The objectives of Ph.D. program are:

1. Prepare students who can critically apply concepts, theories, and practices to provide creative solutions of complex computing problems.
2. Prepare highly qualified researchers required for the expansion of fundamental knowledge and technological innovation through research and development, as well as the needs of institutions of higher learning.
3. Prepare students who can exhibit technical communication, collaboration and mentoring skills and assume roles both as team members and as team leaders in research and development in the computing field.
4. Prepare students who can adapt technological advances through active participation in lifelong learning.
5. Prepare students who can exhibit a reasoned understanding of professional ethics and the roles of regulations and guidelines in the profession, including global cultural awareness and environmental impacts.