Doctor of Philosophy Information Technology

Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology) is a full-research doctoral programme that gives undergraduates the opportunity to explore a topic of their choice with a supervising expert in that field.

The final deliverable for the course is a prototype system which will allow undergraduates ample opportunity to feed their naturally inquiring minds and passion for problem solving.

• Applied focus rather than theoretical contributions to computer science theory.
• 100% Research based programmes
• Get appointed as Graduate Research Assistants that can be partially funded by Industry and Government Research Grants working under the Principal Investigator.

CONVENTIONAL:

(R2-DL/0611/8/0016) 01/29 (MQA/FA 1743)

Course Structure

Year 1

• Advanced Research Methodology
• Advanced Research Ethics
• Advanced Qualitative Techniques
• Advanced Quantitative Analysis
• Colloquium 1

Year 2

• Development 1
• Proposal Submission and Defense
• Development 2
• Colloquium 2

Year 3

• Development 3
• Evaluation and Validation
• Colloquium 3
• Presentation and 1 International Refereed Publication of Research Findings
• Thesis Submission and Defense

Career Prospects

• IT Leader
• Chief Information Officer
• Chief Technology Officer
• Computer and Information Research Scientist
• Project Management
• Director
• Information Technology Director