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These are the requirements for receiving a PhD from the department for students starting fall 2016 and later. 

2016 Chemical Engineering Milestones [pdf]

All students should be familiar and comfortable with them. 

There are two requirements for PhD candidacy in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering:

1. GPA of 3.0 or higher in the 9 hours of required Chemical Engineering technical coursework
2. Passing a candidacy examination by the 4th long semester
   
   Candidacy Examination
   
   

There are five further requirements to complete the PhD degree

1. Completing 18 hours of required coursework (including technical coursework required for candidacy)
2. Completing two semesters  of TA service in the department
3. Participating in the 1^st and 3^rd year seminars
4. Completing annual committee update meetings after advancing to candidacy
5. Completing a dissertation and passing a Final Oral Examination

This is a visualization of the timeline for the doctoral program, including milestones:

After orientation, students must confirm that they have reviewed the milestones online by following these steps:

1.             Go to your Graduate Degree Planner and click on “See Your Program of Work At-a-Glance”

 2.            Click on the “Program of Work At-a-Glance” link associated with your ChemE PhD degree plan. You will get a display of the requirements associated with that degree plan.

 3.            At the bottom of the page is the Milestones section.  Click the “I have reviewed the Milestones for my degree” button.

Complete instructions and an explanation of why this is required by the University of Texas at Austin.