The first step in your Thesis journey is to find a suitable Advisor.
When choosing an advisor, it is important to keep the following guidelines in mind:
- Find your Advisor(s) as early as possible, such as by January 31 (Spring) or July 31 (Fall)
- It is strongly recommended that you have taken at least one course from your prospective Advisor
- Only full-time professors can be your thesis advisor.
If you would like to invite an adjunct professor, you also need another full-time professor to be your co-advisor. Please confer with your main advisor before adding a co-advisor. - To find an advisor, please visit this page and review the professors' interests, classes, and research to match your topic: https://gmba.ntu.edu.tw/en/faculty
Once you have identified a prospective advisor, contact them with:
- A personal introduction,
- A summary of your proposed topic,
- An attachment of your thesis proposal (strongly recommended).
Once a Professor agrees to be your advisor:
- Ask him/her or them to sign the Thesis Advisor Agreement Form
- Download and fill out the Thesis Proposal Approval Form. Upload both forms and attach your Thesis Proposal back to Step 1 in the GMBA graduation system (Fall 2024). Please wait for approval from the GMBA Office.
- Filenames should be: StudentID_ThesisProposalApproval.pdf” and "StudentID_AdvisorAgreement.pdf".
*If you need help in finding an advisor, please contact the Thesis Proposal Consultant, Prof. Leon van Jaarsveldt or the GMBA office at ntugmba@ntu.edu.tw.
When approaching an advisor, it is strongly advised that you prepare a short 1-5 page Thesis Proposal.
The thesis proposal represents your topic in a practical, doable way by answering 3 basic questions your prospective Advisor will have:
1. What do you aim to accomplish?
2. Why this research?
3. How are you going to do the research?
A complete thesis proposal typically includes:
· a clear introduction to the research problem or business case,
· a background and significance section,
· a literature review,
· an initial research design and method.
*The Thesis Proposal is also required when applying for graduation.
**You can download a template from here.
