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Department of Computer Science and Engineering BUET, Dhaka-1205

Postgraduate Admission, April 2016

Date: March 14, 2016

Postgraduate Admission Notice

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.

# Tasks Date and Time 1 Publishing the seat plan for admission test 30/03/2016 Wednesday

2 Admission Test (Written) for all Master's applicants including BUET CSE graduates

05/04/16 at 2:30 pm Tuesday

3 Admission Test (Written) for PhD applicants (**)

05/04/16 at 2:30 pm Tuesday

4 Publishing the lists of provisionally selected applicants for document verification and PhD Interview

06/04/16 at 6:30 pm Wednesday

5 PhD Interview 12/04/16 at 2 pm Tuesday

6 Verifying the original documents of the provisionally selected Master's applicants

12/04/16 at 3 pm Tuesday

7 Publishing the lists of finally selected applicants for admission

20/04/16 5:00 pm Wednesday

8 Registration start 24/03/16 Sunday

9 Orientation 30/04/2016 at 5 pm Saturday

** PhD applicants with Master's degree from the Department of CSE, BUET will not have to appear at the written admission test. They will directly appear at the PhD interview.

PhD applicants should contact prospective supervisors prior to PhD interview.

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Admission of an applicant into a postgraduate program of this Department is subject to performance in the admission test, interview, submission of required documents, verification of original documents and equivalence of degrees. The syllabus of the admission test will include the following courses.

Algorithms Artificial Intelligence Compiler and Automata Theory Computer Architecture Data Structures Database Digital logic Design Discrete Mathematics Information System Design Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Network and Communication Engineering Object Oriented Programming Operating Systems Software Engineering Structured Programming Languages

The applicants are advised that all further information will be available only through the website of the Department.

The final selection of an applicant is subjected to the performance in the admission test, PhD interview (for PhD applicants only), submission of required documents, verification of original documents and equivalence of their degrees. All non-BUET Master’s applicants must present the following documents for verification on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 3 pm. BUET graduates must submit their required documents to the Departmental office by Monday, April 18, 2016 by 12 pm. The PhD applicants must present these documents during PhD Interview on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 2 pm. All applicants are asked 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 attached during application submission

Original documents of

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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*

2.1 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 these 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 is NOT allowed. 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. 6. * Publication list and copies in printed form, if any 7. Available documents for migration, degree conversion,

CGPA or class calculation, etc. (specially for foreign degrees) 8. Proof of cancellation of previous admission into any

postgraduate program of BUET, if any

[* For PhD applicants only] Note that any application to extend time will NOT be accepted. Failing to conform to the requirements mentioned above will result in cancellation of the candidature.

_______________________________ Prof. Dr. Mohammad Sohel Rahman Head of the Department and Chairman, PG Admission Committee