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more than one supervisor, the Faculty may appoint additional supervisors who shall have
equal status as the first appointed supervisor. The supervisor shall carry out his role and
responsibilities as may be determined by the University.

(2) An Adjunct Professor of the University, a post-doctoral researcher or a research fellow
may be appointed by the Faculty as the supervisor of a candidate provided that an
additional supervisor from among the academic staff of the University is appointed to
supervise jointly the said candidate.

(3) The Faculty may appoint a joint supervisor for any candidate subject to the agreement of
the said staff of the Faculty concerned.

(4) The Faculty may appoint a consultant for any candidate. For the purpose of this
regulation, the term “consultant” shall be used for the appointment of an external expert
who is not from among the academic staff.

(5) The supervisor, joint supervisors (if any) and consultant (if any) shall be appointed before
the initial registration of the candidate or at any other time as may be necessary. The
Faculty has the right to increase, reduce or change any supervisor, joint supervisors or
consultant from time to time as may be deemed necessary by the University.

(6) A candidate shall be required to submit a progress report at the end of each semester to
his supervisor in accordance with the prescribed procedure. The appointed supervisor,
joint supervisors and consultant shall evaluate the progress report that has been
submitted to the Dean of the Faculty through the Head of Department concerned.

(7) A candidate whose progress is satisfactory shall be recommended for a continuance of
his candidature. Candidates who do not record satisfactory progress for three
consecutive semesters will have their candidature wthdrawn by the Faculty.

PART VII
THESIS

Determination of title of thesis

17. The title of the thesis shall be submitted to the Faculty for approval when the candidate submits
his notice of submission of thesis under regulation 19 of these Regulations.

Language of thesis

18. The thesis shall be written in bahasa Malaysia or the English language. In certain circumstances,
the Senate may approve a language other than bahasa Malaysia or the English language for the
thesis concerned.

Submission of thesis

19. (1) A candidate shall submit his thesis for examination within the period of candidature. The
period that is taken for the examination of the thesis and any period for corrections or
further work on the thesis as may be required by the Committee of Examiners shall not
be regarded as part of the maximum period of the candidate’s candidature.

(2) A candidate shall give at least three months’ notice in writing to the Faculty prior to the
submission of his thesis for examination.
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