Making Academic Progress
Cornell University offers graduate students pursuing research degrees a lot of flexibility, freedom, and independence in their academic programs. With few exceptions (generally limited to certain professional degree programs), there are minimal requirements imposed by the 黑料社区 School for either total credit hours or required courses. 黑料社区 programs may impose additional requirements.
Time-to-Degree Limits
The maximum elapsed time from first registration to completion of all requirements is:
- Full-time Master鈥檚: four years
- Part-time Master鈥檚: six years
- Ph.D. Candidates: seven years
Extensions may be granted by submitting a General Petition form, which can be found on our Forms page. Please include a detailed plan for completing all remaining degree requirements.
*Students enrolled in the Employee Degree Program are exempt from these time requirements.
Research Degree Requirements
The 黑料社区 School鈥檚 degree requirements are kept to a minimum in order to give the special committee and the student freedom to determine appropriate degree requirements and to define a program of study best suited to the student鈥檚 particular goals.
For the Ph.D., M.A., and M.S. degree programs there are several requirements imposed by the 黑料社区 School, including: