Interdisciplinary Co-PhD Programs with Statistics

The University of Florida has established a co-Phd program that allows
students to earn a PhD degree jointly with two different departments.
Existing co-PhD programs with Statistics
- Mathematics
- Accounting
- Finance
- Industrial Systems Engineering
Co-PhD programs under development
- Political Science
- Forestry
- Genomics
Co-PhD requirements
- Admission by the Department of Statistics or the other co-major
Ph.D. program
- A Ph.D. supervisory committee with one chair and one co-chair, one in
the Department of Statistics and on in the other co-major field. The
committee must have at least five members with at least two from each
co-major field and one from a different discipline.
- Take the First
Year Examination and earn a "PhD-level Pass" on the First
Year Evaluation.
- B or above in no less than 5 statistics graduate courses
approved by the supervisory committee, with at least 3 at the
Ph.D. level.
- Written qualifying exam in statistics specified by the
statistics committee members
- Completion of the requirements of the co-major field. These
requirements (such as course work and qualifying exams) vary by department.
- Preliminary oral exam on the research proposal given by
the supervisory committee
- A dissertation and final dissertation defense. The dissertation
is expected to have a substantial statistical component.
Further information about the co-PhD program can be obtained from the
Graduate Coordinator (gsa@stat.ufl.edu)