A student entering a doctoral program at GSE has a total time limit of 10 years from the time of admission to the program to complete all course work, qualifying examinations, and dissertation work. This time limit is further defined as follows: (1) a student entering a doctoral program at GSE has a time limit of seven years from the time of admission to the program to complete all course work and qualifying examinations; (2) a student who completes the course requirements and qualifying examinations in seven years has three years to complete his or her dissertation; (3) a student who completes the course requirements and qualifying examinations in less than seven years will have the remaining time from the total allocated time of 10 years to complete his or her dissertation; but (4) any student who fails to complete all requirements (course work, qualifying examinations, and dissertation) within the allocated 10-year period may, with the written recommendation of the program faculty, be allowed to retake the qualifying examination and, upon passing these examinations, may have three additional years to complete his or her dissertation. In those cases in which a student is authorized to include credits in his or her degree program for courses taken at Rutgers prior to admission as a degree candidate, the date of the beginning of the course work to be credited establishes the beginning of the time allowed to complete the degree.
