The Graduate School requires a minimum of 24 credit hours of the required hours to earn a doctoral degree as a post-master’s student be completed at Ohio State. Please visit the Graduate School handbook to learn more.
Post-master’s PhD students who completed their master’s degree at an institution other than Ohio State must complete a request to transfer a block of 30 credit hours into Ohio State during their first semester of enrollment. In order to transfer the credit from the master’s degree from an outside university the student will initiate the transfer through Grad Forms. Specific instructions can be found on the StudentWeb and an email will be sent by the Graduate Program Manager at the start of the students’ first semester in the program outlining the process and deadline for completion.