PhD Industry Research Option

Requirements

The student must satisfy all the thesis, course, and other requirements of the PhD program, including meeting normal Dartmouth standards for quality of research, giving a presentation at a conference, and the publication of a first-author paper in a refereed journal. The dissertation (thesis) will be publicly published, although a delay for up to a year to preserve intellectual property rights will be permitted.

Before a student can elect the industry research option, a Memorandum of Understanding that covers intellectual property (IP) must have been executed between Dartmouth and the company where the student works. Depending on circumstances, IP may be owned solely by the company, or solely by Dartmouth, or jointly. The company will have an option to negotiate license terms for IP owned solely or jointly by Dartmouth.

Normal residency requirement is six terms. A waiver for reduced residency requirements may be requested, but at minimum, the student must be engaged at Dartmouth on a regular basis for no less than three quarters, either continuously or in parts. Preferably this would be the first year of the PhD program.

Tuition

Dartmouth provides two terms of tuition while in residence. During this time, a stipend request may be honored if the company is not paying salary.

One potential additional term of tuition in return for TA-ing a substantial undergraduate engineering sciences course can be provided if approved by the TA director.

30% tuition will be charged for subsequent Fall, Winter, and Spring terms—no tuition is charged in the summer. Additional health access fees must be paid in full although fee waiver requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

User fees may be charged for the use of Dartmouth experimental, computational, or laboratory facilities, if determined appropriate by the CFAO.