Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU)
PhD in Engineering
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
PhD
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jun 2027
TUITION FEES
MYR 45,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* MR 45,000 (USD 11, 250) for both Malaysian and international students
Key Summary
About: The PhD in Engineering at The Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) sits within a Malaysian award-winning private university that blends technology, innovation and creativity to prepare graduates for roles in business and society globally. You'll be assigned to a group of highly qualified supervisors and can pursue a wide range of current research areas in computing and business administration. The programme runs regular research workshops, colloquium and seminars led by local and international academicians and professionals, and offers comprehensive student support services and resourceful online databases.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as researchers, lecturers, R&D engineers.
Why our APU Ph.D. by Research Programme?
- You will be assigned to a group of highly qualified supervisors.
- A wide range of latest research areas in the fields of computing and business administration areas.
- We have our regular research workshops, colloquium, and seminars facilitated by local and international academicians and professionals.
- Comprehensive Student Support Services.
- Resourceful online databases.
Application Process
Ideally, students work with potential supervisors to develop a proposal.
*Supervisory sessions consist of 4 elements as appropriate to the candidate’s background:
- Research Methods
- Literature Review
- Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
- Design of Research Proposal
Students with entry qualifications of a mixed-mode Masters programme with a minimum of 30% research component and a pass in a research module will be required to undergo 3 and 4 above.
Students with entry qualifications of a full research Masters will be required to undergo 4 above.
Subject to the expertise within the School of Engineering, the areas of research include, but are not limited to the following:
- Sustainable Development
- Renewable Energy
- Power Electronics
- Corporate Finance
- Data Analytics
- Medical image processing
- Neural networks
- Data Compression
- User interfaces
- 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 fibre/wireless communication
- Infrared remote sensing Technology
- Wireless and Mobile Systems
- Active Radiofrequency 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