Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science

The primary objective of the PhD program is to produce excellent Computer Scientists who are capable of conducting high-quality research and who have a sufficiently deep understanding of the subject to be able to make significant contributions to academic institutions and to industry after their graduation.
The program is structured to ensure that excellent communication skills, as well as excellent research skills, are nurtured in the doctoral students.
Faculty are ready for, and are looking forward to, working with doctoral students in a diverse set of research area

Our diverse faculty are involved in cutting edge research in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, BioHealth - informatics, cyberdata security, databases, data mining, big data analysis, theoretical computer science, software and web engineering, vision, and pattern recognition. Visit our Research website for further information. These active research labs produce numerous publications which are published in high impact factor venues every year. Many of our highly reputed faculty members have been awarded grant funding, or work in collaboration with industry, which may provide research assistantship and conference presentation opportunities for students under their supervision.

In order to be considered for admission to the doctoral program in Computer Science, applicants must have completed a thesis-based Master's degree in Computer Science, or, have completed a course-based Master's degree in Computer Science, and have demonstrated to the Admissions Committee, the ability to conduct independent research through the completion of research-oriented project work or appropriate research experience in industry or academia., or have completed an honours undergraduate degree in Computer Science, and a thesis-based Master’s in a closely related field.

Minimum TOEFL: IBT-92 (a minimum of 23 in each band)

Minimum IELTS: 6.5, with no individual band score below 6.0 and no more than one band score of 6.0.

Minimum Pearson: 65

Deadline for Fall: February 1; Winter: July 15.