(Thai) : ปรัชญาดุษฎีบัณฑิต (วิศวกรรมไฟฟ้า)
(Abbreviation in Thai) : ปร.ด. (วิศวกรรมไฟฟ้า)
(English) : Doctor of Philosophy (Electrical Engineering)
(Abbreviation in English) : Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering)
Specialization in the Study Area
Electronics, High Voltage, Communication System, Biomedical Engineering, Microcontrollers, Hard Disk Drive Technology, Robotics, Control Systems, Computer Vision, Embedded Systems, Intelligent Systems, Fuel Cell Technology, Data Storage, Energy System
Type 1.1
- Holding a Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, Technology, Industrial Education, or related fields, with approval from the curriculum management committee. Additionally, a cumulative GPA of at least ‘very good’ throughout the program or a minimum of 1 year of work experience is required.
- The English language proficiency test results must meet the criteria set by the Committee on Educational Testing.
- If the applicant does not meet the qualifications stated in (1) and (2), it is at the discretion of the program management committee.
Type 1.2
- Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Technology, Industrial Education, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, or related fields, with approval from the curriculum management committee. Additionally, a cumulative GPA of at least ‘very good’ throughout the program or a minimum of 3 years of work experience is required.
- The English language proficiency test results must meet the criteria set by the Committee on Educational Testing.
- If the applicant does not meet the qualifications stated in (1) and (2), it is at the discretion of the program management committee.
Type 2.1
- Holding a Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, Technology, Industrial Education, or related fields, with approval from the curriculum management committee.
- The English language proficiency test results must meet the criteria set by the Committee on Educational Testing.
- If the applicant does not meet the qualifications stated in (1) and (2), it is at the discretion of the program management committee.
Type 2.2
- Holding a Master’s degree in Engineering or related fields, with approval from the curriculum management committee, and having graduated with honors.
- The English language proficiency test results must meet the criteria set by the Committee on Educational Testing.
- If the applicant does not meet the qualifications stated in (1) and (2), it is at the discretion of the program management committee.
Students are required to publish works derived from their dissertation research or as part of the dissertation in the following formats:
- Two articles in international journals listed in the SCIE or Scopus databases, or
- One article in an international journal listed in the SCIE or Scopus databases, along with one innovative work/creative work/patent, according to the regulations of the Khon Kaen University/Intellectual Property. This could be one patent or
- Create a poster summarizing the thesis research, following the format specified by the Faculty of Engineering.
| Type 1.1 | Type 1.2 | Type 2.1 | Type 2.2 | |
| (1) Compulsory courses | ||||
| (1.1) Fundamental Engineering Course (Non-credit) | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| (1.2) Fundamental Engineering Course (for credit) | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| (1.3) Specialized Engineering Course (Non-credit) | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| (1.4) Specialized Engineering Course (for credit) | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| (2) Elective courses | – | – | 6 | 18 |
| (3) Dissertation | 48 | 72 | 36 | 48 |
| Cumulative Credits for Entire Program | 48 | 72 | 48 | 72 |
(1) Compulsory courses
(1.1) Fundamental Engineering Course (Non-credit)
For students in Type 1.1 and Type 1.2, they are required to register for and pass the following courses without earning credit (Audit) for a total of 3 credit hours. The result of the study must be at the level of S (Satisfactory).
| EN 007 001 | Engineering Research Methodology | 3(3-0-6) |
| (Non-credit) |
(1.2) Fundamental Engineering Course (for credit)
For students in Type 2.1and Type 2.2, they are required to register
for and pass the following courses, earning credit for a total of 3 credit hours, as follows:
| EN 007 001 | Engineering Research Methodology | 3(3-0-6) |
(1.3) Specialized Engineering Course (Non-credit)
For students in Type 1.1, 1.2, they are required to register for and pass the following courses without earning credit (Audit) for a total of 3 credit hour, as follows:
| EN 239 991 | Dissertation Seminar I | 1(1-0-2) |
| (Non-credit) | ||
| EN 239 992 | Dissertation Seminar II | 1(1-0-2) |
| (Non-credit) | ||
| EN 239 993 | Dissertation Seminar III | 1(1-0-2) |
| (Non-credit) |
(1.4) Specialized Engineering Course (for credit)
For students in Type 2.1, 2.2, they are required to register for and pass the following courses for a total of 3 credit hour, as follows:
| EN 239 991 | Dissertation Seminar I | 1(1-0-2) |
| EN 239 992 | Dissertation Seminar II | 1(1-0-2) |
| EN 239 993 | Dissertation Seminar III | 1(1-0-2) |
(2) Elective Courses
For students under Type 2.1, they are required to register for the following courses, counted as credits, totaling no fewer than 6 credits. Additionally, they must choose courses that they have not studied at the master’s level or courses to be opened later, with the approval of the curriculum management committee.:
For students under Type 2.2, they must register for and pass the following courses, counted as credits, totaling no fewer than 18 credits. Students are required to choose courses from the Electrical Engineering group, totaling no fewer than 15 credits, and/or from other groups or additional courses to be opened later, totaling 3 credits, with the approval of the curriculum management committee as follow:
| EN 227 001 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 002 | System Modelling and Simulation | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 003 | Numerical and Analytical Methods | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 004 | Introduction to Optimization | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 005 | Nonlinear Systems | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 006 | Information Theory | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 100 | Electric Machine Theory | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 101 | Advanced Transformer Design | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 102 | High Voltage Insulation Technology | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 103 | High Voltage Direct Current Transmission | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 104 | Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 105 | Fuel Cell Technology | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227715 | |||
| EN 227 200 | CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227720 | |||
| EN 227 201 | Design of Analogue CMOS Integrated Circuits I | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227721 | |||
| EN 227 202 | Design of Analogue CMOS Integrated Circuits II | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 203 | Digital System Design using HDL/FPGA | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 204 | Applied Power Electronics | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 205 | Electronics Interconnection and Packaging Technology | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 206 | Micro- and Nano-Electronic Device Fabrication Technology | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 207 | Electrical and Optical Properties of Materials | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 208 | Semiconductor Material and Device Characterization Techniques | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 209 | Semiconductor Electrochemistry and Photoelectrochemistry | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 210 | Biomedical Instrumentation | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 211 | Magnetism and Magnetic Materials | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 212 | Recording Head Technology | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 213 | Magnetic Media Technology | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 214 | Electrostatic Discharge Effects in Recording Heads | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 215 | Electrical Overstress and Electrostatic Discharge in Nanotechnology Devices | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 216 | Data Storage Technology | 3(3-0-6) | |
| *EN227736 | |||
| EN 227 300 | Digital Control Systems | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227740 | |||
| EN 227 301 | Optimal Control | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227741 | |||
| EN 227 302 | Intelligent Systems | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227742 | |||
| EN 227 303 | Robot Analysis and Control | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 304 | Electric Vehicle | 3(3-0-6) | |
| *EN227744 | |||
| EN 227 305 | Machine Vision | 3(3-0-6) | |
| *EN227745 | |||
| EN 227 400 | Signal and System Analysis | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227750 | |||
| EN 227 401 | Discrete-time Signal Processing | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227751 | |||
| EN 227 402 | Digital Image Processing | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227752 | |||
| EN 227 403 | Digital Communication System | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227752 | |||
| EN 227 404 | Error Control Coding | 3(3-0-6) | |
| EN 227 405 | Antenna Theory and Design | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227755 | |||
| EN 227 406 | Radio Frequency Circuit Design | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227756 | |||
| EN 227 407 | Wireless Networks | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227757 | |||
| EN 227 408 | Wireless Localization | 3(3-0-6) | |
| *EN227758 | |||
| EN 227 500 | Computational Electromagnetics | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227760 | |||
| EN 227 501 | Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227761 | |||
| EN 227 800 | Special Topics in Mathematics for Electrical Engineering | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227790 | |||
| EN 227 801 | Special Topics in Power Systems | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227791 | |||
| EN 227 802 | Special Topics in Electronics | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227792 | |||
| EN 227 803 | Special Topics in Control Systems | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227793 | |||
| EN 227 804 | Special Topics in Communication system | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227794 | |||
| EN 227 805 | Special Topics in Electromagnetic Applications | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227795 | |||
| EN 227 806 | Special Topics in Electrical Power Conversion | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227796 | |||
| EN 227 807 | Special Topics in Artificial intelligence | 3(3-0-6) | |
| **EN227797 | |||
(3) Dissertation
For student in type 1.1
| EN 239 996 | Dissertation | 48 |
For student in type 1.2
| EN 239 997 | Dissertation | 72 |
For student in type 2.1
| EN 239 998 | Dissertation | 36 |
For student in type 2.2
| EN 239 999 | Dissertation | 48 |
| Fees | Regular Program | Special Program |
| Tuition Fee | 37,500 Baht | 47,500 Baht |
| International Student Fee | 15,000 Baht | 15,000 Baht |
Expected Costs
| Health Insurance (Must cover all expenses in Thailand) | 5,000 – 10,000 Baht/year |
| Accommodation | 3,000 – 6,000 Baht/month |
| Cost of living | 6,000 – 10,000 Baht/month |
- Scholarships supporting research and study for graduate students to conduct thesis, dissertation or independent study
For master students: up to 30,000 Baht/person
For doctoral students: up to 30,000 Baht/person
- Award for publishing research work
Doctoral students who have published research work or part of a research work that has been published or accepted for publication in an international journal indexed in SCIE database, starting from the first or second quartile, with at least 2 articles or more (paying only for the second article onwards) and the article must have been accepted before notifying the end of the study. The student must be the first author and will receive a prize of 20,000 Baht.
To apply, please visit this website: https://interadmission.gs.kku.ac.th/