Admission @Universiti Sains Malaysia

PhD (Computer Science) - School of Computer Sciences


OVERVIEW

A research degree is awarded primarily on the basis of a thesis embodying the results of a research project and any coursework topics (when necessary) or other formal studies required by the University and the School of Computer Sciences to be undertaken during the candidature period.

The degree can be pursued under the supervision of at least one academic staff of the school. Under this mode of study, the candidate is required to complete a thesis within a stipulated time period. Usually, full-time candidates for M.Sc. complete their thesis in 12 - 18 months and for Ph.D. in 30 - 40 months.

Current research and development activities are organised under three research clusters:

Service Computing COM11-Enterprise Computing 01 Service Science and Innovation
02 Management of Information Systems (MIS)
03 Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
04 IT Operations and Management
05 Technopreneurship
COM12-Software Engineering 01 Service Systems Engineering (SSE)
02 Software Analysis and Design Patterns
03 Software Productivity and Quality
04 Value-Based Software Engineering
05 Sustainable and Evolutionary Software Systems
COM13-Social and Sustainable Computing 01 Social Informatics
02 Computer Ethics
03 Collaborative Computing
04 Information Evaluation
05 Usability Engineering
COM14-Multimedia Computing 01 Virtual Reality and Animation
02 Multimedia Retrieval, Processing and Analysis
03 Distributed Multimedia and Multimedia Communication
04 E-Learning
05 Multimedia Tools and Applications
Data to Knowledge COM21-Computational Intelligence 01 Intelligent System Techniques
02 Scheduling/Timetabling/Planning
03 Evolutionary Computing
04 Collective Intelligence
05 Brain Inspired Computing
COM22-Computer Vision and Image Processing 01 Image Analysis
02 Semantic Image and Video Knowledge Extraction
03 Image Retrieval
04 Multimodal Integration
COM23-Visual Computing 01 Data Visualisation
02 Information Visualisation
03 Knowledge Visualisation
04 Computer Graphics
05 Visual Analytics
06 Virtual Environment
COM24-Language Engineering 01 Natural Language Processing
02 Automated Translation
03 Speech Recognition
04 Speech Synthesis
05 Semantic Web Search
06 Text Summarisation
COM25-Knowledge Engineering 01 Health Informatics
02 Knowledge Management and Engineering
03 Data Mining
Enabling Technologies and Infrastructure COM31-High Performance Computing 01 Distributed Systems
02 Parallel Tools and Applications
03 Cluster and Multicore Computing
04 Grid Computing
05 Peer-to-Peer Computing
COM32-Computer Networks 01 Embedded Systems
02 Wireless and Mobile Computing
03 Quality of Service
04 Network and Communication Protocols
05 Network Modeling
06 Wireless Sensor Networks
COM33-Information Security 01 Network Security
02 Malware
03 Cryptology
04 Steganography
05 Data Privacy and Preservation
06 Security Management
07 Digital Forensic
COM34-High Performance Computational Biology 01 Parallel Sequence Analysis Algorithms
02 Parallel Structure Prediction Algorithms
03 Concurrency Theory in Biology
04 Parallel Biological Data Mining

Note:- The above may serve as a guide for applicants to choose his/her title and research field.

Expertise available in the following School: School of Computer Sciences

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants should possess the following:

  • A Master’s degree with minimum CGPA of 3.00 or equivalent in Computer Science/ Information Technology or equivalent or
  • A Master’s degree with minimum CGPA of 3.00 or equivalent in Electronic Engineering/ Electrical Engineering/ Computer Engineering (60% of the core component must be Computer Science related) with
  • A Bachelor’s degree in related area with minimum CGPA 3.67/4 (fast-track to PhD)
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

(Applicable for International Applicants Only)

The minimum score for each programme can be vary from the below list, candidates are required to check for each programme requirements.

  • A minimum of Band 6 for IELTS; or
  • A minimum score of 60 for TOEFL (Internet-based); or
  • A minimum of Band 8.5 for TOEFL Essentials (Online); or
  • A minimum score of 169 for Cambridge English: Advance (CAE)/Proficiency (CPE) /Preliminary (PET) /First (FCE)/ Linguaskill Online min. score 169/ Occupational English Test (OET) min. score 250; or
  • A minimum score of 59 for Pearson Test of English (PTE); or
  • A minimum of Band 109 for CIEP Level (ELS); or
  • A minimum of Band 4 for Malaysian University English Test (MUET)

Exemption is given to candidate if:

  • English is the candidate’s mother tongue or National Language; or
  • Candidate graduated from an Institution of Higher Learning in which the medium of instruction at Bachelor and/or Master degree level is English (statement of proof required)

IMPORTANT: Candidates are required to provide any of the above English result upon application. Incomplete application will be rejected.

DURATION

Full-time: Min 2 years / Max 5 years

Part-time: Min 3 years / Max 7.5 years

FEES
Malaysian (MYR)
Full Time Part Time
  • Registration Fee : 310.00
  • Tuition Fee (Semester) : 4,150.00
  • Thesis Evaluation Fee : 1,000.00
  • Convocation Fee : 200.00
  • Research Methodology : 320.00
  • Registration Fee : 310.00
  • Tuition Fee (Semester) : 3,535.00
  • Thesis Evaluation Fee: 1,000.00
  • Convocation Fee : 200.00
  • Research Methodology : 320.00

 

International (USD)
Full Time Part Time
  • Registration Fee : 222.50
  • Personal Bond : 1,000.00
  • Tuition Fee (Semester) : 1,550.00
  • Thesis Evaluation Fee: 375.00 
  • Convocation Fee : 50.00
  • Research Methodology : 80.00
  • Registration Fee : 222.50
  • Personal Bond : 1,000.00
  • Tuition Fee (Semester) : 1,400.00
  • Thesis Evaluation Fee : 375.00 
  • Convocation Fee : 50.00
  • Research Methodology : 80.00

** Fees are subject to change

Postgraduate

Institute of Postgraduate Studies
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 Penang, Malaysia.

Tel : +604 653 2606
Fax : +604 653 2940
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Undergraduate

Student Admission Unit
Academic Management Division
Registry, Level 2, Chancellory Building
Universiti Sains Malaysia,
11800 Penang, Malaysia.

Tel : 1 300 888 876 / +604-6533196
Fax : +604 653 3328
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