Graduate Degrees

DEGREE PROGRAM FORM SUBMITTAL:

MS students and Ph.D. students entering without a MS should file the degree program by September 30th of their second year. Ph.D. students entering the program with a Masters should file the degree program by March 1 of their first year.

ORAL PRELIM TIMELINE:

For Ph.D. students entering with an MS degree, the preliminary oral examination is expected to be taken before the start of the Spring Semester of the second year (i.e. late fall semester of the 2nd year or during the summer) following the Written Preliminary Examination.

For Ph.D. students entering without an MS degree, the preliminary oral examination is expected to be taken before the start of the Fall Semester of the third year (i.e. late Spring semester of the 2nd year or during the summer) following the Written Preliminary Examination.

As always, as always, as always... please ask if you aren't sure of the process or "what do I do next?"

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• http://www.catalogs.umn.edu/grad/gen/masters.html
• http://www.catalogs.umn.edu/grad/gen/phd.html