University Of New Mexico - [Unm], New Mexico, Albuquerque - Courses & Fees

Albuquerque, New Mexico

University Public College

The Ph.D. program requires a minimum of 48 credit hours of coursework (excluding the 18 hours of dissertation credit hours and 2 hours of ECE 590) beyond the bachelor’s degree, which may include a maximum of 6 hours of master’s thesis.
A minimum of 24 credit hours must be completed at the University of New Mexico, of which 18 hours must be at the 500 level or above.

Important Dates

Event	End Date
Application Deadline For Spring 2024 Intake	May 30, 2023
Application Deadline For Early Decision 2	Jan 31, 2024

A minimum of 48 hours of coursework credits (not including ECE590 and ECE699 dissertation hours).
At least 24 hours of coursework graduate credit must be completed at UNM.
At least 18 hours of graduate credit coursework must be completed at UNM after admission to the doctoral program.
A minimum of 18 hours of graduate credit coursework earned at UNM must be courses numbered 500 or above.
Two credit hours of ECE 590 (Graduate Seminar).
A minimum of 18 hours of dissertation credits (ECE 699).
No more than 6 credit hours of coursework can have a grade of C (2.0), C+ (2.33) or CR (grading option selected by student). ECE 590 is excluded from this limitation.
A student’s cumulative GPA cannot be below 3.0. In addition, the GPA for courses presented in his/her Application of Candidacy cannot be below 3.0
No more than 50% of the required coursework credits at UNM may be taken with a single faculty member. (Course work that has been completed for an M.S. degree is included in this limit).