CoE Doctoral Program

Dear Student, to ensure timely graduation and avoid registration issues, please follow these instructions:
  1. The typical study program for PhD students in the Computer Engineering Program is distributed over 6 semesters as a study plan.
  2. Required courses are required of all students in the program, elective courses (often referred to as open or free electives) are optional for students, and selected elective courses are those for which students must take one or more courses from a specified group.
  3. As per the KAU guidelines (51-1), students are required to publish at least two paper in peer-reviewed journals.
  4. The student can register for the elective course EE790 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering from the department.
  5. Before starting the semester, students are advised to review the course syllabus.
  6. The electives course would be offered by the coordinator according to the student's desire, so the students should contact the coordinator a semester ahead.
  7. The student must follow the study plan for each semester.
  8. For any problem with registration please contact the academic advisors.

Curriculum Structure

Program Structure

Required / Elective

No.of Courses

Credit Hours

Percentage

Course

Required

5

13

30.23

Elective

6

18

41.86

Thesis

Required

1

12

27.90

Total

12

43

100
Study Plan

Semester

Course

Hours

1

EE 701

Advanced Stochastic Process

3

EE 702

Advanced Linear Systems

3

2

EE 703

Advanced Modelling, Simulation and Optimization

3

EE 704

Advanced Reliability

3

EE xxx

Electives Courses

3

3

EE xxx

Electives Courses

3

EE xxx

Electives Courses

3

EE xxx

Electives Courses

3

4

EE xxx

Electives Courses

3

EE xxx

Electives Courses

3

EE 795

Seminar

1

5

EE 799

Ph.D. Thesis

12

6

EE 799

Ph.D. Thesis

12
Required Courses

Course Code

Course Name

Prerequisite

Syllabus

EE 701

Advanced Stochastic Process

 

EE 702

Advanced Linear Systems

 

EE 703

Advanced Modelling, Simulation and Optimization

 

EE 704

Advanced Reliability

 

EE 795

Seminar

 

EE 799

Ph.D. Thesis

Department Approval
Elective Courses

Course Code

Course Name

Credits

Syllabus

EE 760

Parallel Architecture and Algorithms

3

EE 761

Real-Time Engineering Systems

3

EE 762

Concurrent and Real-Time Programming

3

EE 763

Advanced Database Systems

3

EE 764

Advanced Wireless and Mobile Networks

3

EE 765

AI for Game Programming

3

EE 766

Advanced Artificial Intelligence

3

EE 767

Pattern Recognition

3

EE 768

Advanced Neural Networks

3

EE 769

Advanced Linear and Nonlinera Control Systems

3

EE 770

Identification Systems

3

EE 771

Special Topics in Advanced Artificial Intelligence

3

EE 772

Special Topics in Advanced Computer Engineering

3

EE 773

Special Topics in Advanced Software Engineering

3