Dear All; I need your help, I have wasted almost 3 months e-mailying brad university and finally, they told me that they do not have a supervisor for me. So, I need your suggestions about universities in UK or states that are internationally accredited and have reasonable fees, To know my requirements more: I am an electrical engineer who had get his graduate studies from Kuwait University and I want to get my Phd (distance learning-or partial time ) to teach in the universities in Kuwait . Thank you in advance, I need your opinions as soooooooooooooon as possible
Have you considered UNISA? http://www.iaci-canada.com/ I think you'll find it hard to beat pricewise... Greg
many thanks Pugman, It looks interesting. I would be grateful if you would told me more about your personal information about Uniesa and why you think it suits my requirements.
I've never taken courses from Unisa - but most in this forum acknowledge that the African degrees are often the most inexpensive. Unisa's Phd program is ~$2k per year. Regarding accreditation, it's DETC (so it would be covered by my tuition reimbursement) but it's actually a real school with a rich history (and a regional accrediation in S. Africa arguably superior to DETC): e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unisa I thought it was worth mentioning since they offer many Phd's (computer science, information systems, math, etc.). e.g. http://www.iaci-canada.com/doctoral_degrees.htm What I have heard about UNISA is that it can require some patience regarding enrollment and misc. paperwork. For that reason, I sent the IACI link (canada) which often helps navigate through the UNISA paperwork et. all. Although I could be mistaken, I think a UNISA degree is a respected degree internationally and given it's price and your requirements - seems worthy of consideration. Hope this helps... Greg
I really appreciate your concern Pugman, and I want to ask you, what university you think is better pritoria or UNISA. The second thing is that I've send them on their e-mail from the web page you have posted and they told me they are only for north America's students, do you know an e-mail that I could contact Thank you again for your concern
I really appreciate your concern Pugman, and I want to ask you, what university you think is better pritoria or UNISA. The second thing is that I've send them on their e-mail from the web page you have posted and they told me they are only for north America's students, do you know an e-mail that I could contact Thank you again for your concern
I've been considering South African universities for doctoral work and probably would prefer Pretoria to Unisa, although a good thesis supervisor would certainly trump that. I like different ones for different reasons. UCT and Wits are the best known internationally, but I like Rhodes size and approachability, and I like UWC's history of being a center of resistance to apartheid. They're all GAAP, so depending on one's purposes any might be fine. Anyway, I'm not sure how meaningful with of these are, but here are some rankings of South African Universities: http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org/eng-rankingafrica.htm http://www.careerdynamo.com/s_africa_mba.html Good luck, -=Steve=-
Well, I can't answer Unisa Phd questions in detail - but I can share what I know about getting a Phd in Math (although it's been a while) Usually, there's at least a years worth of coursework (more if no masters) involving advanced math and possibly another language (at least, that's what UW required) followed by a proposal. Usually, this relates to some new algorithm with the remainder of the time working through the specifics of the proof (by yourself...then w/advisor). Some do this easily (e.g. Bill Gates) while others (like myself) find this particularly daunting (e.g. invent some algorithm that has never been discovered in the last several thousand years). Of course, some Universities focus primarily on the dissertation while others (especially in Applied Math) will allow a disertation in a little as one year (focusing almost 50/50 on coursework + dissertation). Not sure where Unisa lies regarding this but it wouldn't suprise me if it's lite on coursework. Hope this helps. Greg Btw, I think it's cool that Bill Gates published Phd quality work at Harvard - while taking graduate Math courses - and never got his undergrad. Talk about the road less travelled... ;-)
