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School of Graduate
Studies, UPM
Charting Quality
Academic
Programmes in
Postgraduate
Education
Established in 1993, the School of Graduate Studies is an
educational service centre that is committed to ensuring that
the postgraduate studies programmes offered by UPM are of
international standard.
Through a wide range of support services—from training
programmes to financial assistance—UPM-SGS not only
aims to maintain the quality research environment that
our postgraduate students thrive in, but also nurture their
relationship with the university.
Today, UPM-SGS continues to work towards developing
programmes to address the changing academic and
professional needs of postgraduate students. Our core
services include:
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Overseeing student enrolment
Establishing collaborative programmes
Securing financial assistance for students
Developing learning support programmes, encompassing
supervision practice, career and professional skills
development, and social skills development
UPM-SGS attracted over 1,000 potential students at the
recent Postgraduate Education Fair 2014, and now offers
13 international collaborative programmes. We also help
to secure local and international scholarships for our best
students, especially those in our speciality fields—agriculture,
engineering, and science.
Ensuring Quality in Postgraduate Education
Our unique supervision system has enabled us to attract top
academicians from around the world to conduct essential
skills training programmes for our students. All the training
programmes in UPM-SGS are conducted by our esteemed
faculty members, or by highly qualified professionals with
decades of experience in their respective fields.
The overall aim of UPM-SGS is to produce more top-level
Malaysian graduates who meet international standards of
both public and private sectors. From a national perspective,
this will have the added benefitof reducing the country’s need
to send students overseas to acquire knowledge and skills.
At present, UPM offers 42 Masters programmes without
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thesis (by coursework) and five postgraduate programmes
with thesis in 265 fields of study, which include the Doctor
of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Engineering (DEng), Master
of Arts (MA), Master of Science (MSc), as well as Master of
Veterinary Science (MVSc).
International Collaborative Programmes
Under the UPM International Collaborative Programme
(UPM-ICP) initiative, our postgraduate students undertake
their studies both within UPM and in the partner institution,
and are supervised by a joint committee comprising members
from both institutions.
UPM-SGS offers two types of collaborative programmes—
the Jointly Awarded Research Degree (JARD), in which
students receive a jointly conferred degree upon completion
of their studies, and the Dual Degree, where students receive
two certificates from both UPM and the partner university.
At present, we have forged links with eight universities from
around the world:
• UPM-University of Sheffield (UK), Jointly Awarded
PhD Degree
• UPM-Ajou University (South Korea), Dual Master of Science
• UPM-Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan), Dual
PhD Degree
• UPM-University of Newcastle (Australia), Jointly Awarded
PhD Degree
• UPM-University of Nottingham (Malaysia), Dual PhD Degree
• UPM-University of Southern Queensland (Australia), Dual
PhD Degree
• UPM-University of Glasgow (UK), Dual MSc Degree
• UPM-Naresuan University (Thailand), Dual MSc and
PhD Degree
• UPM - M. Auezov South Kazakhstan State University
(Kazakhstan), Dual MSc and PhD Degree
We aim to increase the number of UPM-ICP programmes
to 13 universities by the end of 2014, and to continue to
work towards enhancing the postgraduate experience of
our students.
For more information, contact Mr. Saiful at [email protected] or
visit School of Graduate Studies` website at www.sgs.upm.edy.my.