PhD in Machine Learning

PhDDoctoralMachine Learning

About This Programme

A fully funded PhD in Machine Learning: 60 credits over 3–4 years with a 32-credit research thesis.

Course Highlights

Fully funded: 100% tuition, monthly stipend, housing, health insurance and UAE visa.
Research spans optimization, causality, RL, interpretability, privacy/fairness and generative AI.
Access to nearly 1,000 NVIDIA GPUs.
Qualifying and Candidacy exams then a 32-credit thesis.

What You'll Study

A 3–4 year full-time doctoral programme on the Masdar City campus: core courses, electives, advanced research methods and an internship in the early years, a Qualifying Exam at the end of Year 1 and a Candidacy Exam at the end of Year 2, then an original 32-credit research thesis. Fully funded.

Core Courses

Foundations of Machine Learning (ML8101)2 credits
Advanced Machine Learning (ML8102)2 credits
Causality and ML (ML808) or Sequential Decision Making (ML8103)4 credits

Research & Thesis

Advanced Research Methods (RES899)2 credits
PhD Internship (INT899)2 credits
Machine Learning PhD Research Thesis (ML899)32 credits

Electives (16+ credits)

Advanced Topics in Reinforcement Learning (ML806)4 credits
Advanced Learning Theory (ML809)4 credits
Interpretable AI (ML8506)2 credits
Privacy and Fairness (ML8508)2 credits
AI for Science and Engineering (ML817)4 credits

Entry Requirements

Academic: A bachelor's degree with CGPA 3.5/4.0 or a master's with CGPA 3.0/4.0 in a STEM field.

English: IELTS Academic 6.5, TOEFL iBT 90, or EmSAT English 1550 (waived if a prior degree was taught in English).

Three references and an independent research statement (written unaided). Screening exam and technical interview.

Careers

Graduates pursue careers as research scientists and faculty in academia, national labs and industry AI research.

Accreditation & Professional Recognition

Licensed by the UAE Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) under the Ministry of Education.

Programme Details

Award

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Machine Learning

Start Date

Annual Fall intake (August)

Typical Offer

Bachelor's CGPA 3.5 or master's 3.0 (STEM); IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL 90

Duration

4 years

Qualification

Doctorate

Subject Area

Machine Learning

Study Pattern

Full time

Delivery Format

In person

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Next intakes

Aug

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