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A PhD student is expected to give a Progress Review prior to the 9th long semester, at the latest, after attempting and/or completing 33 hours of coursework within the Graduate Program, excluding approved leaves of absence. The Progress Review should be done at around the half-way point of the PhD, and at least one year before the PhD defense. It is in your own interest to get input from the committee as early as possible in order to be able to make timely corrections, to undertake further research if requested or take another course if instructed to do so by your committee, and to avoid any surprises during the defense. Certain Note that certain ECE requirements may be relaxed under rare circumstances generally beyond the student’s control (such as a an advanced doctoral student following his or her supervisor’s move to the UT-Austin ECE department) and with prior approval of the ECE GSC or its representatives.
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