The internship may be taken any time after formal admission to the Doctoral program, subject to the availability of suitable positions and the desires of the student and the research advisor. Note that the timing of the internship does not affect the timing of the proposal defense. The proposal must be defended in or prior to the fifth long semester as a graduate student, even if the internship is taken earlier.

Successful completion of an industrial or government internship is a degree requirement of the Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry at UTA. The purpose of the internship is to familiarize the student with how research is done in a non-academic setting and thereby better prepare the student for a career in industry.  Financial support during the internship will be provided by the company or government lab. The industrial internship is arranged by the student's research supervisor and/or the department chairman and must be approved by the Committee on Graduate Studies (CGS).

Normally the internship will involve research in the general area of the student's doctoral research, but the research accomplished during the internship will not be included in the student's dissertation.  Instead, a brief (~1 page) typed written summary of the goal(s) and accomplishments achieved during the internship will be submitted to the Graduate Advisor and mark the successful completion of the degree requirement.  The internship will normally start at the beginning of an academic semester and last the equivalent of one academic semester.  The student will enroll in CHEM 6304 and CHEM 6904 during the time period of the internship. All students on internship will still be considered full time students during the internship and must be enrolled in twelve credit hours.

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