A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Ph.D.
- Credential class
- ceterms:DoctoralDegree
- Catalog edition
- Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- The Ph.D. degree requires completion of 72 credit hours. Students must complete a the three (3) 4-credit MTLE core graduate courses: Advanced Structure and Bonding, Advanced Thermodynamics, and Advanced Kinetics ; at least nine (9) additional credits from graduate level (6000-level) MSE department courses on materials characterization or computational materials science; and at the remaining additional 3- or 4-credit graduate level (6000-level) courses offered by the School of Engineering and/or the School of Science. The course selections must be approved by the student’s academic adviser and graduate curriculum coordinator prior to the enrollment in the courses.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 194824
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_194824_d05fa0c6
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Source. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, catalog Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.rpi.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=34&poid=10151&returnto=938. Captured page pages/0137.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.