| Year 1 | - Courses
- Lab rotations
- Choose research advisor
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| Year 2 | - Research
- Form orals committee
- Complete oral qualifying exam (by end of 2nd year)
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| Year 4 | - Research
- Publish results
- Bi-annual evaluation of progress by thesis committee
- 4th- or 5th-year research talk
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| Years 5–6 | - Research
- Publish results
- Bi-annual evaluation of progress by thesis committee
- 4th- or 5th-year research talk
- Complete thesis
- Exit seminar
- PhD awarded
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