Doctor of Philosophy Program in Mechanical Engineering

Students are required to publish works derived from their dissertation research or as part of the dissertation in the following formats:

1. One article in an international journal indexed in the SCIE or Scopus databases, ranked in Quartile 1 – 4, and one article in another international journal, or
2. One article in an international journal listed in the SCIE or Scopus databases, ranked in Quartile 1 – 3 along with one innovative work/creative work/patent, according to the regulations of the Khon Kaen University /Intellectual Property. This could be one patent and
3. Create a poster summarizing the thesis research, following the format specified by the Faculty of Engineering.

(1) Compulsory courses

                       (1.1) Fundamental Engineering Course (Non-credit)

                                  For students in Type 1.1 and Type 1.2, they are required to register for and pass the following courses without earning credit (Audit) for a total of 3 credit hours. The result of the study must be at the level of S (Satisfactory).

                    (1.2) Fundamental Engineering Course (for credit)

                          For students in Type 2.1and Type 2.2, they are required to register 

for and pass the following courses, earning credit for a total of 3 credit hours, as follows:

                        (1.3) Specialized Engineering Course (Non-credit)

                                    – None-         

     (1.4) Specialized Engineering Course (for credit) 

  – None-

               (2) Elective Courses

              For students in Type 2.1, they are required to register for and pass the following courses, earning credit for a minimum of 9 credits. They must choose courses from the Mechanical Engineering group of not less than 6 credits and/or from other groups or courses that will be opened later for an additional 3 credits, subject to the approval of the program management committee, and students are also required to register for courses they have not studied at the master’s level as follows:

                For students under Type 2.2, they must register for and pass the following courses, counted as credits, totaling no fewer than 21 credits. Students are required to choose courses from the Mechanical Engineering group, totaling no fewer than 18 credits, and/or from other groups or additional courses to be opened later, totaling 3 credits, with the approval of the curriculum management committee as follow:   

                 (3) Dissertation

           For student in type 1.1

          For student in type 1.2

For student in type 2.1

For student in type 2.2

Expected Costs

• Scholarships supporting research and study for graduate students to conduct thesis, dissertation or independent study

For master students: up to 30,000 Baht/person

For doctoral students: up to 30,000 Baht/person

• Award for publishing research work

Doctoral students who have published research work or part of a research work that has been published or accepted for publication in an international journal indexed in SCIE database, starting from the first or second quartile, with at least 2 articles or more (paying only for the second article onwards) and the article must have been accepted before notifying the end of the study. The student must be the first author and will receive a prize of 20,000 Baht.

To apply, please visit this website: https://interadmission.gs.kku.ac.th/