Also during this time graduate students discuss potential research projects with several faculty members and then select a major research professor by the end of their first semester. Once a major professor is chosen, an advisory committee composed of the major professor and four other faculty members is selected. All Ph.D. students participate in the cumulative examination system, in which six examinations must be passed within the first two years of residence. Eight examinations are given each year in the five major areas-organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, and macromolecular. Formal admission to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree results from passing the General Examination.
Graduate studies culminate in the oral defense of a written Ph.D. dissertation.
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