Ph.D. Qualification Exam Regulations and Guidelines, Information Management Group, Department of Business Administration, National Dong Hwa University (applicable to students admitted for academic year 2008/2009 and afterward)

1. The aim of the Qualification Exam is to test students’ fundamental knowledge and skills for conducting independent research in the field of Information Management. The Exam is held annually in the first month of the second semester; results are announced in two weeks after the Exam. Those who intend to take the Exam shall submit the applications by the end of the first semester.

2. Students must pass the Exam by the beginning of the second semester in the third academic year; those who fail will be expelled. Those who fail the first Exam shall retake the Exam in the year followed; second failure, expelled.

3. Exam Subjects:

1. Management Information System
2. Information Technology
3. Research Method

Students shall pass, i.e. 70/100, all three subjects.