Adopted at the 4th Academic Affairs Meeting of the 2013
Academic Year on June 20, 2014
Approved by the President and promulgated on August 25, 2014
Amended and adopted at the 3rd Academic Affairs Meeting of the 2016
Academic Year on April 21, 2017
Approved by the President and promulgated on July 3, 2017
Amended and adopted at the 2nd Academic Affairs Meeting of the 2021
Academic Year on January 7, 2022
Approved by the President and promulgated on March 10, 2022 

1. Feng Chia University (hereinafter referred to as the university) formulates these directives to ensure the proper preservation of teaching and learning achievements. In accordance with the regulations of the Degree Conferral Act, the university manages the submission, archiving, and transfer of theses and dissertations to the National Central Library.
2. The university library is responsible for planning and executing the operations related to the submission, archiving, and transfer of theses and dissertations.
3. After passing the oral defense for their thesis or dissertation, graduate students must complete the signing of the Thesis Authorization Form (see Appendix 1), submit a hard copy of the thesis, and provide a full-text electronic file (including an abstract). Only then can they complete the departure process from the university.
4. To facilitate academic dissemination and ensure proper and comprehensive archiving of the theses and dissertations, graduate students are required to authorize the university, on a non-exclusive and gratuitous basis, to include their work in the university database. This enables users certified by the university to access, retrieve, view, download, or print the content online without limitations of geography, time, or frequency.
5. Theses and dissertations at the university are generally considered public. However, if there are concerns related to confidentiality, patent issues, or legal restrictions on providing access, students must fill out the Thesis Delayed Public Release Application Form (see Appendix 2). This form, along with the agreement of the advisor, should be submitted for review and approval by the department, college, and university-level graduate affairs committees. The application is then forwarded to the library and the Office of Academic Affairs for record.
6. If there is a need to modify the content of a submitted thesis, the student must fill out an application form (see Appendix 3) and follow the prescribed written procedure.
7. The Directives were adopted at the Academic Affairs Meeting and approved by the President before being promulgated and implemented. The same applies to amendments.

These Directives were translated from the original Chinese version. In the event of any discrepancies between the two versions, the Chinese version always takes precedence.