Faculty of Civil Engineering

Briefing Session for Postgraduate Studies

Semester Sept 2017 – Jan 2018

Organization Chart (Postgraduate Studies)

HEAD POSTGRADUATE STUDIES ASSOC PROF DR RAMLAH

MOHD TAJUDDIN (03-55435123)

DEPUTY DEAN (ACADEMIC) ASSOC PROF DR WARDAH TAHIR

(03-55431840)

DEAN PROF DR AZMI IBRAHIM

(03-55443311)

SENIOR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR (ACADEMIC) PN. ANNA KARTINI AHMAD LOTFI (03-55436165)

SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER PN. NOR HALIZAH ABD RAHMAN

(03-55436156)

SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (COURSEWORK)

PN NOOR IMANIAH SAYUTI (03-55435211)

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (RESEARCH)

EN. ZULKIFLI A. RAHMAN (03-55436164)

COORDINATOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

ASSOC PROF DR JURAIDAH AHMAD (03-55426442)

STRUCTURE & MATERIAL ENGINEERING (STRUCTM)

ASSOC PROF DR MOHD HISBANY MOHD HASHIM (03-55435236)

WATER RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM (WRES)

DR MARFIAH ABD. WAHID (03-55435240)

CONSTRUCTION BUSSINESS & PROJECT MANAGEMENT

(CBPM) DR SITI RASHIDAH MOHD NASIR

(03-55435237)

GEOTECHNICAL & TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (GEOTREN)

ASSOC PROF DR MOHD JAMALUDIN MOHD NOOR (03-55435235)

HEAD OF PROGRAMMES & CENTRES OF STUDIES

PROGRAMMES OFFERED CODE PROGRAMME NAME

RESEARCH

EC950 PhD in Civil Engineering

EC750 MSc in Civil Engineering

COURSEWORK

EC701 Master of Science in Structural Engineering

EC702 Master of Science in Geotechnical Engineering

EC704 Master of Science in Environmental Engineering

EC705 Master of Science in Construction Engineering

DURATION OF STUDY

RESEARCH

Mode of

study

Master (semester) Doctorate (semester)

Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum

Full Time 3 6 6 10

Part Time 4 8 6 12

COURSEWORK

Mode of

study Minimum Maximum

NOT OFFERED Full Time 3 4

Part Time 4 8

Computer Labs

Mk1 – Computer Lab 1

Person in Charge :

Noor Hidayah Mohd Kamsani

Email : hidayah@salam.uitm.edu.my

Tel.: +603-55437837

Mk3 – Computer Lab 3

Person in Charge :

Shahizan Pa’wan

Email : shahi799@salam.uitm.edu.my

Tel.: +603-55435296

Mk2 – Computer Lab 2

Person in Charge :

Mohd Fazlan Yahya

Email : mfazlan@salam.uitm.edu.my

Tel.: +603-55436177

Mk4 – Computer Lab 4

Person in Charge :

Mohd Hairul Azhar Ahmad

Email : hairul@salam.uitm.edu.my

Tel.: +603-55436191

Work Stations for Research Students Research Students (EC780 & EC990)

B1-A4-49 B1-A4-51 B1-A4-54 B1-A4-53 Please check availability of

workstation from administrative officers at level 7

En. Zul @ Academic Office Level 7

Work Stations for Coursework Students

B1-A7-24

B2-A7-31

Please check availability of workstation from administrative officers at level 7

Pn. Noor Imaniah @ Academic Office Level 7

Financial Support Sponsorship / Scholarship:

(i) Government

(ii) Private

(iii) Self support

1. Visit website www.malaysia-scholarship.net

2. Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)

Compulsory for all non-sponsored Postgraduates to apply

Google Search - my brain 15 (MSc)

- my PhD (PhD)

3. UiTM Postgraduate Teaching Assistance (UPTA)

Fellowship Scheme

• Selection/interview at Institute of Graduate Studies (IGS /IPSis) level

4. UiTM Scholarship - Tenaga Pengajar Muda (TPM) or Young Lecturer

Scheme

Financial Support at http://www.ipsis.uitm.edu.my/academic-development-resources-a-

students.html

• IGS Conference Support Fund

• IGS Journal Support Fund

• PTPTN

• MyMaster and MyPhD

• All Pages

(UPTA)

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RESEARCH PROGRAMME

EVALUATION PROCESS FOR

MASTERS & DOCTORAL PROGRAMME

Masters and Doctoral Degree (RESEARCH)

Colloqium (Sem 1 – MSc) (Sem 2 – PhD)

Defence of Research Proposal (DRP) Students must attend IGS Research Skills Seminar and

Training in Innovation & Entrepreneurship Exploration (PhD ONLY) before DRP (Sem 1 – MSc) (Sem 2 – PhD)

Faculty Seminar (All semesters – MSc & PhD)

Present Technical Paper in Conference and Seminar (National and International level)

Cummulative Programme Development (CPD)- FCE Website (Sem 2 and above – MSc) (Sem 2 and above – PhD)

Submission of FINAL DRAFT THESIS

Viva Voce

IGS RESEARCH SKILLS SEMINAR & TIE2 Number of modules to attend - 8 Modules No grading Award certificate of attendance upon completion of the course - Provided by IPSis (IGS) - Usually 2x per semester (early of semester and end of semester) - For more information visit IPSis website

IGS Research Skills Seminar Modules

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH MODE ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT

PROGRAMME

RESPONSIBILITY SEMESTER

SUPERVISOR SUPERVISEE/

STUDENT FACULTY EC750 EC950

Registration √ √ 1 1

Appointment of Supervisors – FCE √ √ √ 1 1

Literature Review Throughout the semester

Colloqium √ √ √ 1 1 or 2

Defence Research Proposal √ √ √ 1 1 or 2

Faculty Seminar √ √ √ 2 onwards 3 onwards

Data Collection √ √ Throughout the semester

Writing Draft Thesis √ √ Throughout the semester

Submission of Intention to Submit (Faculty)

√ √ 2 or 3 5 or 6

Appointment of Internal And External Examiners

√ √ 2 or 3 5 or 6

Submission of Full Thesis Report to Faculty

√ √ 2 or 3 5 or 6

Receive Internal and External Examiners Report

√ 6 weeks after Report

Send to Examiners

Viva Voce √ √ √ 2 Weeks after Receiving

Examiners Report

Correction And Submission of Corrected Thesis

√ √ 6 Months Minor Correction

12 Months Major Correction

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR RESEARCH PROPOSAL FORMAT

1. Full title of the research

2. Background of the problem/study

3. Problem Statement / problem identification

4. Research Objective / Research Questions

5. Scope and limitation of the study

6. Conceptual Framework (if applicable)

7. Research Methodology / Research Design / Sampling / Data Collection

8. Plan for Data Analysis

9. Significance of study

ACADEMIC CALENDAR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES (RESEARCH)

SEPT 2017 – JAN 2018

FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN AWAM (FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING)

No EVENTS DUE ACTIVITIES SEMESTER

1 COLLOQIUM

2 Oct

2017 • Submit Confirmation of Attendance

EC950 Sem 1

EC750 Sem 1

9 Oct

2017

• Submit Proposal to faculty (academic office)

(5 copies)

EC950 Sem 1

EC750 Sem 1

23 Oct

2017

• Colloquium for PhD (Presentation)

• Colloquium for MSc (Presentation)

EC950 Sem 1

EC750 Sem 1

2

DEFENCE

PROPOSAL

(DRP)

MSc

(EC780/EC750 )

PhD

(EC990/EC950)

30 Oct

2017

• Submit Confirmation of Attendance for

Master and PhD

EC950 Sem 1

EC750 Sem 2

20 Nov

2017

Submit:

• Proposal to faculty (7 copies) - PHD

• Proposal to faculty (6 copies) - MSc

• IGS Certificate

• TIE2 Certificate (PhD Only)

• TURNITIN Report

EC950 Sem 1

EC750 Sem 2

27 Nov

2017

• DRP for MSc (Presentation)

• DRP for PhD (Presentation)

EC950 Sem 1

EC750 Sem 2

4 Dec

2017*

• Submit Corrected Research Proposal to

faculty (2 copies)

EC950 Sem 1

EC750 Sem 2

ACADEMIC CALENDAR (RESEARCH)

SEMESTER SEPT 2017 – JAN 2018

No EVENTS DEADLINE ACTIVITIES SEMESTER

3 FACULTY

SEMINAR

5- 6 Dec

2017

Tues &

Wed

Student submit to panels :

i. Thesis Progress (TP) Form – FCE website

ii. Gantt Chart (showing achievement of research

objectives)

iii. Technical paper (based on research progress)

iv. Hardcopy Power Point Presentation

EC750/EC780

Sem 2 and

above

EC950/EC990

Sem 3 and

above

4

JOURNAL

WRITING

WORKSHOP

Will be announced later

EC750/EC780 - Sem 2 and above

EC950/EC990 - Sem 3 and above

5

SUBMISSION OF

PROGRESS

REPORT

7-14 Dec

2017

Student submit:

• Supervisor Progress Report Form

(IGS website)

• Cumulative Program Development form

(FCE website)

Supervisor submit to faculty:

• Progress Report

• Cumulative Program Development (CPD)

form

All semesters

Including students:

• Waiting for viva

• Attended viva but

has not submitted

corrected version

of thesis after

viva to faculty

and IGS

ACADEMIC CALENDAR (RESEARCH)

SEMESTER SEPT 2017 – JAN 2018…..continue

THESIS SUBMISSION

• Submit Notice of Intention to Submit Thesis Form (IGS website) to

Faculty Academic Office

• Submit Thesis Submission Form (IGS website) and full thesis (refer to

guideline / procedure for thesis submission) within THREE (3) months from

notice of submission to Faculty Academic Office

PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT

Students must fulfill the minimum publication requirement as follows:

• PhD – TWO (2) indexed publications with at least ONE (1) has been

published

• MSc – ONE (1) indexed publication which has been accepted

***Indexed publication by ERA, SCOPUS or WoS

NOTE:

Publication requirement to be submitted together with Thesis Submission Form

• Students are required to submit FIVE (5) copies comb-bind of the final thesis

to Faculty Academic Office

• PhD – 3 examiners (1 local univ., 1 foreign univ. and 1 internal examiner)

• MSc – 2 examiners (1 local univ. and 1 internal examiner)

• Viva Results

i. Minor – SIX (6) months

ii. Major without Re-viva – TWELVE (12) months

iii. Major with re-viva – TWELVE (12) months

iv. Fail

Thesis Format Checking is for research students who will be submitting the final hard bound thesis to IGS. Appointment can be arranged from Mon-Thurs (9.00am – 12.00noon & 2.30pm – 4.00pm). Please call 03-55225572 for appointment.

VIVA VOCE

IGS FORMS

ACTIVITY RESPONSIBILITY

SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 SEMESTER 3

WEEK

SUPERVISOR SUPERVISEE /

STUDENT FACULTY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

REGISTRATION √ √

APPOINMENT OF

SUPERVISORS √ √ √

LITERATURE

REVIEW √ √

COLLOQUIUM √ √ √

DEFENCE

RESEARCH

PROPOSAL +

Submission

progress report

√ √ √

SUBMIT

RESEARCH

PROPOSAL √ √

FACULTY

SEMINAR +

SUBMISSION

PROGRESS

REPORT

DATA

COLLECTION √ √

WRITING DRAFT

THESIS √ √

SUBMISSION OF

INTENTION TO

SUBMIT TO

FACULTY

√ √

APPOINTMENT OF

INTERNAL AND

EXTERNAL

EXAMINERS

√

√

SUBMISSION OF

FULL THESIS

REPORT TO

FACULTY

√ √

RECEIVE

INTERNAL AND

EXTERNAL

EXAMINERS

REPORT √

VIVA VOCE √ √ √

CORRECTION

AND SUBMISSION

OF CORRECTED

THESIS

√ √

compulsory

GRADUATE ON TIME GANTT CHART GUIDE – EC750

ACTIVITY RESPONSIBILITY

SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 SEMESTER 3 SEMESTER 4 SEMESTER 5 SEMESTER 6

WEEK

SUPERVI

SOR

SUPERVI

SEE /

STUDENT

FACULTY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84

REGISTRATION √ √

APPOINMENT

OF

SUPERVISORS √ √ √

LITERATURE

REVIEW √ √

COLLOQUIUM √ √ √

DEFENCE

RESEARCH

PROPOSAL +

Submission

progress report

√ √ √

SUBMIT

RESEARCH

PROPOSAL √ √

FACULTY

SEMINAR +

SUBMISSION

PROGRESS

REPORT

DATA

COLLECTION √ √

WRITING

DRAFT THESIS √ √

SUBMISSION

OF INTENTION

TO SUBMIT TO

FACULTY

√ √

APPOINTMENT

OF INTERNAL

AND EXTERNAL

EXAMINERS

√

√

SUBMISSION

OF FULL

THESIS

REPORT TO

FACULTY

√ √

RECEIVE

INTERNAL AND

EXTERNAL

EXAMINERS

REPORT

√

VIVA VOCE √ √ √

CORRECTION

AND

SUBMISSION

OF

CORRECTED

THESIS

√ √

optional

compulsory

GRADUATE ON TIME GANTT CHART GUIDE – EC950

COURSEWORK PROGRAMME

Coursework Programme

MSc in Structural Engineering - EC701

MSc in Geotechnical Engineering - EC702

MSc in Environmental Engineering - EC704

MSc in Construction Engineering - EC705

Mode of Study

Semester

Duration of

Programme Minimum Maximum

Full Time 3 3 4

Part Time 4 4 8

CURRICULUM STRUCTURE

ACADEMIC CALENDER (COURSEWORK)

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please be reminded that student’s status will be revoked if student fails to pay tuition fees and /or to register for courses. Please adhere to the following important dates to avoid the revocation of student’s status.

Research Project (ECD737) • Students must select Supervisor one semester in advance

before registering the course in the Final Semester

• Full time students must register Supervisor according to Plan of Studies for Research Project in semester one with Postgraduate Coordinator

• Part time students must register Supervisor according to Plan of Studies for Research Project in semester two with Postgraduate Coordinator

• List of potential Supervisor here

• Maximum of only TWO (2) students per Supervisor

Please Visit Faculty website at http://fka.uitm.edu.my/v3/

KALENDAR AKTIVITI AKADEMIK PASCASISWAZAH KERJA KURSUS

RESEARCH PROJECT SESI SEPT 2017 – JAN 2018

FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN AWAM (FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING)

Research Project Assessment Assessment

Method Examiners Marks (%)

Research Project

Presentation

Panel 1 30%

Panel 2 30%

Supervisor 40%

Assessment Forms Grade B (3.00) is the minimum passing grade

for Research Project

Final Exam & Continuous Assessment

Assessment Method Marks (%)

Continuous

Individual

Assignment

(Face to Face)

10%

Project 20%

Test 30%

Examination Final Examination 40%

Grade B (3.00) is the minimum passing grade for both Elective and Core Courses

Faculty Post-Graduate Award (APF)

Candidates need to achieve a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.75 or above in a semester based on the minimum credit units as stipulated in the plan of study

Excellent Candidate Award (ASC)

• Completed within the minimum candidacy term

• Achieved the Faculty Post-Graduate Award (APF) in every semester during the candidacy term

• Never repeat any courses

• Never received “TL” status

• Never indicted with any disciplinary actions

Civil Engineering Postgraduate Group (MSc&PhD) - UiTM MALAYSIA

Special Leave

Students are allowed to apply for a maximum of two (2) semesters of Special Leave throughout the length of study. Each application is valid for one semester. Application must be in writing using the Special Leave Form approved by the Faculty Postgraduate Academic Sub-Committee.

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism is an offence. Students must use the TURNITIN software to check for plagiarism for all assignments, projects, research report and thesis. A turnitin manual for students to create an account and ebook on plagiarism guide can be downloaded here.

• http://ined.uitm.edu.my/images/ined/manual/turnitin_pelajar_2016.pdf

• http://hea.uitm.edu.my/v1/index.php?option=com_flippingbook&view=category&id=4%3Aplagiarism&Itemid=141

Student's Attendance

It is compulsory for students to attend lectures, supervision sessions as well as other learning activities such as seminars, workshops laboratory or studio site visits.

Students who fail to achieve 80% of the attendance without written permission from the faculty are not allowed to sit for the final assessment and will be given an F Grade with a ZZ status (barred from taking the examination).

Termination from Study

Status Description

D1 Obtained a CGPA of less than 2.80 for any semester

D3 Obtained a CGPA of less than 3.00 with a Probation 2 (P2) status

D4 Failed in a course for the third time

D5 Have maximize the period of duration of study in accordance

with the Postgraduate Academic Regulations

D6

Passed all courses required by a programme and fulfilled all the

requirements of the programme BUT acquired a CGPA of less

than 3.00

D7 Was absent for the assessment of all the registered courses for

the semester without the approval of the University

Students with the following status will be terminated from the University.

Appeal for extension of study A student who is terminated may appeal to continue his/her study

in accordance to the procedure stipulated by the University.

Status Description Appeal for extension of study

D1 Obtained a CGPA of less than 2.80 for

any semester

Is not eligible to be considered

D3

Obtained a CGPA of less than 3.00

with a Probation 2 (P2) status

Is eligible to be considered if the CGPA is 2.98 and above

on condition that there still exist elective course(s)to be

taken in the study plan

D4 Failed in a course for the third time Is eligible to be considered if the CGPA is 3.00 and above

D5

Have maximize the period of duration

of study in accordance with the

Postgraduate Academic Regulations

Is eligible to be considered if the CGPA is 3.00 and above,

and all courses need to be taken to complete

D6

Passed all courses required by a

programme and fulfilled all the

requirements of the programmebut

acquired a CGPA of less than 3.00

Is eligible to be considered if the CGPA is 2.98 and above

on condition that there still exist elective course(s) to be

taken in the study plan (to fulfill a CGPA of 3.00, the

student must sit for a minimum of two (2) courses or six

(6) credit hours and obtain a minimum B+ grade

D7

Was absent for the assessment of all

the registered courses for the

semester without the approval of the

University

Is not eligible to be considered

NEWS UPDATES

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