Requirements for Ph.D. in ME/RE (Fall 2026)
In order to be eligible to receive your Ph.D. this Fall, you must:
1. Apply to graduate by September 14th, 2026 and have an approved Nomination of Committee form on file before your defense. The deadline to submit this form to segen@umd.edu is September 28th, 2026.
2. Email segen@umd.edu with the following information 2 weeks before your defense:
- Title of your dissertation
- The date, time, & location of your defense (you are responsible for booking a room for your defense)
- Zoom link (optional)
- List of all your approved committee members
- Abstract
3. Successfully defend your dissertation and submit it to ETD by November 13th, 2026:
- As a graduate student, you may, upon the recommendation of the dissertation director, and with the endorsement of the home graduate program’s Graduate Director, include your own published works as part of the final dissertation. Appropriate citations within the dissertation, including where the work was previously published, are required. All such materials must be produced in standard dissertation format. To do so, please have your advisor sign the letter (see below) and send it to segen@umd.edu to obtain the Director of Graduate Studies’ signature. Once we return the letter to you, you must embed the letter into your dissertation before submission (students typically place this letter right after their cover page).
- When submitting your thesis to ETD, please ensure you select your correct home department (ENME vs. ENRE).
- You may place an embargo (a restriction) on your thesis. If you want to place an embargo for up to two years, you can email ProQuest at disspub@proquest.com to request your embargo. If you’d like to place an embargo for more than two years, please fill out the Thesis/Dissertation Embargo Request form.
Other reminders:
1. Please ensure you have met the coursework/research credit requirements to graduate and register for at least 1 credit this Fall.
2. Pending a review of the above materials and your student record, degrees earned this Fall will be awarded and appear on transcripts on/around January 20th, 2027.