Time Limit
All requirements for the Ph.D. degree must be completed and the degree awarded within a maximum of nine years from the term of full Ph.D. admission, and within five calendar years from the term in which the student is admitted to candidacy.
Prior coursework taken at UT Tyler, including coursework over six years old, may be reinstated to the date a graduate student re-enters an academic program upon recommendation and with permission of the Academic Program Coordinator, College/School Dean, and Graduate School Dean. This policy does not apply to transfer courses and does not supersede requirements of accrediting bodies.
(Example: if the date of admission is Fall 2008, the nine-year time limit ends Summer 2017. If the student in this example is admitted to candidacy in March 2010, the time to degree expires at the end of the spring semester 2015).