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NSE's official site nse/education/grad/phd.html contains the most up-to-date information concerning the qualifying exams. These pages were initially prepared for students entered in or before 2013, and has been updated as of August 2014 to reflect the new curriculum, but if anything diverge from the official NSE site or Clare's email, you know what to do...
Overview (will be moved to the Content & Structure child page?)
Written exams (early Feb):
- 3 hours in the morning for two subjects, followed by 3 hours in the afternoon for the other two subjects.
- You will be given problems for two subjects at once, and it is your choice to distribute time between the two subjects. Though you cannot choice which two subjects to take in the morning, and which two for the afternoon. Fission students get 101 and 211 in the morning, and 312 and 106 in the afternoon.
- Closed books, with calculator.
- Coffee (oh yeah!), water, breakfast and lunch will be provided by ANS (at least they were for 2013).
Oral exam (1-2 weeks after the written exams):
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