Minimum requirements

Master’s degree

  • Complete a minimum of 112 credit units (1 credit unit = 15 hours), being 56 in coursework and 56 in the Dissertation development
  • Proof of English Language Proficiency within 365 days after enrollment 
  • Qualifying examination
  • Completion of all requirements and deposit of dissertation within 36 months of first enrollment
  • A dissertation supervised by the academic Advisor shall be defended in a final, oral examination by an Examination Committee

Doctor’s degree

  • Complete a minimum of 192 credit units (1 credit unit = 15 hours), being  48 in major field and 144 in the Thesis development
  • Proof of English Language Proficiency within 365 days after enrollment 
  • Approval in the Qualifying Exam
  • Completion of all requirements and deposit of thesis within 48 months of first enrollment
  • A thesis supervised by the academic Advisor to be defended in a final, oral examination by an Examination Committee

Doctor’s degree (Direct Doctorate)

  • Complete a minimum of 248 credit units (1 credit unit = 15 hours), being  104 in major field and 144 in the Thesis development
  • Proof of English Language Proficiency within 365 days after enrollment 
  • Approval in the Qualifying Exam
  • Completion of all requirements and deposit of thesis within 60 months of first enrollment
  • A thesis supervised by the academic Advisor to be defended in a final, oral examination by an Examination Committee