Review criteria for a master’s degree thesis


Graduate School	Review criteria for a master’s degree thesis
Letters	(Master’s thesis) 1. Originality of the thesis 2. Appropriate setting of subjects based on the study history 3. Empirical consideration based on actual materials 4. Coherence of and consistency in the points of an argument 5. Considerations to research ethics 6. Other items that the chief thesis examiner and deputy thesis examiner consider necessary (Research paper) Although the criteria for the research paper are the same as those for a master’s thesis described above, the research subject and the content of the research paper should be based on practical surveys and research.

Review criteria for a doctoral degree thesis（ KOU）

At Toyo University, a doctoral degree thesis （KOU） is rigorously reviewed according to the
following criteria.


Graduate School	Review criteria for a doctoral degree thesis
Letters	1. The relevant doctoral degree thesis should fully absorb the results of conventional studies and appropriately use them, and should provide new findings in the relevant research area and show the originality of the relevant student who has submitted the thesis. 2. The relevant doctoral degree thesis should be based on an empirical and systematic approach, which shows that the relevant student who has submitted the thesis has the sophisticated research capacity to conduct research activities as an independent researcher both in terms of analysis and logical expansion. 3. Overall, the relevant doctoral degree thesis should reach a high academic level, and should show that the relevant student who has submitted the thesis has enough knowledge and ability to perform highly specialized tasks.