Robotics

The Robotics Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree consists of 47 credits post-BS, or as few as 26 credits post-MS, depending on coursework and the institution granting the MS degree.

The 47 credits shall consist of 30 credits of coursework (subject to supervisory committee approval), 3 credits of seminars, and 14 dissertation credits.

• Per graduate school policy (https://gradschool.utah.edu/navigating-grad-school/graduate-policies/credit.php), students pursuing the Robotics Graduate Certificate can transfer up to 15 approved credits towards the degree requirements, which is limited to 9 non-matriculated credits, but any student can transfer approved credits to reach up to 15 approved credits applied towards course work requirements.

• Students stacking upon a University of Utah MS degree can waive up to 21 approved credits, resulting in the 26 credits post MS indicated above.

• Students stacking upon a MS degree from a university besides the University of Utah can waive up to 18 approved credits.

• Again, all coursework is subject to faculty committee approval, and could be more required coursework than the numbers indicated here.

To graduate, students must:

• earn a B- grade in all courses

• a 3.0 GPA or higher in all courses

• successfully complete a PhD Qualifying examination for admission to candidacy

• complete a research proposal defense

• successfully defend their dissertation before their supervisory committee.