What is an Advisory Committee and when do I need to form one?
The Chair of the student’s Advisory Committee usually has immediate supervision of the student’s research. An Advisory Committee has either one Chair or two Co-Chairs. The Chair or a Co-Chair must be a member of the Department’s graduate faculty, and in the case of computer engineering degrees, the Chair or a Co-Chair must be a member of the computer engineering faculty. (see the Graduate Brochure (pdf) for a listing of computer engineering faculty). For all degrees, a clear majority of the members of the Advisory Committee must be from the department and at least one committee member must be from another department (the Chair(s) count as members). Advisory committees must have at least 3 members for Master’s degrees and at least 4 members for Doctoral degrees. Note that all faculty with joint appointments in the department will be considered as departmental faculty when evaluating the composition of the committee. Advisory Committees can have supplemental members that are not members
