Graduate Programs

Ph.D. Degree

Admission

Student Population: Open to dental school graduates with a minimum dental school GPA of 3.0/4.0 (as well as individuals with a B.S. degree) and a minimum GRE score of 600 in either the verbal, quantitative or analytical sections. In addition, a TOEFL score of no lower than 550 must be obtained for applicants from non-English speaking countries.

Program Requirements: All general requirements of the Indiana University Graduate School apply (http://www.indiana.edu/~grdschl/), plus specific requirements of this program, as outlined in the core curricula below.

Time Limits and Revalidation: All Ph.D. work offered in partial fulfillment of degree requirements must either have been completed within seven consecutive calendar years of the passing of the qualifying examination or be revalidated.

Any student whose candidacy lapses will be required to apply to the IU Graduate School for reinstatement before further work toward the degree may formally be done. To be reinstated to candidacy in the IU Graduate School, the student must: 1) obtain the permission of the program director; 2) fulfill the program requirements in effect at the time of the application for reinstatement; 3) pass the current Ph.D. qualifying examination or its equivalent (defined in advance); 4) request reinstatement to candidacy from the dean. Such reinstatement, if granted, will be valid for a period of three years, during which time the candidate must enroll each semester for a minimum of one credit hour.

In the fifth semester, students meet with their examination committee to review past performance and to evaluate plans for completing the Ph.D. Includes written, oral, and research components. All full-time Ph.D. students must take the qualifying examination by the end of the fifth semester.

Satisfactory Progress Toward a Degree: After passing the qualifying examination, for a student to remain in “good standing”, the Program requires that sufficient progress be made toward completing a dissertation. If the research advisory committee judges progress to be unsatisfactory, probation may be recommended. At the end of the probationary period (usually a semester), probation will be lifted if the advisory committee judges the student’s progress to be satisfactory. If the advisory committee judges the student’s progress to remain unsatisfactory, then the student will be required to leave the program.

Continuing Enrollment: Students who have passed the qualifying examination must enroll each semester (excluding summer sessions) for any remaining required course work or dissertation credits. Once such students have accumulated 90 credit hours in completed course work and deferred dissertation credits, they must enroll for a minimum of 1 hour of graduate credit each semester until the degree is completed. Failure to meet this requirement will automatically terminate the student’s enrollment in the degree program.

A candidate who will be graduating in June, July, or August of any year must enroll in a minimum of 1 hour of credit in either the current or immediately preceding summer session.

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