Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
Programmes By Research (Full-time and Part-time)
General Information
Faculty of Science offers Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy programmes by research in all fields of specialisation (Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics). A student will carry out research in any one of the areas of research. Each research work has to be supervised by a lecturer or a panel of lecturers from the Graduate Faculty. Co-supervisors may also be appointed from a local/international higher institutions or related industry.
In addition to the university compulsory courses, research students may be required to attend lectures related to their research fields. The subjects to be taken shall be determined by the respective supervisors. As part of their training, students are required to participate in seminars and conferences, write technical reports or papers for publications in referred proceedings or indexed journals.
Assessment for research students is done by means of each semester progress reports, first assessment report and thesis examination (viva-voce). At the end of each semester, all research students will have to submit their progress report to their supervisors by Week 12. All PhD and M.Phil students must undergo the first assessment of their research proposal. The first assessment is scheduled according to the student’s appropriate semester of study as described below:
| Programme | Full Time | Part Time |
| M.Phil | Semester 2 | Semester 3 |
| PhD | Semester 3 | Semester 5 |
Students who wish to submit the final draft of their thesis must send in the ‘Notice of Thesis
Submission’ to the Faculty at least 3 months prior to the date of submitting their thesis.
M.Phil by Research course codes and description for different programmes.
For the M.Phil programmes in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, the subject code for research is given as MSCK wxyz, MSCM wxyz and MSCF wxyz, respectively.
For the PhD programmes in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, the subject code for research is given as PSCK wxyz, PSCM wxyz and PSCF wxyz, respectively.
w – Year of Study ( PhD 1 – 8, MSc 1 – 4)
x – Semester ( 1 or 2 )
y – 0 Full time or 1 Part time
z – Number of Credits, 0
