Degree Conferral Act Article 7

A student undertaking a master's degrees program who has completed the legally prescribed period of study, earned the required course credits, met the graduation requirements, and submitted a thesis shall be conferred a master’s degrees upon passing the examination by the master’s degrees examination committee.Students undertaking master's degrees program in a fine arts, applied science or technology, or sports field may submit a work, proof of achievement accompanied by a written report, or a technical report instead of master's degrees thesis. The criteria for recognizing and determining fields to which this applies shall be implemented by each university after being approved by the relevant university-level academic affairs meeting.Students undertaking a professional practice master’s degrees program may submit a professional practice report instead of a thesis. The criteria for recognizing and determining professional practice areas to which this applies shall be implemented by each university after being approved at a university-level academic affairs meeting.The regulations governing the scope of said recognition and determination, the form of materials, content items, and other related matters pertaining to each field referred to in the preceding two paragraphs for which a work, proof of achievement accompanied by a written report, a technical report, or professional practice report may be submitted instead of a thesis shall be prescribed by the competent authority.