Graduate Student Continuation Policy

Registration

To maintain graduate status, a student must, each academic quarter, be enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis, or must be on official On-Leave status. A student may request up to 4 quarters of on-leave status, with the faculty advisor's permission.

A student must be registered for a minimum of 2 credits during the quarter the student graduates, and a student must be registered for a minimum of 2 credits during the quarter the student holds an exam (M.S. defense, Ph.D. Quals, Ph.D. Generals, Ph.D. defense).

If a student is not registered or is not on official On-Leave status, s/he will be automatically dropped from the University. UW Leave status retains a student's graduate status, and allows a student to use libraries and email accounts, but allows no other University or department services.

It is the student's responsibility to make sure s/he is on active student status. If there are questions or problems, students should contact the EE Advising Office and the graduate advisor will be happy to help.

For further details, please consult the Graduate School Site.

Annual Review

To maintain status in the program, graduate students must make satisfactory progress toward their degree. Students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 for graduation, must have a faculty advisor, must meet department deadline for submission of Master's Program of Study, must maintain appropriate grades for the Qualifying Examination, and must maintain progress in completion of M.S. coursework, project or thesis or Ph.D. dissertation.

Graduate students in Electrical Engineering will be reviewed annually. If the student's progress is other than satisfactory, one of the following actions will be taken: (1) Warning, (2) Probation, (3) Final Probation, or (4) Drop. The Graduate Program Coordinator will oversee the review process.

Students are strongly encouraged to maintain regular communication with their faculty advisors or to contact the Graduate Program Coordinator or the Advising Office when there are problems. The department is eager to help students to successfully complete the program.

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