PhD in Technology (ODL)
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
Tuition Fee
USD 8,955
Per course
Start Date
2025-08-05
Medium of studying
Fully Online
Duration
3 years
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
PhD
Major
Artificial Intelligence | Data Science | Software Engineering
Area of study
Information and Communication Technologies
Education type
Fully Online
Timing
Part time
Course Language
English
Tuition Fee
Average International Tuition Fee
USD 8,955
Intakes
Program start date | Application deadline |
2025-06-04 | - |
2025-07-01 | - |
2025-08-05 | - |
2025-09-02 | - |
2025-10-07 | - |
2025-11-04 | - |
2025-12-02 | - |
About Program
Program Overview
PhD in Technology (ODL)
Course Details
- ODL (Online Distance Learning)
- Part Time
- Duration: 3 years
- Intake Date:
- 04 June 2025
- 01 July 2025
- 05 August 2025
- 02 September 2025
- 07 October 2025
- 04 November 2025
- 02 December 2025
- Awarding Body: APU, Malaysia
Admission Requirements
- Minimum Entry Requirement:
- A Masters degree in a related field accepted by the APU Senate
- Other qualifications equivalent to a Masters degree that are accepted by the APU Senate
- Minimum English Requirements:
- IELTS: 6.0
Fields of Research
- Specialist Doctoral Topics for Supervision:
- Database Development
- Artificial Intelligence
- Green Computing
- Computing & Society
- Medical Image Processing
- Neural Networks
- Data Compression
- User Interfaces
- Human Computer Interaction
- Content-based Retrieval
- Malware Analysis and Detection
- Cyber Security
- Computer Forensics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Algorithm and Distributed Computing
- Digital Image Processing
- Machine Learning
- Data Mining
- Neural Networks
- Robotics
- Healthcare Systems
- Technological Innovation and Change
- Information Systems Adoption
- Image Processing
- Graph Theory/ Combinatorics
- Computational Analysis
- Big Data Analytics
- Cloud Computing
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Natural Language Processing
Programme Structure
- Application Process:
- Ideally, student works with potential supervisors to develop proposal.
- Open & Distance Learning (ODL):
- The ODL (Open & Distance Learning) PhD programmes are designed to address the theoretical, practical and scientific skills and contribute towards new and meaningful knowledge in their field of expertise.
- ODL allows students to learn anytime, anywhere at their own pace - this power of freedom has ignited more interest & excitement in learning.
- Students will reinforce their independent learning skills, as well as demonstrate their ability to produce a professional document.
- The supervision and monitoring will be conducted via Microsoft Teams and Moodle.
- There is an option to undertake additional research workshops organised jointly by Graduate School of Technology and Graduate School of Business.
- Students must participate in online research seminars/colloquiums/conferences.
- For PhD in Computing/ Technology, students are required to publish 1 journal article (indexed) as a requirement for the PhD award.
- Assessment of the fundamental knowledge is carried out through assessment of the students’ performance based on oral and written assessment. The final assessment is the viva voce and the dissertation.
Fees & Certification
- Malaysian: RM38,500
- International: RM38,500 (USD8,955)
- MQA Cert: Programme code : (N-DL/0611/8/0023)(11/27)(MQA/PA14011)
- Note: Fees stated here do not include Deposits and other Miscellaneous Fees. Please refer to Fee Guide for details.
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