ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

Applications are to be made on the prescribed forms, which may be obtained from the Admissions Unit, Admissions and Records Division (A&R). The general requirements for admission into the program are as follows:

Applicants who are unable to present the required scores in TOEFL or IELTS are allowed to sti for IIUM-administered English Proficiency Test (EPT). A minimum score of 6.0 is required to be considered for admission.

DURATION

Students may enroll on a full-time or part-time basis.

The duration of studies for both full-time and part-time students is as follows :

Students need to apply for an extension if they require additional time beyond the normal duration of their studies. No student would be allowed to exceed the maximum duration of studies.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

The Ph.D in Economics program comprises of 12 credit hours of coursework, 24 credit hours of dissertation and a qualifying comprehensive examination. Students must pass the qualifying comprehensive examination before they can proceed to the dissertation stage.

Coursework
Students are required to take the following core courses:

Apart from these required courses, students may need to register for pre-requisite courses depending on their qualification. The pre-requisite courses for the Ph.D program are:

QUALIFYING COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION

Students must pass a qualifying comprehensive examination. Before sitting for the qualifying examination, students must successfully complete all course work relevant to the exam. The examination consists of a three-hour written examination and an oral examination. The qualifying examination is scheduled and administered by the Kulliyyah Postgraduate Committee. Question for the examination cover both the course work undertaken by the candidate as well as general knowledge related to Islamic economics and macroeconomic and microeconomic theories. A student who failed the qualifying examination may appeal to reist for the examination at a later date. Failure to pass the examination in the second attempt will cause the student to be dismissed from the program.

PH.D DISSERTATION
Dissertation Supervisory Committee

Once a student is notified that he/she has passed the qualifying comprehensive examination, he/she needs to submit his/her research area together with the proposed supervisors for the dissertation. The Kulliyyah Postgraduate Committee will then initiate the appointment of the student's Dissertation Supervisory Committee. This committee will consist of a minimum of two faculty members. In some cases, an external supervisor may be appointed for the student. Once the committee is set up, the student is required to submit the dissertation proposal within one semester. Successful defense of the proposal constitutes a pass for the student's field examination.

Dissertation Proposal Defense

The Kulliyyah Postgraduate Committee will schedule a dissertation proposal defense after a candidate has submitted a formal proposal approved by his/her Dissertation Supervisory Committee. The candidate's Dissertation Supervisory Committee Chairperson is responsible for requesting the scheduling of the defence. A copy of the proposal should accompany the request.

The Postgraduate Committee will set the time and place of the defense, after consultation with the Dissertation Supervisory Committee. The defense is then announced two weeks in advance to the Kulliyyah faculty members and postgraduate students. It is compulsory for all postgraduate students to attend all defenses. All faculty members are encouraged to take an active part in the proposal defense.

Once the proposal has been approved, the candidate can proceed to dissertation writing and must register for the remaining dissertation hours until the dissertation is formally defended. The dissertation must incorporate suggestions made by the faculty during the proposal defense. The dissertation is not considered complete until it has been approved by the candidate's Dissertation Supervisory Committee and accepted by the Kulliyyah Postgraduate Committee. Manuals describing acceptable styles are available from the Kulliyyah office or the Center of Postgraduate Studies.

Dissertation Defense

With recommendation from the candidate's Dissertation Supervisory Committee, the candidate must complete and submit the "Intention to Submit Dissertation" form three months before submission of the final draft. Upon receiving the form, the Kulliyyah Postgraduate Committee will initiate the process of appointing examiners for the candidate.

When the candidate's Committee agrees that the dissertation is ready for defense, the candidates has to submit five copies of the dissertation to the Kulliyah Postgraduate Committee, which will then be forwarded to the Center of Postgraduate Studies. The Center of Postgraduate Studies will the send the dissertation to examiners for evaluation. Once feedback from the examiners is received, which is normally within two months, the Center will arrange the defense for the dissertation. The result of the defense will be announced by the Center of Postgraduate Studies.