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Programme: PhD specialising in Electronic Engineering


 
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Code Faculty Department
12263082 Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology Department: Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Credits Duration NQF level
Minimum duration of study: 2 years Total credits: 360 NQF level:  10

Admission requirements

  • A MEng degree awarded by the University of Pretoria or researched-based master’s degree in engineering awarded by another university.
  • The applicant must also meet the admission requirements for the BEng Hons degree.
  • The departmental Postgraduate Committee may require additional honours modules for non-degree purposes where background is insufficient.
  • All applicants from other universities must submit a copy of the master’s dissertation in PDF format and a list of published journal articles (if any).
  • The departmental Postgraduate Committee reserves the right to make a thorough assessment of the applicant's academic transcript and CV, and to decide if the applicant is suitable for postgraduate studies. This assessment may include an oral or written entrance examination.
  • A research concept may be required; see departmental brochure.
  • The applicant must determine the research group/focus area and a potential supervisor and confirm the potential supervisor’s availability (see departmental website for research groups and heads of research groups). Admission will be granted only if the intended research fits in with the research foci of the Department and the supervision capacity exists, as decided by the Head of the Department.

Other programme-specific information

  1. Subject to the stipulations of General Academic Regulation G42, a master's degree is required for admission to studies for a PhD.
  2. Unless otherwise decided by the Dean, on the recommendation of the supervisor, the PhD degree is awarded on the basis of a thesis and an examination on the thesis. Conferment of the degree may be made subject to compliance with the stipulations of this regulation.
  3. The number of articles that have to be submitted to an accredited journal(s) on submission of a doctoral thesis should be a minimum of two. Departments may, however, require a higher number, as specified in their postgraduate brochures or departmental websites. At the latest, just before the department submits the final result of a thesis to the Dean, a student should submit proof of submission of articles issued by an accredited journal(s), to the head of the department, for his/her recommendation to the Dean. The submitted articles should be based on the research that the student has conducted for the thesis and should have been approved by the supervisor. The affiliations of both the student and supervisor should be listed as the University of Pretoria.
  4. The student must provide proof by means of his or her work, thesis and examination of advanced original research and/or creative work which makes a real and substantial contribution to the knowledge of Engineering Science and/or Practice.
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