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Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Malaysia

Two of USM's three graduation requirements for international doctoral candidates are not about your thesis: you must pass its Malaysian Culture and Malay Language course (LKM111) at grade C or better, and you must publish before you can graduate. There is also a Research Methodology course to pass in your first semester. On the visa, USM asks candidates to start the approval process AT LEAST THREE MONTHS before the registration date, and the student pass itself is only issued after you arrive in Malaysia and complete a medical examination there. Applications here also run through a partner rather than our own account, so a service fee may apply — we state the exact amount before you start, and USM's admissions portal is public if you would rather apply yourself.

Four questions now. An adviser goes through the rest with you — the documents, the deadlines and what the university will ask for — before anything is submitted anywhere.

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