The BSD graduate programs are governed by university, divisional, and programmatic requirements. Students, faculty and staff may read program requirements in the program handbook. Below are policies establishing standards and deadlines for all graduate students in the BSD.
Program requirements might be more specific or answer questions not addressed in these policies.
- Academic probation policy
- Administrative withdrawal for academic reasons
- Grievance Policy
- Leave of absence and withdrawal policies
- Master's full-time and part-time enrollment status
- Master's time limit on enrollment
- PhD candidacy and degree requirements
- PhD changing lab/thesis advisor within a PhD program
- PhD changing graduate programs in the Biological Sciences Division
- PhD completing doctoral research at another institution
- PhD final quarter plan
- PhD guidance on the dissertation
- PhD qualifying examination policy
- PhD teaching assistant requirement
- PhD thesis committees divisional requirements
- PhD student advisor and lab matching policy
- PhD student internship policy
- PhD students terminal Master's degrees
- PhD transfer students to UChicago with incoming faculty
- PhD time limit on enrollment
- PhD vacation and personal time off policy
- PhD without registration