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PhD Checklist

One year before completion (Pure Mathematics students only) -

One semester before degree completion -

  • Contact the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies to check all degree requirements and confirm deadlines to file an Intent to Graduate and to submit your "approved and defended" thesis.
  • File an Intent to Graduate pdf. You must file this request electronically through Web-for-Student.
  • Review the thesis manual pdf for the Graduate College's formatting requirements. You may also find the UIC Thesis Style files helpful.

At the start of the semester in which you plan to defend -

  • Contact your thesis advisor to discuss the approximate date of the thesis defense and identify the defense committee members. Students must begin the necessary paperwork for committee approval at least 30 days PRIOR to their defense date.

Thirty days prior to your thesis defense -

  • Complete and print the Committee Recommendation form pdf. Identify five (5) members including a chairperson (usually your thesis advisor), at least three full members from the MSCS Department, at least one member from outside the Department, college, or University; at least two members of the committee must be tenured faculty at UIC. Print the form, obtain your advisor's signature, attach a copy of the outside member's curriculum vitae, and submit to the Graduate Secretary.
  • See the Graduate Secretary to reserve a room for your thesis defense.

Establish a file of recommendation letters -

  • Contact three (3) or more faculty to write a letter of recommendation on your behalf, to be kept on file in MSCS and sent upon your request. These letters will be maintained in a confidential file and can be updated throughout your career. For more details of how you may take advantage of this service, refer to Recommendation Letters.