The PhD candidacy exam consists of two parts ... The Candidacy Committee selects three or more research papers in the student’s declared research area for student to conduct a critical review and ...

In a paper for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , Adam Denchfield and a team of UIC scientists proposed ...

A PhD student should be considered for Admission to PhD Candidacy no earlier than the end of the first academic year (3 quarters) and no later than the end of the second academic year. PhD students ...

A candidate is a student who has successfully completed the advancement to candidacy requirements (defined below). Formal advancement to PhD candidacy takes place when the following requirements have ...