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STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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PhD Deadlines, Forms, & Useful Resources

General (and useful!) Forms & Resources

Department Forms with Specific Deadlines
Following is a list of milestones and forms that PhD students are expected to complete, as well as their corresponding deadlines. All forms and papers must be turned into the Student Services Office, Gilbert 108.

First Year
     
Item Track Due Date
First Year Advising Committee Form Cell/Mol within first 2 weeks of Autumn quarter
First Year Advising Committee Form Eco/Evo within first 2 weeks of Autumn quarter
First Year Advising Committee Form I/O within first 2 weeks of Autumn quarter
Lab Rotation Evaluation Form CMB & I/O at the end of Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters
Seminar Evaluation Form all tracks May 15
Teaching Evaluation Form all tracks at the end of each quarter in which student TA'd
First Year Paper Form and paper Eco/Evo, I/O May 15
First Year Evaluation Form all tracks May 15
Dissertation lab decision all tracks June 1
     
     
Second Year
     
Item Track Due Date
Teaching Evaluation Form all tracks at the end of each quarter in which student TA'd
Dissertation Proposal paper Cell/Mol March 31
Dissertation Proposal form and presentation Cell/Mol May 1
Dissertation Proposal paper Eco/Evo, I/O May 15
Dissertation Proposal form and presentation Eco/Evo, I/O June 15
Application for Candidacy form all tracks after all 1st and 2nd year requirements are finished
     
     
Third Year
     
Item Track Due Date
Spring Progress Report form all tracks May 15
     
     
Fourth Year
     
Item Track Due Date
Request for TGR Status form all tracks once student has completed 135 units and all 1st, 2nd and 3rd year requirements
Reading Committee form all tracks with TGR form
Spring Progress Report form all tracks May 15
     
     
Fifth Year
     
Item Track Due Date
Autumn Progress Report form all tracks November 15
Spring Progress Report form all tracks May 15
     
     
Thesis Defense
     
Item Track Due Date
University Oral Examination Schedule form all tracks 2 weeks prior to defense
Change of Advisor or Reading Committee Member form all tracks if applicable, with Oral Exam form
Directions for Preparing Doctoral Dissertations all tracks reference form - no due date