Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Department of Biostatistics
Weichung (Joe) Shih, Ph.D., Chair
Dirk Moore, Ph.D., Doctoral
Coordinator
For more information about the Department of Biostatistics,
please visit:
http://sph.rutgers.edu/departments/BIST/degrees/phd.html.
At the
School of Public Health in New Brunswick
The Ph.D. degree requires a
minimum of 72 credits for completion.
Candidates for the degree are required to pass a preliminary exam, and pass
comprehensive written and oral examinations as well as complete and defend original dissertation
research. Through doctoral-level
research, the students will develop expertise on a single topic, design and
implement a research project, integrate and interpret complex data, and
complete a comprehensive dissertation. Students must plan this carefully. Although the students will work closely with faculty advisers, students
bear responsibility for developing research of publishable quality. The curriculum and academic progress of all
doctoral students is monitored by a single doctoral committee. The program is designed to be flexible and
responsive to the needs of individual students. A specific course of study will be selected by the student in consultation
with his or her major faculty adviser and then must be approved by the doctoral
committee. Typical programs are detailed
within the departments offering doctoral degrees, although individual students
may make substitutions with the written approval of the doctoral committee.
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