Expectations

PhD students often wonder about timetables:

• When should I pick an advisor?
• How long until I’m admitted to candidacy?
• When can I expect to graduate?

Each of the PhD programs in CMPS has established a set of expectations to help guide you to the answers to these important questions. They have also set down a set of deliverables that PhD students can expect of their programs. These sets of expectations can be found at the following links:

Astronomy
http://www.astro.umd.edu/academics/gradexpectations.html

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
http://www.atmos.umd.edu/education/expectations.html

Chemical Physics
http://www.chemicalphysics.umd.edu/expectations.pdf

Computer Science
http://www.cs.umd.edu/Grad/catalog.shtml#degree-requirements-summary
http://www.cs.umd.edu/Grad/policy-manual.shtml#2.general-degree-requirements

Geology
https://www.geol.umd.edu/pages/graduates/expectations.htm

Mathematics (includes Statistics and AMSC)
http://www.math.umd.edu/graduate/programs/math.policies.shtml

Physics
http://www.physics.umd.edu/academics/grad/Prospective/expectations.html
http://www.physics.umd.edu/academics/grad/Current/expectations.html

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