Doctorate | Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Doctorate

Doctorate

Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine.

Peter SondergaardGartner Research

Program Focus

Fundamental knowledge in data science, engineering and technology covering important aspects and spanning areas such as applied statistics, machine learning, and technological tools such as cloud platforms for large-scale data analysis.

Hands-on experience on real-world projects related to scalable big data collection, storage, management, analysis and mining, as well as knowledge extraction and discovery.

Research thesis or industrial project involving original work related to data science and engineering guided by world-class faculty members from the College of Science and Engineering and from the HBKU Research Institutes.

Curriculum

A 37-credit program, taught in English, typically over 2 years that includes:

  • A two-course Program Foundation in:

    • Research Methods and Ethics
    • Applied Statistics
    • Machine Learning
    • Computational Data Analytics & Tools
  • Three Program Core Courses in:

    • Research Methods and Ethics
    • Applied Statistics
    • Machine Learning
    • Computational Data Analytics & Tools