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Doctor of Philosophy
KPT / JPT( R / 210 / 8 / 0016) 03 / 20- MQA / SWA0117
Candidature in a Doctor of Philosophy( PhD) involves the independent investigation of a research problem which you have formulated. It is expected that the research undertaken will make a significant contribution to the knowledge and understanding of the chosen discipline.
You will be supported by a minimum of two supervisors throughout your candidature. Our areas of research are varied across different disciplines:
Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences
● Biochemistry and molecular biology
● Epidemiology and preventive medicine
● General practice
● Infectious diseases and immunity
● Medical education
● Medicine
● Microbiology
● Neuroscience
● Nanoparticles
● Public health
● Paediatrics
● Pharmacology
● Physiology
● Psychological medicine
● Psychology
● Surgery
● Toxicology
School of Arts and Social Sciences
● Arts
● Humanities
● Social sciences
School of Business
● Accounting
● Management
● Marketing
● Specialist streams in economics
School of Engineering
● Advanced materials
● Artificial intelligence
● Bioprocess engineering
● Biomechanics
● Bioinspired systems
● Critical infrastructure
● Energy
● Engineering in medical and healthcare
● Environmental engineering
● Food and pharmaceutical processing
● Future wireless access technologies
● Intelligent lighting
● Management of natural resources and phenomena
● Nanotechnology
● Nanoelectronics
● Optical communications and photonics
● Process modeling, simulation and optimisation
● Smart manufacturing and industry 4.0
● Sustainable transportation engineering
● Sustainable drainage and flood management
● Thermal management
● Waste management
School of Information Technology
● Artificial intelligence
● Biometrics
● Data science
● Health Informatics and Telemedicine
● Internet of Things
● Multimedia security
● Networking and Communications
● Software engineering
School of Pharmacy
● Anticancer therapeutics
● Clinical pharmacy
● Drug delivery
● Drug discovery and development
● Health economics
● Medicinal chemistry
● Microbiology
● Organic and biomolecular chemistry
● Pharmaceutical sciences
● Pharmacognosy
● Pharmacology
● Pharmacy practice
● Phytochemistry
School of Science
● Biodiversity and conservation
● Biotechnology
● Chemistry
● Environmental science
● Food science and technology
● Genetics and genomics
● Infectious diseases
● Medical bioscience
● Microbiology
● Natural products and drug discovery
● Tropical biology
Course Structure
For Engineering and Business disciplines, the program structure consists of:
● a research thesis component
● a coursework study program
For PhD programs in other disciplines, the course will consist of:
● a research and thesis component
● a coursework study and / or professional development training program( depending on the program)
Requirements
In addition to program requirements, the traditional PhD will require you to submit a thesis, the length of which may vary across disciplines but which should not exceed 80,000 words.
3-4 years( Full-time) 6-8 years( Part-time)*
Your PhD research project is to be conceived from the outset as clearly achievable within three years equivalent full time, and you are expected to complete your degree within three to four years equivalent full time.
Throughout the year
( Subject to availability of supervision)
Enrolment to the School of Business is available on March, August and December.
Research
Malaysian Student RM 40,280( per year)
International Student RM 44,308( per year)
* Part-time studies not available for international students
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