Note: all inquiries about the BS/MS program should be directed to Admissions@njit.edu. All prospective BS/PhD students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher and must meet with the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies (go to the Contact Us page to request an appointment) after receiving approval from the PhD program director.
Thesis and Dissertation Milestone Reports
To initiate MS and PhD Milestone Reports where all participants sign the report electronically within their internet browser, either the student or a department representative must fill out and submit the GSO Milestone Initiation Request Form, available below. Once the request has been received, GSO will fill out and upload the corresponding report to DocuSign in order to start the process of collecting all required signatures. The report will be emailed automatically to one participant at a time for their in-browser electronic signature based on the order of participant names shown on the report.
NOTE: The PhD Qualifying Examination Report can only be initiated by a faculty member.
The timeline for PhD program milestones is as follows:
PhD Advisor Designation - to be done with a prior MS degree by the end of the 4th semester; without a prior MS degree, by the end of the 5th semester
PhD Committee Appointment Report - to be done by the end of the 5th semester
PhD Proposal Defense Report - to be done by the end of the 6th semester
PhD Final Defense Report - to be done after the student's final dissertation defense
The Graduate Studies Office is not involved with Graduate Changes of Program, Approval for Undergraduates to Register for Graduate Courses (except for 700-level courses which require approval from the Vice Provost), or Course Repetition. Information about those processes can be found on the Policies and Procedures section of the NJIT Graduate Catalog, and the forms associated with those processes can be found on the forms section of the Registrar's website.
