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Graduate students must maintain an overall GPA of at least 3.0 to graduate and remain in good standing. Grades of B or lower indicate that a student may not be performing at the level expected of a doctoral student in the program. 

Students who have completed graduate coursework at another accredited institution are encouraged to transfer course units towards the 135 required for the PhD (to shorten time to TGR) after completing their first enrolled quarter of doctoral study. The Director of Graduate Studies will evaluate such courses and their equivalencies on a case-by-case basis. Graduate work accepted for transfer of residency does not automatically exempt a student from having to complete a course requirement for the degree. See the Graduate Residency section of the Stanford Bulletin for further information.