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PhD Software Systems Engineering at University of Regina

University of Regina, Canada

Programme overview

Graduate Software Systems Engineering at the University of Regina combines applied research with a systems approach to the whole software development process, supported by dedicated labs and industry connections. The doctorate is 60 credit hours after a master's degree, or 63 credit hours after an MEng.

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

What you will study

Doctoral research in software systems engineering: 60 credit hours after a master's degree or 63 after an MEng.

Career pathways

Software systems engineer, test engineer and engineering manager in public, private and not-for-profit organizations.

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Entry requirements

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (doctoral): applicants normally hold a thesis-based master's degree in the discipline and must have academic credentials consistent with being fully qualified for doctoral-level work.

Requirements published at program group level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). The application portal opens in the first week of August for Fall, the first week of February for Winter and the first week of April for Spring/Summer, in the year before the start.

Undergraduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). Indigenous Education and Nursing do not admit to the spring/summer term; Bachelor of Social Work admits to the fall term only.

Faculty of Graduate Studies programmes without their own deadline: Spring/Summer March 1, Fall July 1, Winter November 1. Some programmes have their own deadlines. Applications are made online through the application portal.

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