PhD Guidebook

Georgia Tech IC PhD program reference organized as a book. Use chapter links to navigate.

Chapters

1. Overview: year-by-year milestones and degree policies
2. Registration: first-term registration and enrollment requirements
3. Roles and Responsibilities: advising, administration, and student support
4. Tracks and Programs: CS, HCC, Machine Learning, and Robotics
5. Core Requirements: research, breadth, minor, RCR, and programming proficiency
6. Teaching Requirement: GTA and CETL requirements
7. Qualifying Exam: qualifier timing, preparation, and program formats
8. Thesis Proposal: proposal, committee, announcement, and residency rules
9. Dissertation Defense: defense process, committee, and outcomes
10. Graduation: graduation checklist and final-semester enrollment
11. PhD Review: Full Review, Mini-Review, and submission deadlines
12. Travel and Funding: travel support, advances, and reimbursement
13. Internships: approval, international student, and startup rules
14. Forms and Petitions: forms, routing, and petition procedures
15. Program Changes: changing tracks, programs, or home schools
16. Advanced Options: adding an MS and student leadership opportunities
17. Campus IT: GT VPN and campus printing on Linux

Quick Reference

• Current Contacts

• Admissions

• Health and Wellness

• Registration FAQ

• Forms Index

• Computer Science

• Human Centered Computing

• Machine Learning

• Robotics

Repository Layout

• chapters contains the canonical reader-facing guidebook.

• reference contains lookup-oriented contacts, forms, and program pages.

• source notes preserves older imported material for provenance.

• course data contains datasets and archived snapshots.