Research Advisor Selection, Etc.

• Article 38 (Research Advisor) of the Statutes of JBNU Graduate School
• Article 18 (2) (Research Advisor and Guidance Committee Members) of the Academic Affairs Regulations of JBNU Graduate School

Within 3 months after a student has begun a program in the spring or fall semester

• Master’s degree programs
  A research advisor should be selected from among the University’s regular faculty members in the student’s department or other related departments. For an assistant professor to be selected as a research advisor, he/she should hold a master’s degree. (If there is no research advisor from the student’s major field in the department, a research advisor may be selected from the University’s regular faculty members of related disciplines.)
• Doctoral degree programs
  A research advisor should be selected from among the University’s regular faculty members in the student’s department or other related departments. For an assistant professor to be selected as a research advisor, he/she should hold a master’s degree. (If there is no research advisor from the student’s major field in the department, a research advisor may be selected from the University’s regular faculty members of related disciplines.)

• Research co-advisors can be selected, if deemed especially necessary when selecting a research advisor in the degree program or if the student takes an interdisciplinary program.
• Non-regular faculty members are eligible to serve as research co-advisors.

A student and a research advisor-to-be should fully exchange opinions before selecting a research advisor from among the faculty in the department. (The student’s intention should be reflected.)

Within 1 year after the student has begun a doctoral program in the spring or fall semester

3 members (including the research advisor)

Principally, the same as the eligibility to serve as a research advisor

When forming a guidance committee, which consists of three professors (including the research advisor) from the student’s major field, the research advisor should consider the student’s opinion, completion of the degree program, graduate thesis study and guidance.

• The head professor of a department should identify freshmen’s major fields of study and ensure that research advisors from their major fields are selected for them within a specified period. The head professor should make a list of students in master’s and doctoral programs in each semester and guide and manage them.
• A professor scheduled to retire at the regular retirement age before the freshmen’s graduation (within 2 years) cannot be selected as a research advisor or a guidance committee member, and in an unavoidable case, may be selected and managed through a meeting in the department. And a student who has completed a program may not change his/her research advisor and guidance committee members except in special cases.
• When a research advisor or a guidance committee member should be changed due to unavoidable circumstances (e.g., retirement), the student, the research advisor and the guidance committee should fully exchange opinions before asking the head professor to select a new research advisor or a new committee member. And the head professor of the department should ensure an immediate selection of a new research advisor or a new committee member.
• The head professor of a department should manage records about the selection (including any change) of students’ (including students who have completed the program) research advisors and guidance committee members, using the attached form.