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LIST OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN MALAYSIA 2013/2014 2. ACADEMICS

2013 Postgraduate Programmes
The University of Malaya offers postgraduate programmes for both Master‘s and
16 September - Malaysia Day Doctoral Degrees. The programmes of study shall be classified as follows:

15 October* - Hari Raya Qurban (Eid al-Adha) Master‟s

2 November - Deepavali  Master‘s Degree by Coursework
 Master‘s Degree by Clinical Coursework
5 November - First Muharram (Maal Hijrah)
 Master‘s Degree by Research (Dissertation)
25 December - Christmas Day  Master‘s Degree by Coursework & Research (Dissertation)
- also known as the Mixed-Mode programme

2014 Doctoral
 Doctoral Degree by Research (Thesis)
1 January - New Year  Doctoral Degree by Coursework & Research (Thesis)
14 January - Prophet Muhammad's Birthday  Industrial Ph.D
(Maulidur Rasul)  Doctoral Degree by Prior Publications
 Dual-Ph.D
TBC January - Thaipusam (Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, - UM and Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Penang & UM and University of Sydney, Australia
Selangor only) -
31 January – 1 February - Chinese New Year - UM and University of Nottingham, UK
- UM and Ecole Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France
1 February - Federal Territory Day - UM and The National Polytechnique deToulouse, France

1 May - Labour Day - UM and National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
- UM and University of Tehran, Iran
13 May - Wesak Day
- UM and University of Paris-Sud, France
7 June - King‟s Birthday - UM and University of Liverpool, UK
- UM and Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
28 & 29 July* - Hari Raya Aidilfitri
31 August - National Day In choosing a coursework programme the candidate will gain depth of
knowledge and be trained in their chosen field of study. A research programme
16 September - Malaysia Day
offers the candidate the opportunity to hone his/her skills in both research and
5 October* - Hari Raya Qurban (Eid al-Adha) academic writing. The candidate‘s research findings are expected to contribute
23 October - Deepavali new insights into his/her particular area of research. In a coursework and
research programme the candidate will attend lectures and at the same time get
25 October - First Muharram (Maal Hijrah) the opportunity to carry out supervised research. For the Industrial Ph.D

25 December - Christmas Day programme, candidates from the industry will do their research at the respective
industry where they are attached to.

TBC – to be confirmed Candidates with excellent publications may submit their Ph.D thesis in the format
*Subject to change of published papers. Details of the format are available at
http://www.ips.um.edu.my under the ‗Rules and Regulations‘ tab.

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