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Advertorial 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: • • • • 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 18 easyuni Guide 2014 Issue 4 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.