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Program Examination I covers the program's core material. The core is divided into three topic areas:

structure and properties;
characterization and testing; and
thermodynamics and processing.

Program Examination I qualifies the student to enter the advanced program. It is administered simultaneously system-wide by the Tricams Coordinating Committee, at pre-announced dates, at least once per year (sometimes once per semester). The individual campus program committees will solicit input from the faculty and assist in preparing and grading the system-wide examination. The student may choose to take two or all three parts of Program Examination I at a sitting (unless only one part remains to be taken). It is expected that a student must make at least one attempt to pass the exam during the first two years of study. All parts of the examination must be completed within a total of three years, or by the fourth administration of the exam if this occurs later than three years after admission. Failure to pass all parts of the examination after this time disqualifies a student from the PhD program.

Program Examination II includes a comprehensive examination covering material in the student's specialization, as well as a dissertation proposal defense. This examination is normally taken near the end of formal coursework and is prepared, administered, and graded by the student's graduate supervisory committee. The last exam is an oral exam, the dissertation defense, which also is administered by the graduate supervisory committee.