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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electrical Engineering

Program Overview

With new innovations emerging every day, pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering can open doors to diverse opportunities in this exciting field. The PhD Electrical Engineering Program at EE Department offers students opportunities to work on cutting-edge research projects, gain experience of addressing real-world problems in their research and develop a professional network at national as well as international level that prepares them for global careers. Graduate of this program are well-equipped to pursue a variety of career paths in related fields both in Pakistan and around the world.

The primary objective of our graduate programs is to impart education and training to a student in interest for pursuing graduate studies, to inculcate the spirit of learning in the student, and enhance his/her research orientation, critical thinking, research analysis capabilities, hypothesis testing and report writing skills.

Research Opportunities

  • Wireless communication and networks
  • Signal processing and image processing
  • Power and energy
  • RF design
  • Power electronics
  • Electrical machines

PhD Program Structure

  • A PhD scholar shall be required to complete 18 credit hours of graduate level course work. However, the scholar may be given exemption of up to two courses by the Board of Advanced Studies and Research (BASAR) on the recommendation of the scholar's supervisory committee.
  • The scholar can register a minimum of 03 credit hours and maximum of 12 credit hours in a semester at PhD level.
  • The scholar can register an alternate elective course from the approved list of elective courses of the program in case the failed elective course is not being offered by the respective department.
  • The registration of PhD thesis of 09 credit hours will be after the completion of coursework of PhD.

Admission Criteria

For PhD

  1. An MS/MPhil with Thesis/research project or its equivalent degree with Thesis/research project in the relevant field from an accredited educational institution with minimum CGPA of 3.0/4.0 under semester system or 70% under conventional system with no third division or D grade throughout the academic career.
  2. GRE (subject) as per HEC policy, or GAT (subject) with at least 60% marks.
  3. For admission in PhD Electrical Engineering Program, any one of the existing GAT (subject) tests in Electrical, Telecom or Electronics Engineering will be acceptable with a minimum score of 60% marks.

Curriculum

Students are required to register and pass 06 graduate level courses as mentioned in the scheme of studies and successfully defend their thesis.

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Contact Information

Program Coordinator: Mr. Fayaz Ali,
Office Landline: +92-57-9316330
Ext: 241