- The Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science is a 4-year program at Carleton University.
- The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Computer Science degree is a joint program offered by the School of Computer Science (SCS) at Carleton University and the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa.
- The Ph.D program gives graduate students an opportunity to conduct in-depth research in their area of specialization and become technical experts in the domain.
- Students will engage in research for three to four years leading to a Ph.D thesis in their area of interest.
- The following are the faculty Research Highlights:
- Building recommender systems in social networks
- Secure and usable software installation on smartphones
- Mapping the human protein interaction network
- Games of hide and seek and black holes
- Graduating students have a large range of employment opportunities from research to development in areas such:
- Designing new software security products
- Creation of computer games
- Designing animation software
- Building robot
- Medical imaging and devices
- Data mining and business intelligence
- The student to faculty ratio is 12:1 which bridges the gap between faculty and students.
- Carleton University has an acceptance rate of 21%, compared to other Canadian universities..