Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Creative Multimedia

Highlights about course

Program Level

PhD

Duration

5 Years

Tuition Fees

RM 3,750

Intake

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Faculty of Creative Multimedia (FCM) focuses on research areas covering topics in Design & Creativity, Animation & Visual Effects, Advertising Design, Virtual Reality, Video, Film Production & Cinematography, Interface Design & Product Design, Media Arts, Multimedia Learning & E-learning, Interaction Design, Sound and Music, Visual Communications & Graphic Design, and Media, Culture & Humanities. FCM is also interested to venture into other areas for the improvement of knowledge and skills in the field of creative multimedia. More details are available here: http://creative.mmu.edu.my/research-areas/

Fields of Research

    • Advertising Design
      Education Technology
      Film, Animation and Visual Effects
      Interface and Product Design
      Media Art Technology
      Multimedia Programming
      Multimedia Knowledge Management
      Photography
      Sound and Music
      Virtual Reality
      Visual Communication

Entry Requirements

    1. A Master’s degree (Level 7, MQF) in the field or related field of Creative Multimedia Technology as accepted by MMU Senate, and passing rigorous internal assessment; OR
    2. A Master’s degree (Level 7, MQF) in non-related fields as accepted by MMU Senate, and passing rigorous internal assessment; OR
    3. A Bachelor’s degree (Level 6, MQF) in the field or related field of Creative Multimedia Technology with minimum CGPA of 3.67 or equivalent as accepted by MMU Senate, and passing rigorous internal assessment
    4. Other qualifications equivalent to a Master’s degree (Level 7, MQF) recognised by the Malaysian Government, and passing rigorous internal assessment.

Direct Entry

A Bachelor’s degree (Level 6, MQF) in the field or related field of Creative Multimedia Technology with minimum CGPA of 3.67 or equivalent as accepted by MMU Senate, subject to rigorous internal assessment

Note

Rigorous internal assessment includes a presentation interview (online / virtual / conventional) and submission of student’s research proposal

English Entry Requirement:
• Minimum IELTS overall band score of 6.0 or its equivalent*
• *The equivalency table is as below:

 

English Competency CEFR High
B1
CEFR Low
B2
CEFR Mid
B2
CEFR High
B2
MUET Band 3 Band 3 Band 4 Band 4
IELTS 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5
TOEFL iBT 42 46 60 79
Pearson Test of English 47 51 59 63
Cambridge English Qualifications and Test 154 160 169 176
Linguaskill 154 160 169 176

• In addition to the above, any other qualification which is of equivalent level as determined by the Senate of the University.

• The English language requirement is waived for the candidates who are natives of and/or have completed their Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees from countries that use English as the medium of instruction as well as the first language.

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