{"id":122316,"date":"2022-08-17T10:48:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T14:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?post_type=bu-program-page&#038;p=122316"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:46:05","slug":"phd-in-systems-engineering-se","status":"publish","type":"bu-program-page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/academics\/explore-degree-programs\/phd-in-systems-engineering-se\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD in Systems Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2><strong>How it Works:<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As a cross-disciplinary program, the SE PhD program leverages the expertise of Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Management and Medical faculty from the College of Engineering, the College of Arts &amp; Sciences, the Questrom School of Business and the School of Medicine. Graduate students are expected to complete a number of interdisciplinary courses and to fulfill the qualifying examination and dissertation defense requirements of the Program. The program can be completed in 3-5 years, on average. Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/why-bu\/phd-program-profiles\/systems-engineering\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">PhD Profile for Systems Engineering<\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>In collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/\">Center for Information &amp; Systems Engineering (CISE)<\/a>, research areas pursued by PhD candidates include, but are not limited to,<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Automation, Robotics, and Control<\/li>\r\n<li>Communications and Networking<\/li>\r\n<li>Computational Biology<\/li>\r\n<li>Information Sciences<\/li>\r\n<li>Production, Service, and Energy Systems<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>In conjunction with these interdisciplinary applications, students\u2019 research activities focus on the use of methodologies such as:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Optimization methods<\/li>\r\n<li>Information theory<\/li>\r\n<li>Control theory<\/li>\r\n<li>Queuing theory<\/li>\r\n<li>Applied probability and statistics<\/li>\r\n<li>Simulation<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h2>PhD Handbook<\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/academics\/departments-and-divisions\/systems-engineering\/resources\/resources-students\/\">SE PhD Handbook<\/a> includes policies, program requirements, logistics and contacts.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img src=\"\/eng\/files\/2016\/01\/crop-web_17-1601-CASSANDRAS-007-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124704\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h2>Admission Requirements<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>For Application Deadlines, Requirements and Fee Waiver information, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/admissions\/graduate\/graduate-admissions\/application-deadlines-requirements\/\">Graduate Admissions web page<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2>Deadline<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Fall<\/strong>: December 15<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/bu-eng.cas.myliaison.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apply<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<ul><\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Systems Engineering (SE) offers the Post-Bachelor\u2019s PhD (MS\/PhD) and the Post-Master\u2019s PhD which both provide opportunities for research in automation, control and robotics, communication and networking, computational and systems biology, information sciences, and production, service systems and supply chain management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8588,"featured_media":122325,"parent":0,"menu_order":29,"template":"","meta":{"_editor_template":""},"bu_progs_page-type":[4],"bu_progs_degree-option":[99],"bu_progs_education-level":[107],"bu_progs_area-of-study":[179],"bu_progs_format":[111],"bu_progs_availability":[114],"bu_progs_location":[117],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-program-page\/122316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-program-page"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-program-page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8588"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-program-page\/122316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164119,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-program-page\/122316\/revisions\/164119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_page-type?post=122316"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_degree-option","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_degree-option?post=122316"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_education-level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_education-level?post=122316"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_area-of-study","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_area-of-study?post=122316"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_format?post=122316"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_availability","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_availability?post=122316"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_location?post=122316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}