MASTER'S PROGRAMMES STRUCTURE

UNITEN offers postgraduate programmes in engineering, information technology and business. The main purpose of the postgraduate programmes is to pursuit of research and development activities in the areas which have high potential. The programmes are available by research, by coursework and research, and by coursework and project. The types of UNITEN  postgraduate programmes are categorize in three type of mode of study which is Structure A, Structure B and Structure C.

Structure A is by research method which candidates conduct research under academic supervisors and prepare a thesis to fulfill graduation requirement. The type of programmes offered in this structure are Master of Electrical Engineering, Master of Mechanical Engineering, Master of Civil Engineering, Master of Information Technology and Master of Industrial Science. The duration of the whole programmes are divided into Full-Time which minimum one years and maximum three years and for Part-Time are minimum two years and maximum four years.

Structure B is by coursework and research. The distribution between the coursework and dissertation is 50% whereby candidates have to register and pass a certain number of taught courses as part of the graduation requirements. Besides that, candidates required to complete a research project under academic supervisors and prepare a dissertation for the remaining part of the graduation requirement. Programmes that offered under Structure B are Master of Electrical Engineering, Master of Mechanical Engineering and Master of Information Technology. The duration for Structure B are minimum one an half years and maximum three years for Full-Time and minimum two an half years and maximum four years for Part-Time.

Structure C is by coursework plus a project paper. Candidates will have to register and pass a certain number of taught courses as part of the graduation requirements and completing a project and a project report for the graduation requirements. Structure C mostly depend on coursework component which exceeds 80%. The duration of Structure C are the same Structure B for Full-Time which minimum are one an half years and maximum three years and for Part-Time minimum are two an half years and maximum four years.