Eligibility Criteria
An applicant for admission to a course of graduate studies leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Engineering must normally be a graduate of a recognized university with a Master’s degree in Engineering or Applied Science. Applicants with degrees in related fields will be considered but will normally require strengthening of their background in engineering. At the discretion of the Program Graduate Committee, Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) may be required.
All applicants whose native language is not English are required to satisfy the English proficiency requirement as described in 1.3.
Possession of the minimum requirements does not automatically ensure acceptance.
Candidacy: Admission to graduate study does not imply admission to candidacy for a degree. The candidacy of a student normally will be determined within the second year after initial registration in the doctoral program.
Candidacy will be granted to students who meet all of the following requirements:
Satisfactory completion of the comprehensive examination;
Demonstration to the doctoral committee of ability to conduct independent research;
Acceptance by the doctoral committee of the research proposal. The doctoral committee will assess the student’s competence to continue research on the basis of (1), (2) and (3), and make a recommendation to the Chair of the Program Graduate Committee.