MPhil / PhD routes

PhD students are registered for a minimum of two years and produce a thesis of up to 100,000 words. Progress is assessed annually and failure to pass the annual review will result in termination of the degree, or down-grading to an MPhil.

Students may also pursue an MPhil, resulting in a 60,000 word thesis. The MPhil is usually completed in two years.

Research training

The School also offers research training seminars and students also have access to training programmes offered by the graduate school. The University also has an early-career researchers’ network which provides peer-support for students.

Exceptional candidates working in areas of research deemed priority areas for the school may also be eligible to partial fee waiver scholarships at the discretion of the Programme Director.

Current areas of research

We encourage applications in any topic related to English. Our current research topics include:

• 19th-century British and American literature
• creative writing
• discourse analysis
• fairy tale
• gender studies
• gothic
• grammer
• identity
• language in the classroom
• Malaysia literature
• new literatures in english
• stylistics
• world englishes

A masters degree in relevant subject (normally with an average over 65% in the taught modules and normally 65% in the dissertation, or its equivalent) or substantial relevant work experience.

February and September