Highly motivated individuals choose to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in the Chemical Engineering department as this is an intensively research-driven program. The students are also expected to qualify the Advanced Chemical Engineering courses in thermodynamics, chemical reaction engineering and transport phenomenon in their first year while maintaining a minimum CGPA requirement*.
Degree requirements for PhD students:
- Satisfactory completion of required credits before the completion of the comprehensive examination
- Written and oral doctoral qualifying comprehensive examinations within 1.5 years while maintaining a CGPA of 7.5 or above
- Six-monthly progress report submission and presentation to the Student Research Committee (SRC)
- At least one research presentation in the Graduate Seminar series (not required for part-time students)
- Thesis describing original research