The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Network Engineering enables students to engage in independent, high-quality research and academic teaching. It provides research-oriented graduate study and professional specialization in Network Engineering and emphasizes both scholarly and applied research. To earn a PhD degree, a student must demonstrate breadth of knowledge, mastery of a specialized field, pass a comprehensive examination, and completes original research culminating in the written dissertation, revealing high critical ability and powers of imagination and synthesis. In addition, the student must demonstrate his/her ability to do original research and superior scholarship, as demonstrated by a public dissertation defense and publication in established peer-reviewed academic conferences and/or journals

Required Credit Hours: minimum hours