Chemistry Ph.D.

To complete the Ph.D., students must meet institutional and departmental requirements including an oral candidacy examination and a final defense of the doctoral thesis and accumulate 72 credit hours  beyond the B.S. degree (of which 48 credits must be taken while in residence at Rensselaer) of research and course work. For any Ph.D. degree, the courses required will be specified based on the student’s background and research needs.