The PhD program in Computer Science is a four-year, research-focused program (starting either in September, January, or May). Applicants to this program are expected to have completed a Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, such as Computer Engineering and Information Technology (or any other computing-related sciences). Students are selected based on academic excellence and can only be admitted after they have secured financing from a thesis supervisor. Applicants who have a government agency funding (such as NSERC in Canada or alternative institution in their home country) will be considered without secured supervisor funding.

Admitted students are required to take a minimum of 4 courses, of which 3 courses normally will be in Computer Science. The remaining 1 elective course can be either in Computer Science or other related disciplines (as selected in agreement with the supervisor(s)).

The following table presents a typical study progression for PhD students.