Main Supervisor:

• The main supervisor must have a doctoral degree. 

• Where the main supervisor has only a master’s degree in the field, the main supervisor must; a) have at least 5 years’ experience in teaching and research; 

AND b) has co-supervised master’s candidate.

• Senate may impose other criteria it deems necessary. 

Co Supervisor:

• Co-supervisor must have a doctoral degree. i

• Where the co-supervisor has only a master’s degree in the field, the co-supervisor must have at least 1 year experience in teaching and research. 

• Senate may impose other criteria it deems necessary. 

Main Supervisor:

• The main supervisor must have a doctoral degree, AND 

a) have at least 2 years of teaching experience and research; 

AND 

b) has supervised master’s or doctoral research candidate to completion, as a main supervisor. 

•  Where a main supervisor has only a master’s degree, extensive experience in research is required in addition to conditions in (i)(a) and (i)(b), and subject to approval by the Senate. 

• Senate may impose other criteria it deems necessary. 

Co Supervisor:

• Co-supervisor must have a doctoral degree. 

• Where a co-supervisor has only a master’s degree, extensive experience in research is required and subject to the approval of the Senate. 

• Senate may impose other criteria it deems necessary.  

Tarikh kemaskini: 20 Julai 2022

Chairman:

• The Chairman for Master candidate can be a senior lecturer, has experienced in supervising postgraduate students to completion and has assessed postgraduate student’s thesis.  

Secretary:

• Secretary of the viva who is an academic staff in preparing the report which is to be endorsed by the chairperson. 

Examiners:

• Two (2) examiners for Master programme comprising external examiner and internal examiner. 

Chairman:

• The Chairman for Ph.D candidate must be at least an Associate Professor with PhD, may be appointed within the same or across faculty/institute/centre, has experienced in supervising postgraduate students to completion and has assessed postgraduate student’s thesis. 

Secretary:

• Secretary of the viva who is an academic staff in preparing the report which is to be endorsed by the chairperson. 

Examiners:

• Three (3) examiners for PhD programme comprising two (2) external examiners with at least one (1) from abroad, and one (1) internal examiner. 

Note: In case of unavailability of any one of the external examiners abroad, the respective faculty/institute/centre may propose and approve the name of a local expert who is proficient in the field of local knowledge or multi contextual knowledge as an external examiner. 

Tarikh kemaskini: 20 Julai 2022