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Degree Information

The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy—Mays Business School

Work leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mays Business School is designed to give a candidate thorough and comprehensive knowledge of his or her professional field and training in methods of research. Mays exceptions to the University requirements include: a) all requirements for the doctoral degree must be completed within a period of five consecutive calendar years for the degree to be granted; b) a course will be considered valid until five years after the end of the semester in which it is taken and credit for course work more than five calendar years old at the time of the final oral examination may not be used to satisfy degree requirements; and c) a final corrected version of the dissertation or record of study in electronic format as a single PDF file must be cleared by the Thesis Office no later than one year after the final examination or within the five year time limit, whichever occurs first. Failure to do so will result in the degree not being awarded.

Guidelines for the preparation of the dissertation are available in the Thesis Manual, which is available online at thesis.tamu.edu. After successful defense and approval by the student’s advisory committee and the head of the student’s major department (or Chair of the Intercollegiate Faculty, if appropriate), a student must submit his/her dissertation to the Thesis Office in electronic format as a single PDF file. The PDF file must be uploaded to the Thesis Office website at thesis.tamu.edu. Additionally, a signed approval form must be brought or mailed to the Thesis Office. Both the PDF file and the signed approval form are required by the deadline.