522 Scholars To Be Conferred PhDs At UKM’s 42nd Convocation
By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin
Pix Center for Corporate Communications
BANGI, 30 October 2014 – Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) will confer PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) degrees to 522 people at its 42nd convocation this year from this Saturday.
This is the largest number of PhDs to graduate from UKM in a year since its inception.
In addition a total of 2,243 of its students will receive their Masters degrees, also a record for UKM.
All together, a total of 6,266 students are graduating at its 42nd convocation stretched over four days until Tuesday.
Among them are 570 students from the Faculty of Science and Technology – the largest number to graduate from a faculty this year – who will be awarded their Bachelor’s degree.
The Faculty of Islamic Studies will have the second largest number at 528 students for their Bachelor’s degree, followed by the Faculty of Economics and Management with 525 students.
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Science will have 408 students graduating Bachelor’s degree while 262 students from the Faculty of Medicine will receive their MD.
The following is the breakdown of the number of graduates according to faculties:
GRADUATES 2014 (As of 23 Oktober 2014)
|
No |
Faculty/Institute |
Doctorates |
Masters |
Diploma |
Bachelor’s degree |
|
1 |
Economy and Management |
7 |
128 |
– |
525 |
|
2 |
Pharmacy |
1 |
35 |
92 |
|
|
3 |
Engineering and Built Environment |
71 |
153 |
226 |
|
|
4 |
Education |
63 |
228 |
116 |
|
|
5 |
Islamic Studies |
30 |
98 |
44 |
528 |
|
6 |
Dentistry |
– |
10 |
42 |
|
|
7 |
Medicine (Clinical) |
– |
180 |
14 |
|
| Medicine (Non-Clinical) |
29 |
110 |
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| Medicine (MD) |
262 |
||||
| Medicine (Nursing ) |
43 |
||||
| Medicine (Emergency Medicine) |
– |
||||
|
8 |
Health Sciences |
8 |
89 |
303 |
|
|
9 |
Science and Technology |
108 |
353 |
10 |
570 |
|
10 |
Social Sciences and Humanities |
71 |
359 |
– |
408 |
|
11 |
Technology and Science Information |
36 |
109 |
239 |
|
|
12 |
Law |
15 |
90 |
79 |
|
|
13 |
Graduate School of Business |
19 |
263 |
– |
– |
|
14 |
Institute of Malay World and Civilization (ATMA) |
16 |
7 |
||
|
15 |
Institute of Environment and Development (LESTARI) |
11 |
8 |
||
|
16 |
Institute of Biological Systems (INBIOSIS) |
1 |
2 |
||
|
17 |
Institute of Visual Informatics (IVI) |
4 |
2 |
||
|
18 |
Institute of Islam Hadhari (HADHARI) |
2 |
1 |
||
|
20 |
Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA) |
3 |
– |
||
|
21 |
Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS) |
6 |
3 |
||
|
23 |
Institute Of Climate Change IKP) |
– |
2 |
||
|
25 |
Institute of Micro Engineering and Nano Electronics (IMEN) |
7 |
4 |
||
|
26 |
Solar Energy and Research Institute (SERI) |
8 |
3 |
||
|
27 |
Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI) |
2 |
3 |
||
|
29 |
Institute of Fuel Cell (SELFUEL) |
4 |
3 |
||
|
Total |
522 |
2243 |
68 |
3433 |
|
| 6266 | |||||
