Department of Computer Science and Engineering

ECE Building, BUET, West Palashi, Dhaka-1205

Postgraduate Admission, April 2024

Date: August 20, 2024

Postgraduate Admission Notice (Ph.D.)

• All applicants for admission into the postgraduate programs of CSE Department are hereby informed that the admission procedure will be held according to the following schedule.
• Admission of an applicant into a postgraduate program of this Department is subject to performance in interview, submission of required documents, verification of original documents, and equivalence of degrees. The Ph.D. applicants are encouraged to contact CSE faculty members and include a list of prospective supervisors. The following link and links therein could be visited in order to contact CSE teachers: https://cse.buet.ac.bd/faculty 

• The applicants are advised that all further information will be available here: PG Admission April 2024. Please continuously check the admission website for further updates.

Schedule:

Ph.D. Interview:

The Ph.D. interview will consist of a five-minute presentation on the submitted SOP (Statement of Purpose) followed by a Q&A session. Timing will be maintained strictly. The candidates must bring all original documents (including any missing ones during application submission) for verification.

All applicants shortlisted for interview must present the following documents for verification during the Ph.D. interview. The applicants are advised to collect all the required documents by these deadlines. Failing to conform to these requirements mentioned will result in cancellation of the candidature.

• Attested Photocopies of the missing documents, which the applicants could not attach during the application submission
• Original documents of

1. Certificates: SSC, HSC, B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Appeared certificates will NOT be accepted)
2. Transcripts/ mark-sheets: SSC, HSC, B.Sc. and M.Sc.

1. If the transcript/mark-sheets does not show CGPA obtained, CGPA scale, minimum credit hour requirement and total credit hour completed, OR total marks in the exam, total marks obtained and percentage of marks obtained, a separate certificate from the controller of examinations mentioning this information must be provided.

3. Testimonial from the last attended institute issued by the Director of Student Welfare or University Proctor or Registrar or similar central authority, who records all the information related to students’ activities. Note that the testimonial from the Head of the Department, Supervisor, Provost, or similar authority who are not central authority of the University for keeping all information related to students’ activities will NOT be accepted. Your testimonial must certify that during your study in the corresponding institute you were not associated with any activity subversive to the institute or to the state. Any testimonial without this certification will not be accepted.
4. Letter of consent from the employer, if not provided already
5. Thesis books of B. Sc. and M. Sc. (if appropriate)
6. Copy of electronically submitted curriculum vitae, copy of electronically submitted recommendation letter, and copy of electronically submitted Statement of Purpose (SOP). (See Attachment 1)
7. Publication list and (copy of) publications, if any
8. Available documents for migration, degree conversion, CGPA or class calculation, etc. (specially for foreign degrees)
9. Proof of cancellation of previous admission into any postgraduate program of  BUET, if any

Failing to conform to the requirements mentioned above will result in cancellation of the candidature.

All subsequent notices related to the PG admission in April 2023 will be made available here: PG Admission April 2024. For any urgent query, please send an email to: pgadm0424@teacher.cse.buet.ac.bd .

PG Admission Committee

Department of CSE

Attachment 1

1. Please navigate to  https://cse.buet.ac.bd/new/login. A unique username and corresponding password will be emailed by the stipulated deadline to each Ph.D. applicant to the email address that the applicant has provided in his/her application materials. Please use the username and password to enter the system (the “login” link is located at the right-top corner of the page).
2. Please upload the following three categories of documents in the system (pdf) through navigating the link “PhD Applicant Home”, located at the near to left-top corner of the page:

1. Curriculum vitae
2. Recommendation letter
3. Statement of purpose (SOP)

3. The SOP format must be strictly adhered to, must be written using font size of 11, and the complete SOP cannot exceed one legal page. However, the spaces within the sections mentioned in the format of the SOP can be adjusted. The SOP format is available here:
   https://cse.buet.ac.bd/assets/docs/downloadable_forms/sop_format.docx   
4. The files can be uploaded through clicking on a button “Add New File”, placed near to the right-top corner of the page. After submitting the documents, you should get a notification mentioning that the documents have been uploaded successfully.
5. In case you need to replace any of the above categories of documents after uploading it, please simply upload your new document by selecting the category you want to replace.
6. The documents can be uploaded or replaced till the stipulated deadline.