PhD in Electronic and Computer Engineering (Nanotechnology Concentration) The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Power ahead and make your postgraduate studies really count in the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering. The recent evolution of Electronic and Computer Engineering has been developed into a wide-ranging discipline covering technologies critical to the growth of the knowledge economy.

Networking, wireless communications, multimedia signal processing, microelectronics, microprocessors, IC design, optoelectronics, display technologies, and control and robotics all fall into this exciting discipline. Advanced training in these fields opens up a wealth of career opportunities in the manufacturing industry, business sector, government, and universities worldwide.

The Department's goal is to prepare students to become leading academics, top-quality engineers, or product managers in the ever-changing high-technology world.

The Ph.D. degree caters to those wishing to pursue a career in advanced industrial research and development or university research and teaching. It emphasizes training in original thinking and independent research. Students must successfully complete coursework and a thesis of significant original research.