The Ph.D. programs are designed to prepare students for advanced study and research in the major areas of architecture, engineering and applied sciences.

Students entering the Ph.D. program normally are expected to have completed the requirements for the Master's degree and to have demonstrated creative ability. Normally the MS degree is required for admission to the Ph.D. program. Combination MS/Ph.D. may be applied in some cases, approved by the Committee of Graduate Studies.

The candidate with a Master Degree admitted to the Ph.D. program is required to take at least 7 courses (32 to 60 credits) including a dissertation, although more credits and courses may be required to satisfy the particular aims of the student and the student's advisor. A student should complete the Major Requirements with a G.P.A. of 80 or above. Some Ph.D. majors allow a student to earn no more than 6 credits by teaching appropriate courses.

Upon satisfactory completion of the course-work and the qualifying examination, the student and his/her supervisor select a dissertation topic. Candidates shall demonstrate their abilities for independent study in their dissertations, performing original research.

The Ph.D. dissertation is usually worth 12 credits but in some exceptional cases the number of credits for a Ph.D. dissertation may by increased.

Each doctoral candidate must pass a final oral examination/defense of his/her dissertation and demonstrate wide knowledge of their major field as well as significance of their dissertation topic to their field of study.

Research fields for the Ph.D. degree are:

Computer Science

• Intelligent Systems

• Computer Graphics

• Computer Networks

• Multimedia Systems

• Software Engineering

• Other areas
  

Petroleum Engineering

• Exploration, Production and Reservoir Characterization

• Enhanced Oil Recovery

• Application of Non-Newton Systems in Oil Production

• Natural Gas Engineering

• Petroleum Chemistry

• Other areas
  

Civil Engineering

Architecture

Mathematics

• Differential Equations

• Functional Analysis

• Operator Theory

• Functional Spaces

• Operations Research

• Other areas