Pursuant to the Board of Directors’ Decision of the Institute of Natural Sciences dated September 30, 2026, please click here to access the Doctoral Qualifying Exam Course Pool created by our Department’s Doctoral Qualifying Exam Committee for students who will take the Doctoral Qualifying Exam during the 2026–2027 Fall semester.
The Doctoral Qualifying Exam consists of two stages: a written exam and an oral exam.
Students taking the written Doctoral Qualifying Exam will be required to answer 5 of the questions asked.
The written Doctoral Qualifying Exam will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in Classroom E-2031.
NOTE: A minimum score of 70 is required to pass the written exam. Students who do not pass the written exam will not be allowed to take the oral exam.
A minimum score of 50 is required to pass the oral exam.
To pass the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam, the average of the written and oral exam scores must be at least 70.
We wish all students taking the exam the best of luck.