Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering and Informatics

At this stage, doctoral program students are required to take a number of lectures, including Qualification Examination courses. Courses are taken to partially fulfill residency requirements and, if necessary, in preparation for qualifying examinations. The new qualification exam can be taken after students have registered and taken courses for a minimum of one semester. Students are declared to have completed this stage if they are declared to have passed the qualifying exam. This first stage must be completed within a maximum of two semesters.

The components assessed in the Qualification Examination stage are as follows:

• Issues discussed
• Methodology in papers
• The main results of the papers
• The element of novelty in the papers reviewed
• Further development
• Mastery of basic knowledge for the field to be researched

At this stage, students are required to prepare a research proposal. Students are declared to have completed this stage if the proposal they have prepared is approved by the supervisory team and declared worthy as a doctoral research proposal by the assessment team. The student must be able to complete this second stage within a maximum of four semesters from the time he starts the doctoral program.

The components assessed in the Proposal Examination stage are as follows:

• Mastery of basic supporting knowledge
• Understanding of the research problem
• Understanding of methodology
• Knowledge of State of The Art research topics
• Readiness for independent work
• Working drive and motivation

At this stage, students conduct research and are required to regularly report their progress. Also at this stage, students write the results of their research into a dissertation and into a scientific paper to be published as an international scientific publication.

Students are declared to have completed this stage if:

1. All courses, except the Dissertation Examination course, have been declared passed,
2. Students have fulfilled the scientific publication requirements, and
3. The dissertation prepared by the student and approved by the supervisor team is declared worthy of being a doctoral dissertation by the assessment team.

The Research Stage of the Doctoral Program at STEI is divided into four stages of research progress as follows:

1. Research and Progress Seminar I
   • Pre-requisites: Pass the Qualification Examination and Research Proposal
   • Graduation Requirements: Be able to maintain a convincing method for solving research problems. Proven by a report that includes acceptable analysis and arguments.
2. Research and Progress Seminar II
   • Pre-requisites: Pass Research and Advancement Seminar I
   • Graduation Requirements: Have explored the solution method proposed at the Progress Seminar I as proven by initial research results.
3. Research and Progress Seminar III
   • Pre-requisite: Pass Research and Advancement Seminar II
   • Graduation Requirements: Have produced scientific contributions that can be published at international conferences in their field, as evidenced in the form of a draft paper that has been approved by the Advisory Team.
4. Research and Progress Seminars IV
   • Pre-requisites: Passed Research and Progress Seminar III and International Conference Papers have been accepted.
   • Graduation Requirements: Have produced a complete scientific contribution that is suitable to be written in a dissertation and a draft of an international journal that has been approved by the supervisor.

Systematic Seminar Reports on Doctoral Student Research Progress

At this stage students take exams to defend their dissertation and perfect their dissertation writing. This fourth stage must be completed within a maximum of 10 semesters.