Doctor of Philosophy Information Technology
Doctorate (PhD)
9 Semesters / 3 Years
EPF Withdrawal Available
From
RM 859.44per
month
month
RM 30,940.00 total tuition fee
Price listed above is applicable to local students only
Why this course
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.
Price listed above is applicable to local students only
- 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 information
Entry Requirements
Programme Entry Requirements :-
- Master’s degree (Level 7, MQF) in NonComputing fields with less than FIVE (5) years of working experience in Computing or related fields must undergo a thorough rigorous assessment as determined by the HEP to identify the appropriate prerequisite courses that equivalent to their working experience in the Computing or related fields; OR
- Other qualifications equivalent to a Master’s degree (Level 7, MQF) in Computing or related fields recognised by the Government of Malaysia as equivalent to the above requirement.
- Note for PhD by Research
“*Applicable to all doctoral programmes, including doctoral degrees by retrospective or prior publication and TVET.
**Refer to Standard Master’s and Doctoral Degree.”
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
Programme Learning Outcome
The Programme Learning Outcomes (PLO) of this programme is to prepare graduates who are able to:
- Policies and practices to monitor and prevent unauthorised access, misuse, modification and denial of service of a computer network and resources.
- Programming languages including markup languages and multimedia packages to create applications for the web.
- Methods, processes, algorithms and systems to extract knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data.
- Involves the study of algorithms and statistical models that computer systems use to perform tasks without explicit instructions, mimicking human intelligence.
- Giant network of connected devices including wireless sensors, software, actuators and computer devices to improve our work and life.
- To record transactions efficiently in a verifiable and permanent way in regard to potential applications in multiple industries such as the financial industry, governments, identity management and healthcare.
