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Engineering

PhD Education at Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis, United States

Programme overview

Students are expected to have completed all PhD requirements, except for the dissertation, no later than the end of the fourth year of full-time graduate study. By the third year, students should be completing their courses and submitting a qualifying portfolio of written work.

Faculty: Graduate School of Arts & Sciences  |  Duration: 6 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: St. Louis, MO, United States

What you will study

Requires 24-30 units.

Career pathways

This intellectual development is especially important for those seeking careers as academics or citizen scholars.

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Application information

Arts & Sciences sets one doctoral application deadline each year, generally in the first week of December.

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