PhD Program offered at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences
The PhD program offered at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences is administered by the college’s PhD Committee, which provides both rigorous trans-disciplinary and specific disciplinary training at the PhD level. PhD Program in CHSS consists of a minimum of 54 credit hour (24 hrs taught courses and 30 hrs research) All CHSS PhD students are required to take two common courses: Research Methods and Ethics, and Critical Reading and Writing.
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Admission Criteria for PhD
Only full-time students are admitted to the PhD program. As per UAEU’s policy, admission to the PhD program requires:
The following are the minimum requirements for admission to the PhD Program at UAEU.
(i) A Master’s Degree from an accredited university recognized by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, in an area appropriate to the academic
area to which application is being made.
(ii) A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or equivalent, in the Master’s degree earned at an accredited university recognized by the UAE Ministry of Higher
Education and Scientific Research.
(iii) A score of 6.5 or higher on the IELTS Academic exam or equivalent, for all disciplines in which the main language of instruction is English or the dissertation must be
written in English. This test score must be less than two years old at the time of application.
(iv) A minimum IELTS score of 5.0 or equivalent is required for admission into an offering of the PhD Program whose language of instruction is Arabic.
(v) In addition to the above, applicants are recommended to submit the official score of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test, which may be taken into
account in the ranking of applicants for admission or scholarship.
Individual Colleges may set additional and/or higher standards for admission to a PhD Program.
Note: the mentioned criteria are subject to amendment, please visit the university’s website for more information.
Visit the university’s website for more information: http://www.uaeu.ac.ae
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