Admission to the Ph.D. programs is highly selective. Only those individuals with superior qualifications and a B.S. and/or M.S. from an accredited institution in computer engineering, computer and information science, electrical engineering, or a related field are invited to apply. Accepted students must start their doctoral program of study in the fall semester. No students will be accepted to start the program in the spring semester. Applicants must provide scores on the general test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).

In addition, applicants whose native language is not English must provide scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Each program has its own admission committee that evaluates the overall academic record of an applicant. Each of these committees uses the following general guidelines during the evaluation process:

GRE Verbal score of 153 or better (using New GRE Score System),
GRE Quantitative score of 155 or better (using New GRE Score System),
GRE Analytical Writing score of 4.5 or better (the GRE Analytical multiple choice is not acceptable),
For international students: TOEFL computer-based score of 250 (Internet-based score 100, paper-based score 600) or better,
GPA of 3.5/4.0 or better.
Exceptional candidates who may not satisfy the above general guidelines but excel in other criteria (such as publications in technical conferences and/or journals, scholastic achievement) are encouraged to apply.