Are there any special deadlines for International students?
Normative time to advance to candidacy for international Ph.D. students is before the 7th quarter. This means that if an international student arrives in Fall 2009, the student must complete all written and oral exams and have advanced to candidacy before Fall 2011. Failure to advance to candidacy within this time frame will result in students having to pay their own Non-Resident Tuition fee until they have advanced. Also, International students will be expected to start taking exams in the first quarter that they arrive. They have only six quarters to complete these exams and advance to candidacy in order to stay within the normative time. Failure to do so will result in additional NRT Fees to be paid by the student. It is advisable to use the online resources located at http://www.graduate.ucr.edu .