School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in

Chemistry
The University of Texas at Dallas

For specific information about this Degree Program go to:
http://www.utdallas.edu/admissions/graduate/degrees/


Characteristics of Texas Public Doctoral Programs
1
Number of Degrees Per Year

Year

Total

May

August

December

2008

12

3

5

4

2009

18

4

7

7

2010

8

3

3

2

Cohort (Yr the student first entered program)

Number of entering doctoral students

Number of students who left the program without a Master's or doctoral degree

Number of students who left the program after receiving a master's degree

Number of students admitted to doctoral candidacy

2007-2008

9

2

0

7

2008-2009

14

1

0

12

2009-2010

11

2

0

9

2 Graduation Rates

2008

2009

2010

1 in 4 years

1 in 3 years

1 in 8 years

3 in 5 years

1 in 4 years

2 in 6 years

1 in 7 years

3 in 5 years

5 in 5 years

2 in 9 years

1 in 6 years

1 in 4 years

 

1 in 7 years

 

3 Average Time to Degree 5 years
4 Graduate Employment Profile (one year after graduation)

9:
Post Doc -- 3
Unknown -- 6

5 Admissions Criteria  ADMISSION CRITERIA:
  1.  Application     www.utdallas.edu/enroll/apply/mappprocess.php?expand=321
  2.  Essay   (also called statement of purpose or narrative)
  3. 3 letters of recommendation; the request for recommendation form is found at www.utdallas.edu/enroll/graduate .  We request that both the recommendation form and a personal letter be submitted by each reference.

Official transcripts from all the colleges/universities attended.  Each must be in a sealed envelope with the college/university seal stamp.  A copy will be accepted until the original can be sent.

  1. Official TOEFL score from ETS.  A copy will be accepted by the department until the original one is received by the university electronically.  All international students should have a TOEFL score of 100 (internet based) (600 via paper). The ETS school code for UT-Dallas is 6897.
  2. Official GRE score.  A copy will be accepted by the department until the original one is received by the university electronically.  The ETS school code for UT-Dallas is 6897.
6 Percentage Full–time Students
(FTS) with Financial Support
100%
7 Average Financial Support
Provided

Fall 2008

$5,736.00

 

# of students supported:

41

Spring 2009

$5,666.00

 

# of students supported:

40

Summer 2009

$2,990.00

 

# of students supported:

39

 

 

 

 

Fall 2009

$10,816.00

 

# of students supported:

46

Spring 2010

$11,388.00

 

# of students supported:

42

Summer 2010

$8,215.00

 

# of students supported:

41

 

 

 

 

Fall 2010

$7,182.69

 

# of students supported:

52

Spring 2011

$7,210.00

 

# of students supported:

45

Summer 2011

$3,825.00

 

# of students supported:

44

8 Student–Core Faculty Ratio

FY 08 - 3.0:1
FY 09 - 3.25:1
FY 10 - 3.30:1

9 Core Faculty Publications

 

09/07 to 08/08

09/08 to 08/09

09/09 to 08/10

09/10 to 08/11

Ahn, Jung-Mo

6

12

2

2

Balkus, Ken

23

12

19

7

Baughman, Ray

14

14

14

15

Biewer, Michael

0

2

4

3

Dieckmann, Gregg

3

4

0

1

Ferraris, John

22

20

19

3

Goux, Warren

0

3

3

2

Iovu, Mihaela

4

6

6

3

Musselman, Inga

7

9

5

4

Nielsen, Steven

3

5

4

8

Pantano, Paul

1

3

3

3

Sherry, Dean

19

15

15

16

Sibert, John

2

4

1

1

Smith, Dennis - - - 2

Yang, DJ

5

4

4

2

Zheng, Jie

3

0

1

3

10 Core Faculty External Grants

 

FY 08

FY 09

FY 10

Jung-Mo Ahn

1

4

2

Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr.

1

2

3

Ray H. Baughman

4

4

5

Michael C. Biewer

--

--

--

Gregg R. Dieckmann

--

--

--

John P. Ferraris

3

1

3

Jinming Gao

--

1

1

Warren Goux

--

--

--

Mihaela Iovu

1

--

2

Inga H. Musselman

--

1

--

Steve Nielsen

1

2

--

Paul Pantano

2

1

2

Dean Sherry

3

2

7

John Sibert

1

1

--

Dennis Smith

--

--

1

Jie Zheng

--

1

--

11 Percentage Full–Time
Students

Fall 2008 - 97.73%
Fall 2009 - 97.87%
Fall 2010 - 100%

12 Number of Core Faculty

FY 07 - 15
FY 08 - 14
FY 09 - 15
FY10 - 16

13 Faculty Teaching Load 16.38
14 Faculty Diversity

Asian -- 2
Hispanic -- 0
Black -- 0
White - 14

15 Student Diversity

Asian -- 17
Hispanic -- 0
Black -- 2
White -- 6
Other -- 27

Males - 26 Females - 26

16 Date of Last External Review 4/15/2007
17 External Program Accreditation American Chemical Society / April 2007
18 Student
Publications/Presentations

Name

2008

2009

2010

Alemseghed, Mussie

-

1

1

Bajaj, Pooja

2

2

-

Beacraft, Eric

1

2

-

Beck, Erling

-

1

-

Castillo-Muzquiz, A.

1

-

-

Chiu, Chi-Cheng

1

3

5

Coutinho, Decio

3

-

-

Davis, Bryce

-

1

-

Dei, Daniel

-

1

1

dela Cruz, Marilou

-

3

1

Hao, Jing

-

-

2

Hundt, G.

1

-

-

Hundt, Nadia

-

2

2

Kalaw, Grace

2

1

-

Kalescky, Robert

-

1

-

Klimenko, Anton

-

2

1

Kularatne, Ruvini

-

-

1

Liu, Harvey

4

5

2

Losilla, J.

2

1

1

Lubag, Angelo

2

3

-

Murage, Eunice

2

-

3

Nguyen, Hien

-

-

2

Nguyen, Jane

-

1

-

Opina, Anna

1

-

-

Ordonez, Ma. Josephine

-

-

5

Perez, Edson

1

1

-

Pisklak, T.J.

1

-

-

Rahy, Abdelaziz

1

1

-

Ranatunga, Udayana

-

-

3

Ratanatawanate, C.

1

1

3

Samarajeewa, Dinushi

-

-

3

Servello, John

-

2

-

Sista, Prakash

-

-

3

Vasalaley, O.

1

-

-

Wallack, Matt

-

1

-

Wang, J.

1

-

-

Xiong, C.

2

-

-

Yang, Z.

3

-

-

Zhang, Zhen

-

-

2

Zepeda, Danny

-

2

-

Zhang, Yanfeng

5

-

-