Graduation Requirements

The graduation requirements for a postgraduate student depend on the curriculum of his programme and these may also include any of the following requirements:
i.	Fulfilment of Language Admission Requirements
ii.	Attaining a minimum of 3.00 CGPA for the courses;
iii.	Fulfilment of the minimum credit hours;
iv.	Pass the practical training, practicum, fieldwork, etc.;
v.	Pass the comprehensive examination;
vi.	Pass the thesis, dissertation, research paper, etc.; and
vii.	All Ph.D. and Master students are required to meet the standard criteria of publication at all Centres of Studies, based on the Publication Equivalence (PE) as follows:

Master’s Degree by Mixed Mode	Master’s Clinical Specialist Training (MQF Level 7)	Master’s Degree by Research	Doctoral/ Ph.D. Clinical Specialist Training (MQF Level 8)	Ph.D. by Mixed Mode/ Industrial	Ph.D. by Research
Not applicable	Minimum PE 0.3	Minimum PE 0.6	Minimum PE 0.7	Minimum PE 1	Minimum PE is 2 (At least 1 PE from indexed journal)

2. In addition to the flexibility for the type of publication mentioned above, a new matric for publication type and PE is proposed as follows:

Type of Publications	PE Value
Indexed Journal	1
Non-indexed Journal	0.7
Indexed Conference Proceeding	0.6
Poster, non-indexed conference proceedings or any publication recognised by the Centre of Studies	0.3

3. Notwithstanding Rule 37.1, the graduation requirements may vary from one Centre of Studies to another and are subject to change if deemed necessary.

4. Changes in the graduation requirements of a programme shall be recommended by the Board of the Centre of Studies and endorsed by the Senate Graduation Committee Meeting.

Source: Postgraduate Regulations (Revised 2022)