What is overseas education?

Overseas education is leaving your home country and going abroad to pursue further education. Through overseas education, you can avail of long-term degree courses as well as short-term certificate courses to learn a language or upskill yourself.

How to get a scholarship to study abroad?

If you are aiming to study abroad, identify your career goals, look for relevant courses and universities abroad, know the tuition fees and other expenditures, prepare well for the entrance exams, apply to shortlisted universities, accept the offer letter from the desired university, apply for a student visa and get ready to jet off!

The best way to study abroad for free is to avail of full-funded scholarships or university grants. The fully-funded scholarships are typically awarded to students who excel in academics or extracurricular activities and cover their tuition fees, travel expenses, accommodation, and other living expenses.

How to study abroad for free?

To get an education loan for studying abroad, you need to have the admission offer letter from the university and fulfill the eligibility criteria for securing the loan. In order to get an education loan at the best rate of interest, seek guidance from a reputed study-abroad consultant.

How to get an education loan for studying abroad?

Choose to study abroad to leverage better learning opportunities, see the world, meet new people, boost your resume, develop a broader perspective, become culturally competent, and avail yourself of lucrative job opportunities globally.

How to go abroad for studies?

The best way to go abroad for studies is to get in touch with reputed study-abroad consultants. They can help you explore courses aligned with your academic interests, guide you in preparing for entrance exams, help you with university and student visa applications, and even provide post-arrival assistance.

Doctor of Philosophy In Medical Science

Overview

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Medical Science is a research-based programme in which students become actively engaged in bidirectional translational medicine. The programme focuses on studies that either bring current issues from patients and medical care to laboratory settings, or take scientific discoveries made in the laboratory or clinic and transforms them into new treatments and approaches to improve health and medical care in the community.

Along with supervisory guidance, students identify a research question or topic within the scope of medical science and work independently on a research project. Students are required to complete one taught module, Clinical Research Methodology, which is designed to prepare students for their competency in project planning and management, and also to ensure they become ethically literate and socially responsible. To graduate, students must produce a thesis based on their original research and subsequently pass the thesis examination and viva voce.

Programme Structure

Clinical Research Methodology

An advanced study the management of a research project. The first part discusses the design of a scientific project in health and medical settings, including research questions, hypothesis, method selection, problem solving, and data collection and analysis. The second part consists of ethical theory and ethical issues related to clinical research especially the application of ethics for utilizing human specimens. The third part of this subject focuses on the statistical analysis and its methods.

Thesis

Production of thesis is based on students’ original research throughout the PhD candidature. Students must submit a PhD thesis and obtain a pass grade in the thesis examination in order to be awarded a PhD degree.

Areas of Research

The School has a dedicated team of Supervisors with expertise in areas of research including (but not limited to):

Aging and Geriatrics

Cardiovascular Research

Communicable Diseases

Eco-health

Genomics and Precision Medicine

Neuroscience

Non-communicable Diseases

Oncology

Pharmacy

Public Health and Organisational Health

Entry Requirements

A Master’s degree in medical science or related fields accepted by the University Senate
Other qualifications that are equivalent to a Master’s degree or professional qualification related to the field of Medical Science and experience recognised by the University Senate.
A Bachelor’s degree with the following conditions:
- A bachelor’s degree in medical science or related fields with CGPA 3.67 or higher or its equivalent from an academic programme or a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme may direct progression to PhD programme and approval by the University Senate; OR
- A relevant bachelor’s degree with CGPA 3.00 may convert their candidacy to the PhD programme after one year of studying at Master level and approval by the University Senate.

English Language Requirements

Any of the following:

IELTS 6.0
TOEFL 550 (paper-based), 213 (computer-based), 80 (internet-based)

For International/Malaysian Applicants

English is the medium of instruction of previous degree for candidates from universities in non-English speaking countries outside Malaysia.

Application Procedure

Applicants will be required to submit the following documents:

Sunway Postgraduate Application Form
Research Statement – The statement should briefly describe the research question(s) that the applicant has discussed with his/her future MSc/PhD supervisor.
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Scholarship Application Form (if any)
One (1) Passport-sized photographs (Passport size photos must be in white background and the measurement must be 3.5cm x 5.0 cm)
Reference Letters

In addition, the following true copies of documents must be certified:

Copy of Passport (all pages including blank pages – for international students) / Identity Card (NRIC) – for Malaysian students)
English Language qualification (IELTS/TOEFL/Others) – for International Students
Academic qualifications/results (certificates and complete transcripts) (Degree/Master Degree/Others)

All documents are to be sent to the contact/s stated below.

Research Proposal

The research proposal should comprise between 1,000 and 1,500 words (excluding references), and covers the following structure:

An appropriate title for the research project (designated supervisor if known)
Introduction and justification of the study, which includes
- Research background
- Problem statement
- Research objective(s)
- Research question(s)/hypothesis
Literature review
Research methodology
Proposed research schedule
List of references