Graduate Deadlines

Master's Degree Paperwork

**Advancement to candidacy forms (to be eligible for a Spring 2006 degree) are due February 27, 2006

Final Degree paperwork (to be eligible for Winter 2006 degree)is due March 17, 2006.

**Advancement to Candidacy forms (to be eligible for a Summer 2006 degree) are due June 16, 2006.

Final Degree paperwork (to be eligible for Spring 2006 degree) is due June 9, 2006.

Doctoral Degree Paperwork

**Advancement to Candidacy forms--Ph.D. Form I--(to be eligible for Spring 2006 degree) are due March 28, 2006.

Final Degree paperwork for Winter 2006 degree is due March, 17, 2006.

**Advancement to Candidacy forms--Ph.D. Form I--(to be eligible for a Summer 2006 degree) are due June 16, 2006.

Final Degree paperwork for Spring 2006 degree is due June 9, 2006.

Time to Degree for Graduate Students

In Academic Year 2003-04, The Graduate Studies Committee of the HSSoE, which is composed of members from each graduate program in the school, reviewed and agreed to the adoption of the following policy regarding nominal time to degree for students who are enrolled full time.

MS Degree: Plan I. Thesis Option

• The nominal time to degree is two years
  

MS Degree: Plan II. Comprehensive Examination Option

The nominal time to degree is one year and one quarter. However, the nominal time to degree for students who elect to complete a project and project report as part of the Comprehensive Examination Option is one year and two quarters.

All students who obtain a PhD must have first obtained an MS Degree. Thus, the nominal time to degree for a PhD depends on whether the student has completed a MS degree in a related field before they enter the PhD program or earns the MS degree here at UCI.

PhD Degree: (For students who enter without an MS Degree)

• The nominal time for Advancement to Candidacy is three years
• The nominal time to degree is five years
• The maximum time to degree is seven years

PhD Degree: (For students who enter with an MS Degree)

• The nominal time for Advancement to Candidacy is two years
• The nominal time to degree is four years
• The maximum time to degree is seven years