The written exams are separated into three categories; students will have 100 minutes to complete each subject within the test category. The test will be sealed. After the tests are scored, the academic committee will determine if the student has passed the entire examination; students who fail to pass the exam will have ONE opportunity to apply for reexamination after one semester. You can obtain exemptions for the subjects you pass the first time from the reexamination. Failure to pass the reexamination will be subject to expulsion from the school. All subjects of the examination need to be passed within 5 semesters since the acceptance into the PhD program (The term(s) and year(s) of an approved leave of absence will not be counted). However, students who are required to take more than 9 college-level course credits will have three years to pass the qualifying exam. Waiver to the written qualifying examination will be given if the student has passed the required courses.

Group	Exam Subjects
EM	Differential Equations Electromagnetics I & II Choose one subject out of three: Theory of Microwave Circuits and Devices Antenna Electromagnetics Theory
CSP	Linear Algebra Probability and Random Process Choose one subject out of three: Digital Communications Computer Communication Networks Digital Signal Processing
DS	Choose two subjects out of three: Linear Algebra Probability and Statistics Discrete Mathematics Choose two subjects out of three: Machine Learning Data Science Computer Communication Networks

Courses for written qualifying examination exemption:

Group	Exam Subjects	Exam Exemption Subjects
EM	1. Differential Equations	1. Differential Equations
	2. Electromagnetics	2. Electromagnetics I & II	You must finish these 2 courses and provide the transcript to apply.
	3. Choose one out of three: Theory of Microwave Circuits and Devices Antenna Electromagnetics Theory	3. Choose one out of three: Theory of Microwave Circuits and Devices Antenna Electromagnetics Theory
CSP	1. Linear Algebra, Probability and Random Process	1. Linear Algebra 2. Choose one out of three: Probability and Random Process Random Processes for Communications Engineering Stochastic Signals and Systems	You must finish these 2 courses and provide the transcript to apply.
	2. Choose one out of three: Digital Communications Computer Communication Networks Digital Signal Processing	2. Choose one out of six: Digital Communications I Digital Communications II Digital Signal Processing Advanced Digital Signal Processing Computer Communication Networks Introduction to Computer Networks
DS	1. Choose two out of three: Linear Algebra Probability and Statistics Discrete Mathematics	1. Choose two out of three: Linear Algebra Probability and Statistics Discrete Mathematics	You must finish these 2 courses and provide the transcript to apply.
	2. Choose two out of three: Machine Learning Data Science Computer Communication Networks	2. Choose two out of four: Machine Learning Data Science Computer Communication Networks Introduction to Computer Networks