CASE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Doctor of Philosophy

Case's doctoral programs are designed to prepare candidates for a lifetime of creativity in research and professional engineering practice. Case offers a Ph.D. in the following fields of study:

• Aerospace Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Ceramics and Materials Science
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Fluid and Thermal Engineering Science
• Macromolecular Science
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Systems and Controls Engineering

Minimum requirements for the Ph.D. include:

• 36 credits of course work beyond what is required for the B.S. degree (including 6 credits of "depth" course work in a basic science and 12 credits of "breadth" course work outside the student's area of study)
• Achievement of a passing grade on the Ph.D. qualifying examination
• Completion and defense of an 18-credit comprehensive research dissertation
• Minimum grade point average of 3.0 in all graduate-level work

For more information, contact the individual departments.