Texas ECE offers a PhD degree in 8 different academic tracks, but students can also take advantage of the immense variety of resources for interdisciplinary work at The University of Texas at Austin. An overview of the rules and procedures for the ECE PhD degree can be found in this section. For more information, the complete rules, procedures and policies are available HERE (with rules for composition of dissertation committee HERE). For students admitted prior to Fall 2018 (and who have not opted into the new rules), the policies and procedures can be found HERE (with rules for composition of qualifying and dissertation committee HERE).