Overview
Figure1 : The Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University of Thailand
The PhD Program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics is a 3-year program, comprising 6 semesters, each has at least 15 weeks. The Program has two curriculum streams: one without course work (the Type 1.1 Program), and another with course work (the Type 2.1 Program). The Type 1.1 Program requires 48 credits for the dissertation. Other subjects may be taken with permission from the Dissertation Committee but not for credit. The Type 2.1 Program requires the students to enroll in 12 credits of course work plus 36 credits of dissertation. The student is required to pass a qualifying examination before proceeding with the dissertation.
The Program is designed as a PhD by publication. Students are not required to take a formal defend for their proposal. Rather, they are working with their advisors and propose the dissertation plan to the Program Committee early after enrolment. After the plan being approved, student can start writing their research papers- at least two for Type 1.1 and one for Type 2.1. All papers must be under a unified research theme. Once they were accepted for publication, the student can prepare a dissertation according to the format required by the Graduate School of Khon Kaen University. A formal dissertation examination can then be conducted.
The main requirements for graduation are that, for Type 1.1 program, at least two papers published or being accepted for publication in international, peer-reviewed journals that archived at ISI or SCOPUS database, of these, the student must be the first author for at least two papers that archived at the ISI database. For Type 2.1 program, the requirements are that at least one paper published or being accepted for publication in international, peer-reviewed journals that archived at ISI or SCOPUS database, of these, the student must be the first author for at least one paper that archived at the ISI database. Other requirements are that the student must complete set of credits, pass on oral defend of the dissertation, pass on the English examination, and, for Type 2.1 Program, the cumulative grade point average of not less than 3.
