Graduate School Rules
The Duke University
Graduate School Website has useful and detailed information
about both requirements and opportunities for all graduate
students.
Formal requirements for degree
Formal requirements for the Duke PhD degree are as follows:
- payment of 6 semesters of full-time tuition (all tuition
charges are covered in the CMB award,)
- major and related courses,
- training in the Responsible Conduct of Research,
- a supervisory committee for the student's program of study,
- continuous registration,
- prelimary examination,
- PhD dissertation, and
- PhD final examination.
 Occasionally,
a CMB student who does not complete the PhD will leave with
a Masters degree. The formal requirements for the Duke Masters
degree are as follows:
- A minimum of 30 units of credit registration, at least
24 of which must be graded.
- Continuous registration.
- A master's exam.
In addition, many departments have further requirements,
such as a thesis or other formal written exercise.
Training in the responsible conduct of
research (RCR)
ALL matriculating PhD students at Duke University are required
to participate in a specified number of hours in RCR training
as a formal requirement to obtain the degree. Each PhD student
must attend ONE of the three Fall Orientation RCR Workshop
programs (including the Ethics Retreat)
AND participate in at least three supplementary RCR
Forums within the first three years of his/her program
to meet the number of training hours required for the degree.
Grades
Grades in the Graduate School include A, B, C, and F. A
grade of incomplete (I) is occasionally used when some portion
of a student's work is lacking, for an acceptable reason,
at the time the grades are reported. A grade of F in a major
course normally occasions withdrawal from a degree program
not later than the end of the ensuing semester or term; a
grade of F in any other course occasions at least academic
probation.
Filing the Intention to Receive Degree
Form
On or before January 25 for a May degree, on or before July
1 for a September degree, on or before November 1 for a December
degree, and at least one month prior to the final examination,
the student must file online the intent
to receive degree form. The declaration of intention presents
the title of the thesis or specifies alternative academic
exercises on which the degree candidate will be examined.
The declaration must have the approval of both the Director
of Graduate Studies in the major department and the chair
of the student's advisory committee.
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