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The Ph.D. degree is the highest of academic degrees. The Ph.D. in Spatial Information Science and Engineering is awarded to those demonstrating outstanding achievement in Spatial Information Science and Engineering scholarship and primarily for demonstrated ability for independent research in the field. The preparation and defense of a dissertation embodying the results of an original investigation in a specialized area of Spatial Information Science and Engineering are essential features of the program.

All work for a doctoral degree must be completed within eight years. The timing starts with the first semester of registration after admission to the Ph.D. in Spatial Information Science and Engineering. Students must be admitted to candidacy within four years of registration for the first work presented for satisfaction of degree requirements. To be admitted to candidacy, the student must develop a dissertation proposal and orally defend it successfully in front of the student鈥檚 graduate advisory committee. The dissertation proposal and its defense must demonstrate the student鈥檚 knowledge related to the student鈥檚 dissertation topic. The dissertation must be completed within four years of admission to candidacy. A full oral defense of the dissertation is required upon successful completion of the student鈥檚 work.