Current Students & Faculty Resources
This section provides links to commonly requested resources in the PhD program available for students and faculty.
- Academic Calendar
- Student Handbook
- Faculty Handbook
- Qualifying Exam Guide (Word) (PDF)
- Dissertation Guide (Word) (PDF)
- Additional Resources with Restricted Access
Forms & Key Links
PhD Committee, Qualifying Examination and Dissertation Forms
- Dissertation Defense Results (Word) (PDF)
- Dissertation Proposal Acceptance (Word) (PDF)
- Dissertation Research Grading Agreement (Word) (PDF)
- Non-Candidate Research Grading Agreement (Word) (PDF)
- Qualifying Exam: Approval of Written Component (Word) (PDF)
- Qualifying Exam Committee Formation Request (Word) (PDF)
- Qualifying Exam Results (Word) (PDF)
- Request to Appoint Ph.D. Committee (Word) (PDF)
- Request to Change Ph.D. Committee (Word) (PDF)
- Request to Form a PhD Dissertation Committee (Word) (PDF)
- Request to Schedule Final Defense (Word) (PDF)
- Request to Schedule Qualifying Examination (Word) (PDF)
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/gradschool/form_locator/
All Other Forms (VU Graduate School and VUSN)
- Academic Plan of Study (Word) (PDF)
- Annual Student Self-Assessment Form (Word) (PDF)
- Graduate Student Travel Grant
- Incomplete Grade Contract (Word) (PDF)
- Petition for Change of Grad*
(*This form is not available electronically. Please see the Ph.D. Program Office for copies.) - Request for Electives Outside Vanderbilt University (Word) (PDF)
- Request for Independent Study
- Request for Independent Study/Research Practicum Learning Contract (Word) (PDF)
- Request for Leave of Absence Form (Word) (PDF)
- Request for Transfer Credits
- Submission of Final Grade for Temporary or Missing Grade*
(*This form is not available electronically. Please see the Ph.D. Program Office for copies.) - Student Handbook Agreement (Word) (PDF)
- Withdrawal from Ph.D. in Nursing Science Program (Word) (PDF)
- Additional VU Graduate School forms are located at: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/gradschool/form_locator/index.html
Key Links
- Nursing Digital Library
- Thesis and Dissertation Guidelines
- Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies (VIPPS)
- Peabody College at Vanderbilt University
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC)
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
- Vanderbilt Graduate School
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Sigma Theta Tau, International
- Vanderbilt Human Resource Services