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Assistance in Thesis and Dissertation Writing
Student Development & Writing Unit of IGS offers services to assist postgraduate
candidates in writing their thesis and dissertation. Services provided include:

 Hands-on Clinics/Individual Assistance on Turnitin, Stylewriter and Endnote
Software Usage.
 Proof-reading and Editing Service

This service is conducted by appointed postgraduate candidates with
experience in editing. The service is coordinated by the IGS and clients pay
directly to the editors (minimum RM 5 per page).
 Face-to-face Tutoring
 Ph.D Thesis Boot Camp / Master‘s Dissertation Boot Camp
The boot camp aims to provide a venue specifically for candidates who are in

their final stages of writing their thesis and dissertations. Candidates who are
plan to submit their thesis/dissertation at the end of each semesters will
spend a dedicated time to just write, format, clean up their thesis/dissertation
for submission.

Experienced staff, tutors and demonstrators are assigned for these services can

provide feedback and collaborate with candidates to help them improve the
quality of their thesis or dissertation. For detailed information, please contact 03-
7967 6935.

Avoiding Plagiarism
As an enrolled student and member of the University of Malaya candidates are
expected to produce original academic work. Failure to acknowledge the work of
others in their work means the candidate is guilty of plagiarism. A candidate
who is found to have plagiarized his assignments or any written work that is part
of the assessment in a course or programme may be subjected to disciplinary
action under the University of Malaya (Discipline of Candidates) Rules 1999. All
rules and regulations pertaining to acts of plagiarism are clearly outlined in,
“„How to Avoid Plagiarism: A Handbook for Postgraduate Candidates”.
The handbook can be downloaded at
http://ips.um.edu.my/images/ips/doc/rules_regulations/How_To_Avoid_Plagiarism
A_Handbook_For_Postgraduate_Students.pdf

Candidates are advised to read this handbook which also offers guidelines on
citation methodology. Candidates are advised to check their work for originality
by using the Turnitin software. Details on Turnitin software can be accessed at
http://software.um.edu.my/turnitin.html

Training on the Turnitin software is provided continuously and free of charge by
the Student Development & Writing Unit of IGS. Please contact 03-7967 6935 for
more details.

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