The Doctor of Engineering Degree is designed to permit the practicing engineer to study practical engineering problems of a complex nature.

Admission Requirements

For admission to the program, the following requirements must be met:

1. The general requirements of the College of Graduate Studies.
2. The applicant must hold a Bachelor of Science degree in a field of engineering. The applicant must have an overall GPA and quantitative section of the GRE score which meets the following criteria: (50*GPA + GRE Quantitative section score) must equal or exceed 800. International students must have a minimum TOEFL score of 530.
3. The applicant must hold a Master's degree or have completed at least 30 semester hours of course work at the graduate level in a field of engineering or a closely related discipline.
4. These are minimum admission requirements. Individual departments may be more selective.

 Degree Requirements

1. All of the College of Graduate Studies general degree requirements.
2. The student shall complete a residency of one year.
3. The student shall register for ENGR 6110, Professional Seminar, each semester in which the student is registered for more than six hours or in which the student is registered for field study. A minimum of 4 hours is required.
4. Completion of one course from each of the three categories of core courses for a total of 9 semester hours of core course work. The core course categories and core courses are listed above. Exceptions to this rule must be approved by the Director of Engineering Graduate Studies.
5. Completion of the diagnostic examination. This examination has the objectives of determining the student's qualifications for a doctoral program and to provide guidance for the selection of a study program. This examination must be completed before the student has earned 15 semester hours of course credit after admission to the program.
6. Completion of a minimum of 18 credit hours of field study preparatory courses in a concentration designed to form a cohesive degree plan and must be approved by the student's advisory committee. The field study preparation includes completion of one semester of ENGR 6320, Justification of Engineering Project.
7. Completion of candidacy examination. The purposes of this examination are to test the ability of the student to comprehensively relate the subjects of the study program and to ascertain the student's qualifications to perform the field study.
8. Completion of the field study. After the student is admitted to candidacy a formal engineering proposal must be presented to the doctoral committee. Upon committee approval of the proposed field study the work is initiated. Normally, 30 semester hours of field study is required.
9. Defense of field study. Upon completion of the field study a formal report with a standard thesis format shall be submitted to the committee and defended in an oral examination.

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