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Students must be enrolled in a minimum of 5 credit hours a semester (or 6 credit hours for international students). For the first year, these credit hours mainly be made up of required classes, including one seminar credit each semester. Students may not drop classes after the deadline, as doing so will reverse their tuition remission.

Tuition remission is a benefit offered by the University that covers 100% of tuition costs for graduate students working as teaching or research assistants.

Throughout students' participation in the graduate program, students will work as teaching assistants (TA) for undergraduate courses and/or research assistants (RA). As research does not begin until a student's second semester, all first year students will work as teaching assistants in the fall semester. Teaching assistants be responsible for lab and/or recitation sections, which may include grading and classroom responsibilities.

Students will explore three research groups before choosing a research group in December of their first year. These research groups do not have to be within a student's chosen division or even within the Chemistry Department. Students will notify the Graduate Program Manager of their choice. If a student chooses an out-of-department PI, that student must also choose an in-department advisor. Then, in the spring semester, students will begin their official research under the guidance of their chosen PI.

If students do not join a research group by the end of their first year, they will likely not be able to continue with the PhD program and may get their Master's instead.