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POSTGRADUATE
HANDBOOK

Aspect Remark
(2) Authorship Publications accepted must be published with the
supervisor(s).

The candidate must be the first author or either the

second or subsequent author after the supervisor(s), or
the first student author. In the event where two or
more candidates co-authored an article, only one
candidate is allowed to use this article to fulfil his/her
graduation requirement.

(3) Timing Publications accepted must be within the candidature

of the candidate.

(4) Topic of Publications accepted must be related and conform to
publications the candidate‘s research in his/her thesis/dissertation.

(5) Affiliation Publications accepted must carry the affiliation of the

department and/or faculty where the candidate is
registered.

(6) Blacklisted Publications in the following journals are NOT
journals accepted:
 Publications in journals blacklisted by the
Malaysian Ministry of Education (MoE)

 Publications in Probable Predatory Journals
(http://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/)
and Publishers
(http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/) and
hijacked journals

(http://scholarlyoa.com/other-pages/hijacked-
journals/) according to Beall‘s List.

Upskill Programmes

The Upskill Programme consists of a set of intensive courses provided to all UM
postgraduate candidates to equip them with the essential knowledge and crucial
skills they may need throughout their research journey from the beginning to the
completion of their study and beyond.

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