Post-Master Degrees

• Ph.D. in Information Technology
  This program is run by the office of the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. Students may conduct their doctoral research under the supervision of any eligible faculty member of any of the school's departments. A student may select to obtain this degree without a specific concentration or in one of the following concentrations: Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Information Security, Information Systems, Operations Research, Software Engineering, and Systems Engineering. Choosing a concentration may impose additional requirements and may reduce the program flexibility.
  
  
• Ph.D. in Computer Science
  This nationally ranked program is run by the Computer Science department and offers research opportunities in many different areas including Algorithms and Theory of Computation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Computer Vision, Computer Science Education, Databases, Data Mining, Graphics and Image Processing, Information Systems, Languages, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Software Engineering, Security, and Systems and Networking.
  
  
• Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  This program is run by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  
  
• Engineer Degree in Information Technology
  This program is run by the office of the Associate Dean for Research  and Graduate Studies. This is not a doctoral degree, but it allows  students to combine advanced course work of the Ph.D. degree in  Information Technology with an applied project. Students may conduct  their project under the supervision of any eligible faculty member of  any of the school's departments.
  
  
• Ph.D. in Statistical Science
  This program is run by the Department of Statistics. Beginning Fall 2007, the Department of Statistics will offer a Ph.D. program in Statistical Science, replacing the Ph.D. in Information Technology concentration Statistical Science.  Research areas of key departmental faculty in the program include sampling, statistical signal processing, biostatistics, statistical genetics, statistical graphics, and data exploration. The Department has had a history of producing top quality Ph.D. students from the former Information Technology program; many of them are employed in academia, the federal government, and technology firms.  The terminal degree “Ph.D. in Statistical Science” represents the highest academic attainment for a statistician, and as such, requires in-depth knowledge of modern statistical theory and practice.
  
  Informal Guide to the Ph.D. in IT and Engineer Programs