| Cover Page |
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| Preface |
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| Contents |
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| 1. Roles of Stakeholders |
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| (i) Stakeholders |
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| (ii) Interaction between the student and the supervisor |
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| (iii) Graduate Panel |
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| 2. Basic Information on Programmes and Courses |
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| 2.1 Postgraduate Research Programmes |
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| 2.2 Types of Research Postgraduate Programmes |
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| 2.3 Graduate Attributes of Research Postgraduate Programmes |
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| 2.4 Modes of Study |
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| 2.5 Courses |
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| 2.6 Course Code and Sequence |
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| 3. Admissions |
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| 3.1 Admission Process |
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| 3.2 Entrance Requirements |
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| 3.2.1 Minimum Requirements for Admission |
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| 3.2.2 Additional Requirements |
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| 3.2.3 Meeting the Entrance Requirements is No Guarantee of Admission |
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| 3.3 Monitoring of Entrance Quality |
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| 3.4 Re-instatement and Re-admission |
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| 4. Registration/Residence Requirements/Leaves |
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| 4.1 Orientation |
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| 4.2 Student Registration |
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| 4.3 Course selection / Withdrawal / Additions |
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| 4.4 Residence Requirements |
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| 4.5 Normative and Maximum Study Periods |
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| 4.6 Shortening of Normative Study Period |
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| 4.7 Programme Change |
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| 4.8 Leave of Absence and Tuition Fee Transfer |
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| 4.9 Student Visa |
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| 4.10 Employment |
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| 5. Progress towards Graduation |
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| 5.1 Graduation Requirements |
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| 5.2 Course Requirements |
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| 5.3 Postgraduate Students Taking Undergraduate Courses and Undergraduate Students Taking Postgraduate Courses |
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| 5.4 Research Thesis and Oral Defense |
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| 5.5 Candidature for Doctoral Degree |
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| 5.6 Candidacy Examination for the Ph.D. Degree |
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| 5.7 Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) |
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| 5.8 Minimum Cumulative GPA |
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| 5.9 Other Requirements |
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| 5.10 Course and Unit Exemptions |
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| 5.11 Research Progress Report |
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| 5.12 School/Unit Duties and Teaching Assistant |
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| 5.13 Language Policy |
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| 6. Assessment and Examination for Taught Courses of RPG Programmes |
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| 6.1 Assessment of Academic Performance |
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| 6.2 Course Grades |
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| 6.3 Examination Administration |
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| 6.4 Unsatisfactory Performance |
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| 7. Thesis |
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| 7.1 Preparation for Research and Thesis Writing; Language of Thesis |
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| 7.2 Research Ethics |
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| 7.3 Procedures |
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| 7.4 Thesis Proposal and Its Defence |
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| 7.5 Declaration of Intention to Submit Thesis |
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| 7.6 Submission of Thesis |
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| 7.7 Thesis Assessment Committee |
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| 7.8 Oral Defence |
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| 7.9 Assessment Result of Thesis and Follow-up Actions on Different Final Grades |
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| 7.10 Re-submission |
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| 7.11 Deferment of Submission of Thesis |
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| 7.12 Submission of Final Version of Thesis |
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| 7.13 Copyright of RPg thesis |
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| 8. Quality Assurance |
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| 8.1 External Reviewers |
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| 8.2 Eligibility Requirements of a Supervisor |
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| 8.3 Visiting Committee (VC) |
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| 8.4 Internal Programme Reviews (IPR) of Taught Postgraduate Programmes |
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| 9. Supervisors |
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| 9.1 Assignment of Supervisors |
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| 9.2 Eligibility Requirements for Supervisors |
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| 9.3 Eligibility for Co-supervisors |
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| 10. Award of Degree |
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| 10.1 Recommendation for Award of Degree |
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| 10.2 Degree Certificate |
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| 11. Services and Support for students(To be developed) |
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| 12. Financial Assistance and Fees |
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| 12.1 For financial aid, Fellowships, Scholarships, please contact relevant programme. |
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| 12.2 General Guidelines about Fees |
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| 13. Academic Honesty and Disciplinary Action |
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| 13.1 Academic Honesty |
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| 13.2 Disciplinary Action |
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| 14. Appeals and Complaints |
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| 15. Course Evaluation and Feedback |
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| 15.1 Course and Teaching Evaluation Questionnaire |
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| 15.2 Feedback via Progress Report for RPg Studies |
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| 15.3 Exit survey (Survey on Research Postgraduate Programmes) |
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| 16. Credentials |
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| 16.1 Academic Results |
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| 16.2 Transcripts |
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| 16.3 Letter of Certification |
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| 16.4 Report on Curriculum Details |
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| 16.5 Degree Certificate |
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| 16.6 Replacement of Degree Certificate |
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| 16.7 Certified True Copy of the Graduation Certificate |
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| 17. Transitional Arrangements |
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