Program Overview

Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering

Course Details

• Full Time
• 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

Duration 4 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

All Students

• 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

International Students

• IELTS : 5.0

Specialist Doctoral Topics for Supervision

• Sustainable Development
• Renewable Energy
• Power Electronics
• Data Analytics
• Medical Image Processing
• Neural Networks
• Data Compression
• Content-based Retrieval
• Artificial Intelligence Applications in Engineering
• Signal and Image Processing
• Rapid Prototyping
• Engineering Materials
• Silicon Nanoelectronics
• Nanofabrication Technologies
• Single Electron Transistors
• Quantum Computation
• Radiation Detectors
• Optics Fiber/Wireless Communication
• Infrared Remote Sensing Technology
• Wireless and Mobile Systems
• Active Radio frequency Identification System (RFID)
• Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)
• Antenna Design
• Ultra Wideband Applications
• Electromagnetic Sensing
• Artificial Intelligence
• Speech Technology (Recognition and Synthesis)
• Image Processing
• Biomedical Applications in Engineering
• Image Segmentation

Programme Structure

Ideally, student works with potential supervisors to develop proposal.

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Facilities at APU

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Fees & Certification

Malaysian

• RM46,800 Total for Malaysian

International

• RM46,800 (USD10,885) Total for International

MQA Cert Programme code : (R2/0710/8/0004)(04/32)(MQA/FA6113)

• Fees stated here do not include Deposits and other Miscellaneous Fees. Please refer to Fee Guide for details.
• All information is correct at the time of publication, but is subject to change in the interest of continuing improvement.