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18 Institute of Graduate Studies
Postgraduate Handbook

(2) Faculty
The Dean, the Deputy Dean (Higher Degree), the Head of Department and
the Administrative Officers of the candidates‘ faculty will be their resource
persons in postgraduate matters pertaining to programme requirements;
examination; supervisor; and, candidature requirements such as requests
for withdrawal from semester or courses, extension and period of
candidature.

(3) Library
The University of Malaya Library consists of a Main Library which
provides library facilities and a network of branch and special libraries to
meet the specific and special needs of some faculties. The core business of
the Library is to support the teaching, learning and research needs of the
university. The Library also conducts information skills sessions for
postgraduate candidates as follows:

(a) Information Skills sessions for postgraduates. These 2 hour sessions are
held at least twice weekly. Candidates will be alerted to the wide range
of information sources in the library especially the electronic sources
such as the online databases.
(b) Consultancy sessions for Ph.D Candidates and academic staff. In this
individual consultancy sessions, researchers will be guided to the
information sources in the library pertaining to their specific area of
research.

For appointment please contact the Information Skills Division, University
of Malaya Library at 03-7967 3384 or please refer to http://umlib.um.edu.my

(4) Institute of Research Management and Monitoring (better known as the
Malay acronym IPPP)
IPPP manages all research and development of funds from internal as well
as external sources. Internal research funds come from the Postgraduate
Research Vote (Vot PPP) as well as grants from local foundations and
private industries. IPPP also provides financial support to postgraduate
candidates to attend conferences and to pay for page charges for
publications in ISI journals.
For details, please refer to http://www.ippp.um.edu.my

(5) Support for International Candidates
The University offers support to international candidates who are new to
Kuala Lumpur and to Malaysia. For matters related to visa,
accommodation, insurance and offshore office inquiries, please contact The
International Student Centre (ISC) or go to the website at
http://isc.um.edu.my.