PROARQ will offer mandatory and elective courses quarterly, and PhD students must complete at least 450 (four hundred and fifty) hours of classes, with the possibility of crediting 135 hours from their completed master's program.
DEADLINES FOR DEFENSE
ENROLLMENT UNTIL 2022
- Qualification: The PhD Qualification Exam must be taken within a period not exceeding 30 (thirty) months from the date of enrollment.
- Defense: The regular period for defense, counted from the enrollment date in the PhD program, is up to 48 months. Extensions beyond the regular period will be allowed upon submission of an official and justified request by the advisor and the student, for a restricted period of up to 12 (twelve) months after the regular deadline.
ENROLLMENT FROM 2023
- Qualification: The PhD Qualification Exam must be taken within a period not exceeding 30 (thirty) months from the date of enrollment.
- Defense: The regular period for defense, counted from the enrollment date in the PhD program, is up to 60 months, but students may defend after 48 months. Extensions beyond the regular period will be allowed upon submission of an official and justified request by the advisor and the student, for a restricted period of up to 12 (twelve) months after the regular deadline.
REGULAR DEADLINES FOR DEFENSE
Cohort - Year of Admission | Deadline - Qualification Exam | Deadline - Final Defense |
2018 | 08/31/2020 | 06/30/2022 |
2019 | 08/31/2022** | 06/30/2023* |
2023 | 08/31/2025 | 02/28/2027 (48 months) 02/28/2029 (60 months) |
* extended regular deadlines // ** deadline extended twice due to the pandemic
[SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS MUST QUALIFY WITHIN 30 MONTHS AND DEFEND WITHIN 48 MONTHS]
From the 2023 cohort onwards, the regular defense deadline for non-scholarship students is 60 months for the PhD. Therefore, there is no need to request extensions until the regular deadline.
From the 2023 cohort onwards, the regular defense deadline for non-scholarship students is 60 months for the PhD. Therefore, there is no need to request extensions until the regular deadline.
EXTENSIONS - PANDEMIC (COVID-2019)
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the defense deadlines for PhD cohorts of 2018, 2019, 2019.2, 2020, and 2021 benefited from the suspension of the defense time count, as governed and instructed by RESOLUTION CEPG 06/2021. Scholarship students should continue to be mindful of defending within the regular timeframe.
Total Defense Deadlines per Cohort
- PhD Cohort 2018 → until 02/28/2023
- PhD Cohort 2019 → until 02/28/2025
- PhD Cohort 2019.2 → until 09/30/2025
- PhD Cohort 2020 → until 04/30/2026
- PhD Cohort 2021 → until 04/30/2026
- PhD Cohort 2021 (DINTER) → until 10/30/2026
SUPERVISION AND CO-SUPERVISION
The advisor must be a member of the Permanent or Collaborating Professors of PROARQ.
According to the advisor and upon approval by the Program's Deliberative Committee, supervision may be shared with PhD professors from other programs or institutions, following the revision approved in the PROARQ Regulations in 2022, provided the research aligns with the student's study plan.
According to the advisor and upon approval by the Program's Deliberative Committee, supervision may be shared with PhD professors from other programs or institutions, following the revision approved in the PROARQ Regulations in 2022, provided the research aligns with the student's study plan.