Thursday, May 1, 2025 is the last day to route the Program for Doctoral Degree and Application for Candidacy to the Graduate Program Director. For questions, please email psygrad@fiu.edu 

Please email to psygrad@fiu.edu and dgoldfar@fiu.edu: (1) memo from PD stating student successfully completed requirements to advance to candidacy and (2) If applicable, copy of student’s qualifying paper(s) (e.g., publication; grant submission; qualifying paper such as chapter) – this will vary depending on the program you are in as some programs do not have a paper requirement but an exam requirement.

Please have your committee complete CASE rubrics and send to psygrad@fiu.edu and dgoldfar@fiu.edu

The Program for Doctoral Degree and Application for Candidacy Form and required paperwork can be found at Online Dissertation Milestones - University Graduate School

To be eligible and what you will be asked:

• Complete all coursework and required number of credits.
• Pass all comprehensive and qualifying examination(s), as established by each academic department. These may include language requirements or other departmental requirements (if any).
• Maintained a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA
• Cleared any incomplete grade(s)
• Any transfer of credits must be reflected in the FIU transcript prior to submission of this dissertation milestone.
• In general, doctoral students advanced to candidacy with a minimum of 60 graduate credits.
• Approved candidacy is required to commence dissertation credits enrollment.