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b) If Candidature Defence is deemed unsatisfactory, the student needs to present
Second Candidature Defence in the following semester.
c) If Second Candidature Defence is deemed unsatisfactory, then the student will be
asked to discontinue his or her doctoral studies.

REFER TO APPENDIX 2 FOR RUBRIC AND ALSO REFER TO PhD GUIDELINE HANDBOOK FOR
PROPOSAL TEMPLATE

PhD Thesis Seminar

Students who have submitted their three-month submission notice are required to
present their research in PhD Thesis Seminar within one month after three-month
submission notice.

Students must submit presentation notes with abstract of 500 words to UMGSB not later
than three (3) working days before PhD thesis seminar

The panel for PhD thesis seminar comprises of the Chairman who is the Head of
Department or representative, supervisors and internal assessor. The results of the
seminar include:

• Satisfactory and proceed with final thesis submission OR
• Unsatisfactory and required refinement.

Students must get approval from supervisors for the final submission.

Refer to Appendix 3 for Milestone

Thesis Submission

After admission to candidacy, a doctoral candidate must write and then defend a
thesis as the final phase of the doctoral programme. The maximum word count for
thesis is 100,000 words (footnotes, references, appendixes, tables and figures are
excluded). Plagiarism report must not exceed 15 percent.

The thesis must reflect original and significant research in the student's chosen field. It
must meet high standards of scholarship as well as contribute to the body of
knowledge in that field.

A candidate shall inform the Faculty about the submission of his thesis for examination
in accordance to the procedure prescribed subject to approval of the thesis title by
the Faculty.

A candidate shall submit his thesis for examination after the title has been approved
within the stipulated duration. A candidate who fails to do so shall renew the
registration for the subsequent semester unless an approval is given by the Dean of
the Faculty to extend the submission deadline. If the Dean of the Faculty is the
candidate’s supervisor, the extension of submission deadline is subject to the approval
by the Deputy Vice Chancellor concerned.

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