Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU)
PhD in Technology - Online
Online
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Jun 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 11,250 *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* total for Malaysian students: RM 45,000| total for international students: RM 45,000/USD 11,250
Key Summary
About: The PhD in Technology is delivered online to provide flexibility while pursuing advanced research in technology. This program focuses on innovative practices and solutions in technological fields, preparing students to contribute significantly to knowledge and practice.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers as technology researchers, university professors, industry consultants, and leaders in tech companies. Opportunities also exist in research and development roles, project management, and policy development within the technology sector.
Introduction
Admission requirements
Minimum entry requirement
- A Masters degree in a related field accepted by the APU Senate
- Other qualifications equivalent to a Masters degree that is accepted by the APU Senate
Note: The above entry requirements may differ for specific programs based on the latest program standards published by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA).
Minimum English requirements
International students
- IELTS: 5.0
Curriculum
Program structure
Application Process
Ideally, the student works with potential supervisors to develop a proposal.
Open and Distance Learning (ODL)
- The ODL (Open & Distance Learning) Ph.D. programs are designed to address the theoretical and practical knowledge skills and artifacts used in the development of relevant research skills.
- ODL allows students to learn anytime, anywhere at their own pace - this power of freedom has ignited more interest & excitement in learning.
- Students will reinforce their independent learning skills, as well as demonstrate their ability to produce a professional document.
- The supervision and monitoring will be conducted via Microsoft Teams and Moodle.
- There is an option to undertake additional research workshops organized jointly by Graduate School of Technology and Graduate School of Business • Students must participate in online research seminars/colloquiums/conferences. • For Ph.D. in Computing/ Technology, students are required to publish 1 journal article (indexed) as a requirement for the Ph.D. award.
- Assessment of the fundamental knowledge is carried out through assessment of the students’ performance based on oral and written assessment (viva voce and dissertation).
- Distance Learning Ph.D. students in APU have to undertake TWO (2) components:
- Research Methods Module
- Dissertation
- Research Methods Module
- Dissertation
Fields of research
Specialist doctoral topics for supervision
- Database Development
- Artificial Intelligence
- Green Computing
- Computing & Society
- Medical Image Processing
- Neural Networks
- Data Compression
- User Interfaces
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Content-based Retrieval
- Malware Analysis and Detection
- Cyber Security
- Computer Forensics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Algorithm and Distributed Computing
- Digital Image Processing
- Machine Learning
- Data Mining
- Neural Networks
- Robotics
- Healthcare Systems
- Technological Innovation and Change
- Information Systems Adoption
- Image Processing
- Graph Theory/ Combinatorics
- Computational Analysis
- Big Data Analytics
- Cloud Computing
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Natural Language Processing