> 0_o What Ph.D. program has no course requirements? When I got my Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins, the official statement was that there were no coursework requirement

> 0_o What Ph.D. program has no course requirements? When I got my Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins, the official statement was that there were no coursework requirements for a Ph.D. At times the math department at Princeton has stated on their Web site that graduate students are expected to prepare for the qualifying exams on their own, that courses are introductions to research fields by experts in those fields, and no courses are offered for preparation for the qualifying exams. So, with no courses, pass the qualifying exams, do some research, and graduate. How to do the research? If some of the courses help, fine. Still the main requirement is the research, just the research. It's all about the research. Can cover the main requirement in one word -- research. Did I mention that the main point is the research? Sure, in high school and college, academic success is almost entirely about just courses, credits, and grades. For a Ph.D. at a good research university, the emphasis is elsewhere -- did I mention research?