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committee, the academic council, and the university council, respectively. Then the Office of

Higher Education Commission must be notified of the appointment.
37. The dissertation/thesis/independent study advisor has the following responsibilities:

37.1 An advisor can be the main advisor for thesis and dissertation of master's
degree students and doctoral degree students according to the following regulations:
If an advisor has a doctoral degree or equivalent and academic work in
accordance with regulation, that person can be an advisor of no more than 5 master's degree
students and doctoral degree students
If an advisor has a doctoral degree or equivalent with the title of assistant
professor; or has a master’s degree or equivalent with the title of associate profession and higher;
and has academic work in accordance with the regulation, s/he can be an advisor of no more
than 10 master's degree students and doctoral degree students

If an advisor has a doctoral degree or equivalent with the title of professor and is
an advisor of more than 10 students, there must be approval from the program committee, the
school postgraduate committee, the postgraduate committee, the academic council, and the
university council, respectively. If the number of students in supervision exceeds 15 students, the
approval by the Office of Higher Education Commission is required.
37.2 An advisor can be the main advisor for independent study of no more that

15 master’s degree students
If a lecturer supervises dissertation, thesis, and independent study, the proportion of
different types of work must be calculated. The proportion of a student who does a dissertation
or thesis is comparable to 3 students who do independent study. However, the total number of

students must not exceed 15 students.
An advisor’s responsibilities start from the date of appointment to be the
dissertation/thesis/independent study advisor and end at students’ graduation or students’ status

dismissal. The work of students that is in process is also counted as an advisor’s responsibility.
38. In the case of the main advisor’s retirement, s/he can continue her/his supervision
until the student’s graduation if the student’ proposal is approved before the retirement of the

main advisor. However, this must be approved by the school postgraduate committee, the
postgraduate committee, and the academic council, respectively.
39. The dissertation, thesis and independent study advisor has following

responsibilities:
39.1 Give advice regarding proposal writing; and arrange
dissertation/thesis/independent study proposal presentation within the time limit required by

the program.
39.2 Supervise dissertation/thesis/independent study writing to be in accordance
with the proposal approved by the postgraduate program committee.
39.3 Give advice regarding theories, concepts and research methods.

39.4 Give advice regarding language use and techniques in
dissertation/thesis/independent study writing.