The graduate group prescreens all potential candidates for any academic deficiencies. Any necessary remedial work must be completed before filing a formal application. The program will admit only applicants who are capable of entering directly into the core curriculum. For specific requirements, please refer to each graduate group's Web page. To complete the requirements, corporate students must generally spend at least three academic quarters on the UC Davis campus.
Students choose laboratory rotations that help broaden the research experience.
Most graduate groups require three to four rotations in different laboratories before the student joins the laboratory in which the thesis research will occur. Usually corporate students return to their sponsoring industrial laboratory for completion of their thesis research. However, other arrangements are possible if approved by the thesis committee. The corporate student can meet this requirement during the first year when he or she is a resident on campus. Each student in the degree program has a three-member dissertation committee.