Master’s degree

• 48 course hours (15 class hours per credit) and 48 dissertation (thesis) credits
• Proof of English Language Proficiency within 365 days after enrollment
• Completion of all requirements and deposit of dissertation within 30 months of first enrollment
• A dissertation supervised by the academic Advisor shall be defended in a final, oral examination by an Examination Committee

Doctor’s degree

• 48 course hours (15 class hours per credit) and 144 thesis (dissertation) credits
• Proof of English Language Proficiency within 365 days after enrollment
• Approval in the Qualifying Exam
• Completion of all requirements and deposit of dissertation within 42 months of first enrollment
• A thesis supervised by the academic Advisor to be defended in a final, oral examination by an Examination Committee

Doctor’s degree (Direct Doctorate)

• 96 course hours (15 class hours per credit) and 144 thesis (dissertation) credits
• Proof of English Language Proficiency within 365 days after enrollment
• Approval in the Qualifying Exam
• Completion of all requirements and deposit of dissertation within 54 months of first enrollment
• A thesis supervised by the academic Advisor to be defended in a final, oral examination by an Examination Committee