Business and Economics

The MPhil degree involves the independent investigation of a research problem that has been formulated by you as the student. It is expected that the research you undertake will make a contribution to the discipline in which you are enrolled by applying, critiquing, analysing or interpreting that knowledge in ways that facilitate pathways for further learning.

The principal component of the MPhil is a thesis of up to 35,000 words, embodying the results of a research project. Candidates are supported by a minimum of two supervisors throughout their candidature. Together with supervisors, each candidate is responsible for developing the research program to be followed and should be designed to take no more than two years of full-time equivalent candidature.

The Master of Philosophy also includes a coursework component, with the exception of School of Business, Malaysia, where the course is 100% research. Depending on your focus, you will be assigned to one of the following disciplines:

• Accounting
• Business Law and Taxation
• Econometrics and Business Statistics
• Economics, Management
• Marketing
• Centre for Health Economics

Students may transfer to the Doctor of Philosophy, after successful completion of confirmation, and provided that satisfactory progress has been made and certain conditions are met. Malaysia Business School students who want to transfer from the MPhil to PhD must undertake relevant coursework of particular discipline area as enabling coursework and achieve a mark of 70 per cent or higher. Only the following PhD programs are available at the Malaysia Business School:

• Accounting
• Management
• Marketing
• Specialist Streams in Economics

Visit the Faculty of Business and Economics postgraduate website.