Every Ph.D. student must successfully complete 12 credit hours of ENEE899: Doctoral Dissertation Research. Students are eligible to take ENEE899 only after they have advanced to candidacy. Doctoral candidates are automatically registered by the Registrar for each fall and spring semester until they graduate for six-credit blocks of ENEE899 and are billed at a flat tuition rate.

Students who have not yet reached candidacy may register for ENEE898: Pre-candidacy Research. ENEE898 does not fulfill any course requirements and is not equivalent to ENEE899 in satisfying the dissertation research credit requirement.