PhD in Aerospace Engineering

The PhD postgraduate program requires the successful completion of four one-term graduate courses, the passing of a qualifying/candidacy examination and a dissertation based on original research. Your supervisor must approve the dissertation research proposal submitted in writing by you. With the approval of the supervisor, one of the four courses may be the Directed Studies course (AE8135), normally conducted by the supervisor. Two of the four course credits must be Ryerson Aerospace Engineering graduate courses. After consultation with you, your supervisor will recommend to the program director the appointment of a supervisory committee. Within 20 months of initial registration, every student in the PhD program will undertake an oral and written candidacy examination. The core aspect of the program is the successful defence of the doctoral dissertation at both the aerospace program and Yeates School of Graduate Studies oral examinations.