Goals and objectives:

The general purpose of the PhD program is to provide an educational experience, which will enable its graduates to develop new knowledge in the discipline.
The Sukkur IBA PhD Program puts emphasis on rigorous coursework and high quality research that should be published in peer-reviewed international conferences and journals. A PhD student is encouraged to tackle both course work and research in parallel; success in both these components is a requirement for the award of the PhD degree.

Degree Requirements for PhD-CS

For the completion of PhD degree, the candidates must fulfill the following requirements:

• Candidate must take and pass the PhD Comprehensive Examination after the completion of course work. The comprehensive Examination will be conducted by the Examination Department with close coordination of Doctoral Committee.
• Candidate of PhD program must have their research work conducted at Sukkur IBA and the research should be accepted by and published in HEC recognized journals. It is also necessary that the research must be accepted prior to final dissertation defence.
• The Candidate must have cleared GRE (International) Subject Test according to HEC criteria OR The Candidate must have cleared SIBA Graduate Test
• After successful completion of the doctoral research, the candidate will present the draft of the PhD dissertation to the Doctoral Committee in the prescribed format. The dissertation will be sent to overseas experts for evaluation, after it approved by PhD Doctoral Committee. After the approval of PhD dissertation by the external examiner, the candidate will be asked to appear for his PhD dissertation defence by making a formal presentation. If required, the Doctoral Committee may recommend changes to be incorporated in dissertation within a permitted time and to be resubmitted to the Doctoral Committee for final approval.