Residence Requirement

Students in the Ph.D. degree program must spend two consecutive semesters during one academic year in-person on the Bloomington campus, taking a full-time load of course work. 

Full-time enrollment is 8 credit hours per semester for graduate students who are not full-time graduate assistants, research assistants, and associate instructors.

For full-time graduate assistants, research assistants, and associate instructors, 6 credit hours constitute a full-time course load.

A period of full-time residence is not required for students in master's degree programs. However, master's degree students must take a minimum of 25–30 of the required 35–47 credit hours at Indiana University.

Work Done at More Than One Indiana University Campus

Students who plan to earn a degree through a degree-granting unit on one Indiana University campus and who plan to take a substantial number of hours on one or more of the other Indiana University campuses in partial fulfillment of degree requirements should have their programs of study approved in advance by the degree-granting unit. The residency require­ment must be met on the campus where the degree-granting unit is located.