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PhD Studies

Background

The Africa Center of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT) is established at the University of Rwanda (UR), with financial support from the World Bank ACE II project. UR-ACEIoT aims to train a critical mass of African Scientists and Engineers in the field of IoT through Higher Education and Research. This provides a great opportunity for African students to enroll in multidisciplinary post-graduate programs in the field of IoT. ACEIoT will build on UR’s existing collaborations with the local and international partners, including Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda, and the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Italy. This ensures that the training will be conducted by a truly global faculty. Applications are invited from highly motivated and research-oriented students for the admission to PhD Program in the field of Internet of Things (IoT) with focus on the following areas of specializations:

1. PhD in Wireless Sensor Networking

2. PhD in Embedded Computing Systems

Trainings will be provided through carefully designed curricula to promote cutting-edge interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in the field of IoT. The research supervision would be provided by faculty from UR-College of Science and Technology, as well as from other regional and international Partners from Universities and Research laboratories. Research topics should focus towards the development of new innovative approaches and solutions with relevance to the ESA priority domains, focusing on low-cost, open and sustainable solutions. The Research outcome should describe an overall working system/product/prototype or a real world deployment experience. Solutions to real world problems faced by the East and Southern African region would be of particular interest

Mode of PhD

By Research.

Duration of Study

A maximum duration of four years for completion of the PhD study Full Time, 4 years