Academics
Curriculum
Students need to complete the following graduation requirements:
Credit total: minimum 47 credit hours
- Required Courses: 32 credits
- Fundamental courses: 17 credits
- Core courses: 13 credits
- MBA thesis: 2 credits
- Electives: 15 credits(*specialization certificate)
Non-Credit Requirements
- Internship Certificate (details are found in the Student Handbook)
- Master Thesis
- Chinese Requirement for international students (non-Taiwanese and non-Chinese natives)
Course Details
Fundamental courses
- Marketing Management
- Financial Management and Investment
- Information Management
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Global Business Management
- Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Core courses
- Data Science and Decision Support
- Global IP Management and Business Laws
- Business Development for Start-ups
- Pioneering Innovation and Management in the Tech Industry
Electives
- There are many courses available in the College of Management as well as outside the College of Management (maximum 6 credit hours from other departments may count toward degree requirements)
- Interdepartmental electives include:
- Semiconductor Manufacturing Management
- Business Strategies and Performance Management
- Seminar on Patent Law and Practice
- System-on-chip (SoC) Marketing
- Strategy Management
- Creativity and Innovation Management
- Entrepreneurship and New Product Development
- Logistics Operation Planning Models
- Revenue Management
- Research Methodology
*A Global MBA (GMBA) director’s certificate will be awarded in the field of "Entrepreneurship" by application before graduation. If students take three elective courses (9 credits, graduate level) and their application is approved by the Global MBA committee, students can get at most one certificate in addition to the entrepreneurship one.
The available fields are: Strategy/ Human Resource Management/ Marketing/ Finance/ Supply Chain & Logistics Management/ Technology Management/ IP Management/ Data Science
The list of courses for each specialization:
In principle, the courses listed on the table are eligible for the application of the specialization certificate. If a student wants to use a new course (not listed in the table) for the specialization certificate, (s)he should apply for its eligibility BEFORE taking the course (see the document below titled "Application of Non-listed courses for Global MBA Specialization"). Please be reminded that the acceptance of the application is subject to the assessment by the GMBA Curriculum Committee.
Forms to Download
- Internship
- Specialization Certificate
- Application of Non-listed courses for Global MBA Specialization(only for the fields of “Strategy,” “Marketing,” and “Data Science”)
It is not accetable if submitted after taking courses. - Application for Global MBA Specialization Certificate
- Application of Non-listed courses for Global MBA Specialization(only for the fields of “Strategy,” “Marketing,” and “Data Science”)
- Master Thesis
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