Attention : DEFENCE OF RESEARCH PROPOSAL (DRP) / March - July 2016

Salam and Good day

Dear All PhD and MBR candidates, 

Please be advised that the Defense of research proposal (DRP) for this semester will be held on the 28 and 29 April 2016. It is the university requirement that all PhD and Masters are required to defend their research proposals by Semester 1 or 2. 

 

Program	Mode	Requirement for DRP
PhD	Full time	Candidate must defend proposal within 12 months
	Part time	Candidate must defend proposal within 18 months
MBR	Full time	Candidate must defend proposal within 6 months
	Part time	Candidate must defend proposal within 12 months

Please take note that the following actions need to be taken by students as a preparation for the DRP:

 Submit the following documents to postgraduate office by 4th April 2016.

a.    Six (6) copies of research proposal

The research proposal must be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin software.  The similarity index must be less than 30%.

Refer attachments for the research proposal format.

b.   The proposal must be attached with the Attendance Confirmation Form and the Turnitin Originality Report with both endorsed by the 

     Main Supervisor.

c.     A copy of the IGS Research Skills Certificate

d.   DRP Assessment form (four (4) copies)/DRP result form (1 copy)

Please bring on the proposal defence day:

     a.   Five (5) copies of PowerPoint handouts for panel assessors

     b.   Original copy of the IGS Research Skills Certificate

Please refer attachments for the earlier mentioned documents:

a.  Attendance confirmation form

b.  Format of contents of research proposal, format of title page, format of PowerPoint presentation

c.  DRP assessment form/DRP result form

d.  DRP correction verification form (if necessary)

e.  DRP actions to be taken by students from IPSIS

For further inquiries, please contact the Coordinator Programme  at : 03-3258 7442 (Dr. Nadiah Abdul Hamid) / 03-3258 7336 (Mr. Irsaffuddin Ismail)

Thank You.

On Behalf - Coordinator Post Graduate (Research).