Progress to Degree
- Pre-Candidacy
- Doctoral & Master's Committees
- Advancing to Candidacy
- Spring Evaluations
- Time to Doctorate Policy
You're ready to advance to candidacy. Now what?
Your program's graduate coordinator will submit the application to candidacy to the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs (GEPA) using the degree audit (uAchieve form) in TritonLink. A request to constitute the thesis committee is also submitted on-line by the graduate coordinator. Students should work with their graduate coordinator to ensure submission of both forms. Graduate Coordinators access the online Committee Membership tool here.
The uAchieve form must be filed with GEPA within the first 3 weeks of the quarter in which the degree requirements are to be completed. Ideally, the form is filed when the student is registered in the last of the program’s courses.Your program's graduate coordinator will submit the application to candidacy to the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs (GEPA) using the degree audit (uAchieve form) in TritonLink.
The uAchieve form must be filed with GEPA within the first 3 weeks of the quarter in which the degree requirements are to be completed. Ideally, the from is filed when the student is registered in the last of the program’s courses.
Your program's graduate coordinator will submit the application to candidacy to the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs (GEPA) using the degree audit (uAchieve form) in TritonLink. A request to constitute the thesis committee is also submitted on-line by the graduate coordinator. Students should work with their graduate coordinator to ensure submission of both forms. Graduate Coordinators access the online Committee Membership tool here.
The uAchieve form must be filed with the Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs (GEPA) within the first 3 weeks of the quarter in which the degree requirements are to be completed. Ideally, the form is filed when the student is registered in the last of the program’s courses.
Doctoral students undertake an oral Qualifying Examination to show they are qualified to advance to candidacy. Advancing to candidacy means you have completed all course and any other program requirements and are ready to research and write a dissertation (this stage is sometimes referred to as “all but dissertation” or ABD). Requirements and standards for advancement vary by program. Students must consult with the program's faculty graduate advisor or coordinator for their specific requirements.
The following professional master's degrees do not have an advancement to candidacy requirement: MAS, MBA, MEd, MEng, MIA.
In accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate, or grant preferences, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories. All programs and initiatives coordinated by the University of California Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs are designed and implemented in full compliance with Proposition 209 and the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy.
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