Doctoral students comprise the backbone of research conducted at the School of Engineering & Applied Science. Through funding support from faculty, internal and external grants, doctoral students can expect to take 4-6 years to complete the program through coursework, research credits and writing their dissertation.
We offer the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in eight fields of engineering and computer science:
Top research areas: algorithms & theory; computer architecture, networks, parallel, and distributed computing; computer security & information assurance; and more.