MS in Computer Engineering (New)

All candidates for the M.S. degree in Computer Engineering must satisfy the overall requirements of KFUPM in addition to the following:

All students enrolled in the M.S. program in Computer Engineering are required to complete 24 semester credit hours of graduate courses and a thesis of 6 credit hours. These courses should be selected from a degree plan which has been approved by the Graduate Committee, the department chairman, and the Deanship of Graduate Studies.

There are three depth, three breadth, and two elective courses in the new COE MS Program. The depth courses will be from the major area with at least three letter grade courses from COE and this will be done with the consultation of the student's thesis supervisor. The breadth courses can be from the other two areas and the electives can be from the other departments.

Study Plan Structure:


Program Structure		No. of Courses	Credit Hours
Course	Required	6	18
	Elective	2	6
Thesis			6
Total		8	30

Area-Wise Distribution of Courses

To know about Area Wise List of courses, please follow the link below:

Area Wise Distribution of Courses

Degree Plan

COURSES FLOW CHART-MS IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING (NEW)

Level	Semester	Course Code	Course Title	Required or Elective	Credit Hours
Level 1	First	COE 5xx/6xx	Depth* Course-I	Required	3
		COE 5xx/6xx	Breadth** Course-I	Required	3
		XXX 5xx/6xx	Breadth** Course-II	Elective	3
	Second	COE 5xx/6xx	Depth* Course-II	Required	3
		COE 5xx/6xx	Depth* Course-III	Required	3
		COE 5xx/6xx	Elective*** Course-I	Required	3
		COE 599	Seminar	Required	0
Level 2	Third	XXX 5xx/6xx	Elective*** Course-II	Elective	3
		XXX 5xx/6xx	Breadth** Course-III	Elective	3
		COE 610	MSc. Thesis	Required	IP
	Fourth	COE 610	MSc. Thesis	Required	6

* From the same major area, with at least three letter-grade courses from COE. A designated list of courses for each COE major area will be provided. These lists will include courses from COE and other related departments.

** From the other COE major areas, with at least two letter-grade courses from COE.

*** COE 606 or Letter-grade courses from COE or other departments.

Sample Degree Plan of MS in Computer Engineering

(Digital Systems and High-Performance Computing)

Semester 1
Course	Title	Credit Hours
COE 501	Computer Architecture (depth)	3
COE 5xx	(breadth course)	3
COE 5xx	(breadth course)	3
Total Credit Hours		9
Semester 2
Course	Title	Credit Hours
COE 5xx	COE 561-Digital System Design and Synthesis (depth)	3
COE 5xx	(breadth course)	3
XXX xxx	Technical Elective I	3
Total Credit Hours		9
Semester 3
Course	Title	Credit Hours
COE 5xx	COE depth course IV	3
XXX^* xxx	Technical Elective II	3
COE 599	Seminar	0
Total Credit Hours		6
Semester 4
Course	Title	Credit Hours
COE 610	MS Thesis Work	6
Total Credit Hours		6
Total Number of Credits		30

Note:

Each student is expected to submit his detailed degree plan according to the above generic degree plan for approval by the department and the Deanship of Graduate Studies by the middle of the second semester from enrollment, after taking the approval of his thesis advisor.
Students are required to adhere to the regulations of the degree plan. No relaxations will be given to any student and the courses taken in the conflict of the above will not be counted towards the degree.
Up to two senior undergraduate 400-level, COE courses may be taken in place of the two elective courses when approved in the degree plan
The order of taking the courses can be different from above but the students must take the core courses before the electives.

Sample Degree Plan MS in Computer Engineering

(Computer Networks and Cybersecurity-Depth)

Semester 1
Course	Title	Credit Hours
COE 540	Computer Networks (depth)	3
COE 5xx	(breadth)	3
COE 5xx	(breadth)	3
Total Credit Hours		9
Semester 2
Course	Title	Credit Hours
COE 5xx	COE 551 Computer and Network Security (depth)	3
COE 5xx	COE 546 Computer Network Design (depth)	3
XXX* xxx	Elective Course I	3
COE 599	Seminar	0
Total Credit Hours		9
Semester 3
Course	Title	Credit Hours
COE 5 XX	(breadth)	3
XXX 5XX	Elective Course II	3
COE 610	MS Thesis	IP
Total Credit Hours		6
Semester 4
Course	Title	Credit Hours
COE 610	MS Thesis Work	6
Total Credit Hours		6
Total Number of Credits		30

Note:

Each student is expected to submit his detailed degree plan according to the above generic degree plan for approval by the department and the Deanship of Graduate Studies by the middle of the second semester from enrollment, after taking the approval of his thesis advisor.
Students are required to adhere to the regulations of the degree plan. No relaxations will be given to any student and the courses taken in the conflict of the above will not be counted towards the degree.
Up to two senior undergraduate 400-level, COE courses may be taken in place of the two elective courses when approved in the degree plan
The order of taking the courses can be different from above but the students must take the core courses before the electives.

Sample Degree Plan MS in Computer Engineering (Digital Systems and High-Performance Computing)

Sample Degree Plan MS in Computer Engineering (Computer Networks and Cybersecurity-Depth)