Mada University for Science & Technology is enrolling for the PhD Information Science, a doctoral program taught in English, normally completed in 3–5 years. Students choose tuition-free online study or campus study at United Arab Emirates, Dubai; both lead to the same award, with the same modules and the same assessment.
It is built for experienced professionals and researchers who want to answer a question that matters in their field, under close supervision. The program sits close to the heart of Mada's portfolio in science, technology, computing and applied management.
Students study software, data and systems, with lab work graded on code that runs, results that can be reproduced, and a written explanation of every design choice.
Candidates submit a research proposal at application, follow a supervised plan with formal progress reviews, and finish with a thesis and an oral defence. Online and campus students sit the same assessments, marked to the same rubric.
Every enrolled student receives an @madauni.com account with Microsoft 365, plus GitHub Student benefits and JetBrains classroom licenses for coding, data and version control. None of the software needed to finish the program costs the student anything.
Applications are read on a rolling basis. Applicants can review the program page, check fees and start an application at /apply; the form saves from the first step.
Mada University for Science & Technology (جامعة مدى للعلوم والتكنولوجيا) was founded in 2010 and teaches from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with tuition-free online degrees open to students in the United States and abroad. Questions go to admissions@madauni.com, and applications start at madauni.com/apply.