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Admission Requirements:
College of Graduate Studies Requirements
Graduates in engineering and science form recognized
institutions are eligible to apply for admission to the
master’s program as regular students. Applicants holding
a master’s degree with a GPA of 3.00 or above from a
reputable university equivalent to KFUPM are eligible
for admission to the Ph. D. program. All Applicants must
satisfy the general Graduate School admission
requirements.
Departmental Requirements
Applicants must hold a B.S. degree in
electrical engineering or equivalent when applying for the master’s degree
or the master’s degree in telecommunication engineering. Applicants for the
Ph.D. must hold a master’s degree.
Academic Advisor:
The graduate student will be assigned an
academic advisor, who is working in the student's indicated area of
interest. The advisor will help the advisee in developing a tentative degree
plan and will supervise his academic progress until a thesis advisor is
selected. A copy of the tentative degree plan should be submitted to the
GPC. The academic advisor will ensure that the student will commit himself
to a field of specialization during the first academic year.
Degree Plan:
Within his first semester of stay, a
graduate student is required to prepare a degree plan in consultation with
his assigned academic advisor. A Ph.D. student must specify in his degree
plan his major and minor areas. The degree plan may be modified by the
thesis advisor and all modifications must be approved by the GPC, the
Department Chairman, and the Dean of Graduate Studies. It is the
responsibility of the student to ensure that his degree plan is complete.
Admission to Candidacy:
Admission to the Collage does not automatically admit a graduate student to
the candidacy for and advanced degree. Admission to candidacy is contingent
upon the recommendations of the Graduate Program Committee, and the Chairman
of the Department, and upon the approval of the Dean of Graduate Studies.
This may be granted only after the completion of all formal requirements.
Formal admission to the candidacy is a step in the total process and implies
that the graduate student has the intention of qualifying for the degree and
has demonstrated sufficient preparation to pursue the graduate study and
research required for that degree.
An application for admission to the candidacy for an M.S. degree may be
filled after satisfactorily completing at least 50% of the total
credit-hours included in the student's approved degree plan. These
credit-hours must have been earned at King Fahd University of Petroleum &
Minerals. Transferred credit-hours do not apply. Approval for this candidacy
must be secured not later than two(2) months before the degree is to be
conferred.
Candidacy for the Ph.D. degree will only be granted after the successful
completion of the entrance examination and both the written and the oral
parts of the comprehensive examination.
Approval of admission to candidacy will generally depend upon the following
three elements of record:
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The quality of the applicant's graduate work to date.
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The removal of any special conditions related to admission.
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Formal certification by the Chairman of the Department that the student is well qualified to continue work toward to advance degree and has fulfilled all requirements.
Application forms and instructions may be secured from the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies.
Basic Degree Requirements:
Every candidate for the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees must successfully meet
the following minimum requirements:
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Complete a minimum of
twenty-four (24) credit-hours (exclusive of thesis) for the M.S.degree
and thirty (30) credit-hours (exclusive of dissertation) for the Ph.D.
degree, in a program which has been approved by the student's advisor,
the Department chairman, and the Dean of Graduate Studies.
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Maintain a cumulative
GPA of 3.00 or better in all graduate work.
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Remove any special
conditions and meet any special requirements connected with his
admission or with departmental requirements.
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Complete a thesis or
dissertation, on an approved topic and based on his original research,
which has been supervised by his thesis or dissertation committee.
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Maintain high standards
of professional ethics and personal conduct.
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Complete all special
requirements of both the college and the department which are approved
for that advanced degree.
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In addition, a Ph.D.
student must successfully pass a comprehensive examination covering his
area of study.
Application for the Degree:
Each candidate
for the advanced degree must make a formal application for the degree
through the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies not later than two (2)
months before the end of the semester in which requirements for the degree
are expected to be completed. At this time, a primary review of the
completion of requirements will be made. Failure to formal application by
this date will delay his graduation.
Time Limit and Expiration of Credit:
All requirements for an
M.S. degree must be completed during a total elapsed period of three (3)
calendar years. However, under exceptional circumstances and upon the
recommendation of the student's advisor and the concurrence of the
department chairman, a request for an extension will be considered by the
Dean of Graduate Studies.
The Ph.D. program is designed for full time participation. The student must
engage himself in scholarly work all the time and should not be bound by
credits. For a Ph.D. student the maximum and minimum load is twelve and six
credit-hours per semester, respectively.
A student must spend at least a year in full-time research at KFUPM for his
Ph.D. dissertation. The maximum period allowed for the pursuit of the
Doctorate degree is six (6) years.
A minimum of six (6) credit hours of transferred graduate courses may be
considered to meet the requirements for and advanced degree in accordance
with the regulations of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. (See
Graduate Bulletin for more details.)
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