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Postgraduate Handbook 2017/2018

(g) Candidate must notify their supervisor of any problems that may interfere
with the research.
(h) Candidate shall engage in academic activities organized by the department
or the Responsible Centre (RC).
(i) Candidate must plan and ensure sufficient time to do the research and
write the thesis.
(j) Candidate should ensure that his/her candidature is always active by
renewing the registration each semester.
(k) Candidate shall give three months‘ notice to the supervisor(s) or inform
the supervisor(s) the date for submission of the thesis for examination
purposes, so there is no delay in the appointment of examiners.
(l) Candidate is solely responsible for the content, the presentation of thesis
and viva-voce presentation.
(m) Candidate is responsible for ensuring that corrections are made in a given
period after the Board of Examiner‘s meeting / viva-voce and the Senate.

Candidate can refer to the full text of the Supervision Policy at IGS website.

Requirements for Research Candidate

(1) Seminars and Candidature Defence

Candidate is expected to 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. Research candidate is required to present his/her 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 third semester of
candidature.

(b) Master‘s by 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 fifth semester of
candidature.

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