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(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.

(3) A candidate shall submit in print format of at least five copies of his thesis or such numbers as
may be determined by the Faculty for examination. The thesis shall be—

(a) prefaced by —

(i) An abstract that does not exceed five hundred words in bahasa Malaysia and
English. Where the language of the thesis is other than bahasa Malaysia or
English, an abstract in that language must also be included; and

(ii) A declaration of the originality of the writing in accordance with a format as
may be determined by the University;

(b) typed and printed in double spacing on A4 size paper except for drawings or maps for
which there is no size limitation. A margin of four centimetres shall be left on the left-
hand side; and

(c) bound in rexine red soft cover with the title or an abbreviation thereof and the name of
the author printed in block letters on the spine and the cover.
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