Doctor of Philosophy Information Technology

Academic Requirements

1. Master’s degree (Level 7, MQF) in Computing or related fields as accepted by the UNITAR Senate; OR
2. Master’s degree (Level 7, MQF) in Non-Computing fields with a minimum of five (5) years of working experience in Computing or related fields. Candidates must undergo appropriate prerequisite courses as determined by UNITAR; OR
3. Other qualifications equivalent to a Master’s degree in the field of Computing or related fields recognised by the Government of Malaysia. Candidates must undergo appropriate prerequisite courses as determined by UNITAR; OR
4. Master’s degree (Level 7, MQF) in Non-Computing fields with less than five (5) years of working experience in Computing or related fields. Candidates must undergo appropriate prerequisite courses as determined by the HEP and are subject to rigorous internal assessment.
   a) Rigorous internal assessment and the candidate’s working experiences will determine the appropriate prerequisite courses required. If the assessment fulfils the requirements, the candidate may be exempted from taking the prerequisite courses.

Additional Requirement

• a) A proposal of about 500 words in English must be submitted together with all relevant documents required for admission to the University on the registration day.

Note for PhD by Research:

• a) There is no direct entry from a Bachelor’s degree programme to the Doctoral level.
• b)Qualified Bachelor’s degree candidates who enrol in a Master’s programme may apply to change their studies to a Doctorate programme within one (1) year after registering for the Master’s programme,
  subject to the following provisions:
  i) Demonstrated competence and capability in conducting research at the Doctoral level;
  ii) Rigorous internal assessment by UNITAR; and
  iii) Approval from the UNITAR Senate.

English Language Requirement (International Students only)

• a) Achieve a minimum of Band 4 in MUET or equivalent to CEFR (Mid B2).
• b) If a student does not meet this requirement, the HEP must offer English proficiency courses to ensure that the student’s proficiency is sufficient to meet the needs of the programme.

Year 1

• Advanced Research Methodology
• Doctoral Research

Year 2 – 3

• Doctoral Research

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

The Programme Learning Outcomes (PLO) of this programme is to prepare graduates who are able to:

1. Policies and practices to monitor and prevent unauthorised access, misuse, modification and denial of service of a computer network and resources.
2. Programming languages including markup languages and multimedia packages to create applications for the web.
3. Methods, processes, algorithms and systems to extract knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data.
4. Involves the study of algorithms and statistical models that computer systems use to perform tasks without explicit instructions, mimicking human intelligence.
5. Giant network of connected devices including wireless sensors, software, actuators and computer devices to improve our work and life.
6. 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.