To enable our postgraduate students impacted by the movement control order because of COVID-19 (coronavirus) to complete their defense proposal and pre-viva, FPTP's postgraduate team, will helps and support them by conducting the presentation session using virtual presentation by using video conferencing application, such as Google Meet, Zoom or other similar methods.

We will make sure that the interests of all parties are fully considered. Parties here refer to Chairman, examiners and students. If any of the parties involved disagree with the use of video conferencing/online platforms for their oral examination arrangement, the oral examination shall be postponed.   

The decision to conduct online defense proposals / pre-viva have taken into account the infrastructure and Internet facilities available, and priority should be given to sponsored students and international students who need to return to their home countries. 

We are also aware of our international postgraduate students. Any time differences between the locations involved must be taken into account to ensure that the candidate is not disadvantaged by an examination taking place at an inappropriate time, and bearing in mind the availability of the videoconferencing facilities at each end. 

Where the candidate is the remote party, the candidate should be alone during the examination, apart from any technical staff involved in the use of video-conferencing facilities. The video of the candidate should be such that the examiners/chairman are satisfied the candidate is alone and will not be disturbed.  

If communication is broken during the examination and a connection cannot be reestablished, examination must be terminated and rescheduled. 

To make sure the proposal defense and pre-viva session run smoothly, we suggest for the student to record their video presentation and submit to us first.  The video duration must not exceed 20 Minutes. The video must include the full body of the presenter and also their presentation slide.  Here we provide the link of video example:

Withdrawal of courses is the act of you applying to us to be excused from the course. (Only for the course(s) applied to be withdrawn.)

Deferment on the other hand, is the act of you applying to be excused from the program for this semester.

Students who enrolled in mixed mode/taught course and have registered in multiple course(s) this semester (Semester II Session 2019/2020) may withdraw Project Sarjana 2/ Disertasi 2 / Latihan Mengajar 1 or 2 for this semester if they wish to do so. The semester is still counted as other course(s) that they enrolled are still ongoing.

Students who enrolled in mixed mode/taught course/research and have registered in Project Sarjana 2/ Disertasi 2 / Latihan Mengajar 1 or 2 / Research ONLY may withdraw from the aforementioned course(s) if they wish to do so. Since the withdrawal of the course will results the student to enrolled in the program without any courses registered, hence

1) application of deferment of study is compulsory

2) the deferment of this semester is due to Covid-19 and MCO. Hence, should the student(s) decided to withdraw from the course and further differ the semester, the differed semester ( Semester II 2019/2020) will not be counted in the duration of study.

3) Kindly refer to UTHM bursary with regards to the fees. According to the paperwork approved by UTHM senate (May 5th 2020), any kind waiver or the tuition fees are subjected to UTHM’s approval (Including bursary).

4) Students/ Research Assistant who have grants (ie GPPS) kindly refer to ORICC UTHM should you have further inquiries upon your eligibility to differ the the semester.

Viva voice examinations should be conducted by video conferencing rather than face-to-face.

Please contact the UTHM School of Graduate studies for more information or refer to https://cgs.uthm.edu.my/