The 60 credit hour PhD program at CASE is an extensive program that requires the student to exhibit outstanding research capabilities. The degree program specially focuses on finding intellectual solution (both industrial and academic) with distinct knowledge contributions in the field of ‘Engineering Management’. Students aspiring to be researchers in this program must have exceptional research capabilities with strong academic and industrial knowledge. The program ensures highest level of research outputs by enforcing exceptional quality measures at various program milestones such as admission, course work completion, doctoral qualifying exam, proposal defense, final defense, publications fulfillment and various formal and informal reviews.

Note: Being a PhD scholars at CASE, students have to fulfill additional requirements imposed by department against various program tasks and milestones. Details of these additional requirements are available with the department office.

The candidate must possess at least a four year Bachelors degree or equivalent and a MS degree in Engineering Management (minimum 18 years of formal education) from an HEC recognized university. A minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.70/4.00 in the Bachelors degree and 3.50/4.00 in the MS degree is required. Students not meeting the GPA requirement can apply for admission as continuing education student and will be considered for admission if they have a CGPA of 3.0 or better in two courses taken as continuing education student. Student has to pass the CASE admission test (GAT Subject) and interview. All candidates must complete any other HEC requirement for admission to the PhD Program.

Note: PhD Admissions will always be offered subject to the availability of the supervisors in the EM Department.

In addition to the requirements of HEC, UET and CASE (department of higher studies), students of EM must cater to the following important rules for completion of their PhD degree:

1. All students must complete full course work i.e. 10 courses for PhD.
2. Students with incomplete course work cannot register for research thesis and neither can they opt for research proposal defense.
3. At max, student can appear two times for the PhD Proposal Defense, Final Defense and Pre Final Defense.
4. Student must follow the DQE guidelines provided separately.
5. All PhD students must maintain a CGPA of 3.5 throughout their PhD degree. It is important to note that students cannot register for any research hours if their CGPA in their course work is < 3.5.