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Proposed Graduate on Time Schedule
Major Administrative and Regulatory Milestones for PhD Candidates (Conventional PhD)
(Sciences)

Semester Activities Output/Milestone Comments

1 • Attend Research Methodology Course • Completed Research Methodology
• Attend Bahasa Melayu course* course
• Attend English language course** • Fulfilment of language requirements
• Familiarization with and use of EndNote, Turnitin, • Presented research proposal
editing software, data analysis and research tools
• Conduct Literature Review
• Proposal Defence

2 • Complete Literature Review • Literature Review • Candidates are strongly
• Conduct pilot study/ planning & setting up of • Thesis Plan/Outline of Thesis advised to use reference
experiment/ start data collection • Submission of Publication 1 (review management software

• Attend at least 3 courses in Upskill Program paper / experimental design) Eg: Mendeley, Bibtex,
EndNote
(including GOT seminar)
• Prepare for Candidature Defence

3 • Investigation and development of the proposed • Completed Candidature Defence • Candidature Defence report
solutions. should include data
• Data analysis collection, findings, thesis
• Candidature Defence report writing outline
• Attend at least 2 courses in Upskill Program
• Candidature Defence

4 • Experimentation and/or data analysis • Submission of Publication 2
• Thesis write-up (Chapter 1, 2 & 3) • Completed drafts of three chapters
• Preparation of manuscripts for submission of