PhD Curriculum

1st Semester

Course Code	Course Name	Hours	Credits	ECTS
			Total ECTS:	36
CENG 518	Introduction to Research Methodology and Ethics	(3+0)	0	9
CENG 611	Advanced Design and Analysis of Algorithms	(3+0)	3	9
ELT 1	Technical Elective	(3+0)	3	9
ELT 2	Technical Elective	(3+0)	3	9

2nd Semester

Course Code	Course Name	Hours	Credits	ECTS
			Total ECTS:	36
ELT 3	Technical Elective	(3+0)	3	9
ELT 4	Technical Elective	(3+0)	3	9
ELT 5	Technical Elective	(3+0)	3	9
ELT 6	Technical Elective	(3+0)	3	9

3rd Semester

Course Code	Course Name	Hours	Credits	ECTS
			Total ECTS:	37
CENG 690	Advanced Seminar	(0+2)	0	7
CENG 8XX	Special Studies	(8+0)	0	4
CENG 600	PhD Thesis	(0+1)	0	26

4th Semester

Course Code	Course Name	Hours	Credits	ECTS
			Total ECTS:	30
CENG 8XX	Special Studies	(8+0)	0	4
CENG 600	Ph.D. Thesis	(0+1)	0	26

5th Semester

Course Code	Course Name	Hours	Credits	ECTS
			Total ECTS:	30
CENG 8XX	Special Studies	(8+0)	0	4
CENG 600	Ph.D. Thesis	(0+1)	0	26

6th Semester

Course Code	Course Name	Hours	Credits	ECTS
			Total ECTS:	30
CENG 8XX	Special Studies	(8+0)	0	4
CENG 600	Ph.D. Thesis	(0+1)	0	26

7th Semester

Course Code	Course Name	Hours	Credits	ECTS
			Total ECTS:	30
CENG 8XX	Special Studies	(8+0)	0	4
CENG 600	Ph.D. Thesis	(0+1)	0	26

8th Semester

Course Code	Course Name	Hours	Credits	ECTS
			Total ECTS:	30
CENG 8XX	Special Studies	(8+0)	0	4
CENG 600	Ph.D. Thesis	(0+1)	0	26

Total ECTS: 286

The curriculum shown above is for students who hold a M.Sc. degree. If the accepted student holds a B.Sc. degree, additionally, two technical elective courses and a seminar course should be taken.

Technical Elective Courses

Course Code	Course Name	Prerequisite(s)
CENG 501	Introduction to Statistical Data Processing
CENG 502	System Modeling and Computer Simulation
CENG 503	Computer Applications in Medicine and Biology
CENG 504	Optimization Methods
CENG 505	Advanced Computer Networks
CENG 506	Deep Learning
CENG 507	Introduction to Biometric Recognition
CENG 508	Digital Image Processing
CENG 509	Vision Based Tracking and Modeling
CENG 511	Advanced Information Theory
CENG 512	Advanced Theory of Computation
CENG 513	Compiler Design and Construction
CENG 514	Computational Number Theory
CENG 515	Topics in Computer Science
CENG 516	Advanced Programming Languages
CENG 517	Classics Works in Computer Science
CENG 521	Advanced Operating Systems
CENG 522	Advanced Embedded System Design
CENG 523	Advanced Topics of Real Time Systems
CENG 524	Advanced Computer Architecture
CENG 525	Fault Tolerant Computing
CENG 531	Advanced Artificial Intelligence
CENG 532	Expert Systems and Knowledge Engineering
CENG 533	Probabilistic Reasoning
CENG 534	Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing
CENG 541	Advanced Database Management Systems
CENG 542	Knowledge Discovery
CENG 543	Information Retrieval Systems
CENG 544	Large-Scale Data Management
CENG 551	Advanced Software Engineering
CENG 552	Software Testing
CENG 555	Analysis and Design of Microservice Based Systems
CENG 556	Software Management
CENG 557	Advanced Software Design Patterns
CENG 561	Advanced Information Security
CENG 562	Internet Security
CENG 563	Database and Software Security
CENG 564	Information Systems Policy, Management and Organization
CENG 565	C4I and Information Warfare
CENG 566	Privacy Enhancing Technologies
CENG 608	3D Photography
CENG 612	Category Theory in Computer Science
CENG 613	Research Methods in Computer Science
CENG 631	Cognitive Computing
CENG 632	Computational Intelligence
CENG 641	Data Integration
CENG 642	Privacy Preserving Data Mining
CENG 643	Pattern Discovery in Data Mining
CENG 651	Formal Methods for Safety and Security
CENG 661	Advanced Asymmetrical Cryptosystems
CENG 662	Advanced Symmetrical Cryptosystems
CENG 663	Cryptanalysis

These courses are offered in the semesters when the related faculty members and minimum number of students are available.