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34 Institute of Graduate Studies
Postgraduate Handbook

(j) Candidates should ensure that their candidature is always active by
renewing their registration each semester.
(k) A candidate shall give three months‘ notice to the supervisor or inform the
supervisor the date for submission of the thesis for examination purposes,
so there is no delay in the appointment of examiners.
(l) Candidates are solely responsible for the content, the presentation of thesis
and viva-voce presentation.
(m) Candidates are responsible for ensuring that corrections are made in a
given period after the Board of Examiner‘s meeting / viva-voce and the
Senate.

Candidates can refer to the full text of the supervision policy at IGS website.

Requirements for Research Candidates

(1) Seminars and Candidature Defence
As a postgraduate candidate, candidates should actively participate in the
departmental/faculty events that are useful for their research. The Faculty
publicizes upcoming seminars and conferences through the student notice
boards and the website.
All postgraduate research candidates are required to present their papers
in seminars and candidature defence sessions as follows:

(a) Master‘s by Research
(i) Proposal Defence not later than the second semester of candidature.
(ii) Candidature Defence not later than the second semester of
candidature.

(b) Master‘s by Coursework and Research (Mixed-mode)
(i) Proposal presentation at the initial registration of the research
component.
(ii) Candidature Defence at the time scheduled by the faculty.

(c) Doctoral by Research
(i) Proposal Defence not later than the second semester of
candidature.
(ii) Candidature Defence not later than the second semester of
candidature.
(iii) Thesis Seminar before the submission of thesis for examination

(d) Doctoral by Coursework and Research (Mixed-mode)
(i) Proposal presentation in the beginning of research component
registration.
(ii) Candidature Defence session as required by the Faculty.