Reinstatement to a Ph.D. Program
Students who withdrew or were discontinued from a Ph.D. program may seek reinstatement to the same program, using the application instructions detailed below. Students who withdrew or were discontinued who wish to apply to a different Ph.D. program complete the regular admissions application.
Reinstatement is at the discretion of the faculty admissions committee of the graduate program. If a student was discontinued after achieving candidacy, a graduate program may, at its discretion, ask the Graduate School to reinstate the student with pre-candidacy status. Generally, reinstatement with a return to pre-candidacy status is requested when the state-of-the-art knowledge in the field has changed substantially since the student was last active in the program, although other reasons pertain as well.
Former students begin the reinstatement process by consulting with the Graduate Program Office to learn the program’s requirements for applying for reinstatement. The application for reinstatement to a Ph.D. program is an online form. Reinstatement applicants will need to be prepared to complete or include the following:
- Online application (There is no fee to apply for reinstatement)*
- Conduct Code Questions
- Narrative responses to the following questions:
- Why did you discontinue your study in the Ph.D. program?
- How have your experiences since your last enrollment provided you with additional skills, interests, and motivation to return to doctoral study?
- Why have you decided to return to doctoral study?
- Include a timeline with approximate dates detailing when you plan to complete each step of your doctoral degree coursework, preliminary exams, research, analysis, writing, defending and finishing, as appropriate.
- If on probation in the last term of enrollment, provide a statement noting the reasons for lack of academic progress, explaining how conditions that produced poor performance have changed and present specific plans for improvement.
*Important
A uniqname and password are required to apply for Reinstatement. To create or reactivate a uniqname, review the ITS Help Desk article on Creating or Reactivating a Uniqname. Please obtain a uniqname before beginning the Reinstatement Application process.