课程名称：Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering
- 授予学位：博士学位 (Doctoral)
- 授予机构：RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
- 学院：School of Engineering, School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
课程介绍：
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree is awarded from the department and represents the culmination of a significant amount of work, imagination, and perseverance by the student. The degree is earned once their thesis advisor and doctoral committee agree that they have demonstrated independent thought and research, made original contributions to the fundamental knowledge in a given field, and have produced a substantial body of information in the form of a dissertation publishable in a refereed journal(s). The dissertation documents your research and is expected to be a scholarly work.
- 国际学生入学要求：
Students must complete ninety (90) credit hours past the B.S. degree or complete sixty (60) credit hours past the M.S. degree, if M.S. degree has already been earned. Students must complete forty-five (45) credit hours of thesis and/or course work at Rensselaer. This is a residency requirement. Students must present an independent thesis that demonstrates creativity, originality, and scholarly thought. Students must acquire a thesis advisor, form a Doctoral Committee, submit a Graduate Plan of Study, pass a Candidacy Exam, and defend the thesis. A full-time student must complete all the above requirements within three (3) calendar years after admission to the candidacy exam and within seven (7) years of beginning Ph.D studies. If you are entering with a M.S. degree in your field of study you must finish all degree requirements for the Ph.D. within five (5) years. Degree candidates must have either: maintained full-time registration; maintained continuous full-time registration following a change of status from part-time to full-time or been, at all times, a part-time student. Under no circumstances will a full-time student be allowed to transfer to part-time status and maintain eligibility for graduation. Satisfy the binding fee requirement. File a degree application with the Registrar's Office by the date specified in the academic calendar for the semester in which you plan to graduate. If a degree application was filed the previous semester, but the requirements were not fulfilled, a new degree application must be filed for the semester in which you actually graduated.