Students enrolled in the Ph.D. program may be awarded a master’s degree if they have satisfied the Institute requirement of 135 units of work in courses numbered 100 or higher. These courses must satisfy the course requirements of the ESE Ph.D. program.
For the Ph.D. degree, a student must:
(1) satisfy the course requirements,
(2) pass the qualifying examination,
(3) advance to candidacy,
(4) complete a thesis and successfully defend it in a final oral examination.