DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ACADEMY OF MALAY STUDIES)

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ACADEMY OF MALAY STUDIES)

UNIVERSITI MALAYA (UM)

UNIVERSITI MALAYA (UM)

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Description The programme objective is to produce doctoral graduates in the field of education who are capable in the intellectual and professional sense to function effectively in raising the quality of their academic and professional fields in their specialisations in the intellectual community and local as well as international community.
Name of Institution UNIVERSITI MALAYA (UM)
Qualification Doctoral Degree
Course Duration 72 months
NEC Field Languages
Entry Requirements A master’s degree from a recognized university. Those who have obtained a bachelor’s degree with a CGPA of 3.7 and above can apply directly for the PhD programme.

English Requirement A non-Malaysian applicant whose degree is from a university or institution of higher learning where the medium of instruction for that degree is not the English Language and where the applicant wishes to follow a programme and/or write his thesis in the English Language must possess a minimum English Language score stated below:

1. To obtain a band of 6.0 for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS); or

2. To obtain a score of 60 for an internet-based total for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or a score of 8.5 for Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Essential (Online); or

3. To obtain a score of 169 for Cambridge English Qualification & Tests as follows:

B1 Preliminary, B2 First, C1 Advanced, C2 Proficiency; or
B2 BUSINESS VANTAGE, C1 BUSINESS HIGHER; or
Linguaskill Online; or
4. To obtain a score of 250 for Cambridge English Qualification & Tests (OCCUPATIONAL ENGLISH TEST (OET) (Conventional /online)) ; or

5. To obtain a minimum score of 59 for Pearson Test of Academic English (PTE)


For thesis written in Malay or Arabic, before degree conferment, candidates must have obtained a minimum score of:

1. To obtain a score of 400 for a paper-based total for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); or

2. To obtain a band of 4 for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
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