedule forms and signed by the academic principal advisor, program chair prior to submitting them to the administrative secretary.
- The administrative secretary will send an informatory examination letter to each committee member within 3-5 days after all relevant documents are submitted. The student must deliver the final thesis/dissertation draft and informatory examination letter to all interior examiners in person within one month prior to the scheduled defense. On the other hand, the student only delivers the final thesis/dissertation draft to the exterior examiner. The informatory examination letter will be issued and signed by the head of the department and sent via postal mail, one copy to the exterior examiner and the other to his/her affiliation.
- The administrative secretary will reserve a room for the defense examination.
- Access http://www.acad.sc.chula.ac.th/grad.html to fill out the cover page of thesis/dissertation documentation packet.
- Submit the thesis/dissertation write-up for format check to Graduate School.
- Carry out the actual examination.
- The student must correct the thesis/dissertation write-up according to what is recommended by the examination committee.
- Get all the relevant signatures on the final thesis/dissertation write-up and submit it according to the announced procedures by Graduate School.