Formal Ph.D. Requirements
The formal requirements for the Ph.D. degree are as follows:
- payment of 6 semesters of full-time tuition (or five if transfer credit has been approved)
- major and related courses
- foreign language proficiency
- a supervisory committee for the student's program of study
- continuous registration
- preliminary examination
- dissertation
- final examination
English Language Proficiency
All international Ph.D. students whose native language is not English must enroll in two sections of GS 200 during their initial year at Duke, unless formally waived from this requirement by the Graduate School upon certification of competency in English. For more information, see the English for International Students Web site.
Residence
The minimum residence requirement is one academic year of full-time registration at Duke.
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