Academic Milestones of PhD in EECS

The Academic Milestones of PhD in EECS provide academic credit during the semester in which a graduate student completes a milestone. These PhD milestones will have a new subject associated with their completion: the Master of Science thesis proposal, the Master of Science thesis, the research qualifying exam (RQE), the PhD proposal (and creation of PhD committee), and activities associated with meeting with the PhD committee in preparation for scheduling the defense and completing the thesis.

A full breakdown of the new Academic Milestones, as well as the program’s subjects and their MIT Bulletin listing, are provided in this document.

Each EECS PhD student (and their research supervisor and graduate counselor) can find all information regarding the milestones and timelines by accessing the PhD status page.