Academic Requirements
All students must have a minimum of three years of full-time enrollment in residence at the Elmezzi Graduate School. The dean of the school must approve any exception to the full-time requirement. Due to the unique nature of the graduate classes, all academic course work must be completed at the graduate school. If unusual circumstances require a student to request a temporary leave of absence for personal reasons or for requirements by a joint program with a medical fellowship training program, such leave will be granted by the dean of the school. Annual stipends and benefits do not apply if the student is not in residence.
Students are expected to participate fully in courses and seminars. Each student will present his/her studies annually in the work-in-progress seminars and will submit an abstract for presentation at the annual research retreat of the institute.
Ph.D. candidates expecting to complete their thesis and graduate during a given academic year must arrange a thesis committee approximately eight months prior to the planned date for the formal thesis defense. The thesis committee should include the student’s advisor, the graduate advisory committee and an outside examiner. The chair of the advisory committee must approve the selection of the outside examiner. The thesis committee will set a date for the presentation and defense of the thesis. The thesis can be, in part, a compilation of published manuscripts with the student either an author or co-author. Each student must have at least one manuscript accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal before graduation.
The degree of doctor of philosophy is granted to the successful Ph.D. candidate following completion of the academic requirements, presentation of the thesis research in a public lecture, satisfactory thesis defense by formal oral examination before the thesis committee including submission and acceptance of a final bound copy of the complete dissertation. It is the policy of the Elmezzi Graduate School to withhold diplomas until all requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy have been satisfactorily fulfilled and accepted by all members of the candidate’s respective thesis committee and the dean.
The Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine
