The International Dual PhD Degree Programme provides its registered students the opportunity to complete their PhD degree at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Osaka University (OU), Japan. This Dual PhD Degree programme is a smart partnership that brings benefits to the students in terms of countless experience and global perspectives during their learning process. They will be exposed to the experts and the numerous resources from two different Universities from two different countries.
Potential students must satisfy each university’s admission requirements, including language proficiency. A student who is accepted to join the programme will be supervised by at least 2 supervisors, two from each university and will be required to spend part of their study at each university for at least 12 months. After fulling all the requirements from both universities, the students will be awarded two PhD certificates, two from each university.
Study Duration
Full Time : 6 – 12 semesters
Intake
Intake – 2 times a year (March & October)
*subjected to UKM academic calendar
Semester | Course Type | Code and Name of Course | Total Credit |
I or II | Core Course | STPD8014 | 4 |
III | Thesis Progress Evaluation (Research Progress) | ||
V | Thesis Progress Evaluation (Research Progress) |
STPD8014 Research Methodology
This course provides guidance in planning, implementing and succeed in a scientific research. Students are introduced to the science philosophy and ethics necessary to be adopted by researcher with caliber. Students are given exposure to determine and manage risks in scientific research. Apart from that, issues and rules related to research such as intellectual property, copyright, plagiarism etc. will be discussed. Subsequently, students are guided to plan their research and prepare a research proposal. For this, students are trained with techniques in information search both manually and on-line, identifying issues and research objectives, planning research and experimental design within their period of study. Students are required to prepare their research proposal according to the format and making sure that it is free from plagiarism by introduction of plagiarism checker system. Students are given the opportunity to present their proposal in a seminar and defend them. Students also has the opportunity to produce a review paper based on their literature review and experimental design. Students will be evaluated based on the writing of literature review and research proposal, attendance, as well as oral presentation of the research proposal.