Overview

The applicant and supervisor/s work together to achieve the objectives of the research Doctor of Philosophy programme from Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology.

Key Facts

If the applicant has no previous experience in conducting research, SLIIT will guide them through the proceedings with the existing panel of resource personnel. SLIIT will provide a foreign supervisor from its Honorary Professors Network to nurture and sustain internationally acclaimed research at SLIIT.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Academic performance

The strength of the research proposal

Research capabilities demonstrated

The strength of recommendations

The relevance of background and experience to proposed research work

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-19 00:00:00

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Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Malabe, Sri Lanka

Disciplines

Information Technology (IT) General Engineering & Technology Software Engineering

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

An applicant may fulfill the minimum eligibility requirements to be admitted to PhD Programme, if he/she has any one of the following qualifications:

A Master of Philosophy Degree from a recognized institution acceptable to the Senate (I.I)

A Bachelor’s Honours Degree or of Level 6(SLQF) with a minimum GPA of 3.7 on a scale of 0-4, and passing the qualifying examination after a minimum period of one year with required merit acceptable to the Senate (I.II)
Registered to follow an MPhil degree programme in a related area at SLIIT and passing the qualifying examination conducted by SLIIT after a minimum period of one year with required merit acceptable to the Senate to upgrade the registration to the Degree programme. (I.III)

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

300000 LKR / year

≈ 300000 LKR / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

300000 LKR / year

≈ 300000 LKR / year

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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