[Bphystudent] PLEASE READ! Important Advancement Information

Christopher Brown christopher.brown at ucr.edu
Fri Oct 17 13:37:36 PDT 2025


***THIS MESSAGE IS FOR ALL CONTINUING PHD STUDENTS***

Hello PHD Students,

Happy Friday! Right now, I am working to clear up student files and have
been running into issues especially with grad division. Here are some
things I need you all to do in order to not hold you up as you work to
advance to candidacy.

   1. Once you complete your written examination, you must submit your
   results via R'Grad. If you do not record this in R'grad it will cause
   issues when you move to your next items.
   2. You must submit your nomination of the Oral Qualifying Exam Committee
   in R'Grad and have it approved before taking your Oral Qualifying
   examination. You must complete this form, preferably one month before
   taking your exam, but at minimum 2 weeks prior. If you need to make an
   adjustment to your committee it also must be submitted and approved at
   least 2 weeks prior to your Qualifying Exam. *You are not able to
   conduct the exam unless this is first approved, or your exam will be
   voided, and you will need to retake the examination.*
   3.
*You will need to submit the petition in R'Grad for Report of Exam or
   Degree Requirement for Research Proposal/Grant Application (Written
   Qualifying Exam). Grad Division will require this as well in order to
   accept your Oral Exam petition. *
   4. Once all the previous conditions are met, you can take your
   examination. Pass or Fail, your examination must be submitted. You must
   submit your results in R'Grad within 48 hours.
   5. After completing your examination if you have not already done so,
   nominate your Dissertation Committee. In many occasions students will use
   the same members from their Oral Qualifying Committee to serve for their
   Dissertation Committee.

*Also, for those of you  who plan to graduate at the end of this
quarter**,* please
also make sure you read and understand these dissertation/thesis submission
timelines <https://graduate.ucr.edu/dissertation-and-thesis-submission> and
these graduation deadlines <https://graduate.ucr.edu/graduation-procedures>.
Lastly, make sure to complete your Dissertation Announcement
<https://ucrbsgsac.wufoo.com/forms/re9dhgq1ggb88v/> form. All PhD students
must have a mandatory public defense as part of completing their PhD.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Please make sure you follow these instructions as the Grad Division is
getting increasingly stricter with following their guidelines, and it will
result in a hold on your accounts or repeating your examinations.


Chris

M.Ed. Higher Education Administration and Policy

Graduate Student Services Advisor

1140 Batchelor Hall | CNAS Graduate Student Affairs Center

Programs Advised:

Biophysics/Statistics/CMDB


Office Hours

Wednesday 2pm-3pm


In Office Days

Monday and Wednesday

*christopher.brown at ucr.edu <christopher.brown at ucr.edu>* | Tel:
*951-827-0174*
https://scheduler.zoom.us/christopher-brown-at4vo9
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