Faculty of Graduate Studies specifies that a PhD student must be admitted to candidacy within the first two years of their PhD program. For admission to candidacy the student must:

1. pass a candidacy exam
2. have their research proposal approved by their supervisory committee
3. have completed all required coursework

In order to meet these FoGS regulations, in EOS:

1. We require a candidacy exam - see PhD Candidacy Exams for guidelines.
2. We require approval of the research proposal by the supervisory committee. This usually occurs at the time of the candidacy exam, but could be scheduled for a different time.
3. There are no specific course requirements with in EOS. However students may be required by their supervisory or candidacy examination committee to complete course work.

In order for a PhD student to be admitted to candidacy for the PhD, the Chair of the Candidacy Exam must notify the Graduate Advisor that the student should be advanced to candidacy by memo.