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Master of Arts


  • OVERVIEW

    Master of Arts in Management at the School of Management, offers program in research areas as follows:

    • Management
    • Finance
    • Accounting

    These programmes are offered as full-time and part-time modes to qualified Malaysian and International Students to do independent research supervised by at least a their respective supervisor lecturers in the related fields.

    Research Thrust Areas:

    Organisational Behaviour

    • Strategic Management and Organisational Issues
    • Workplace Attitudes and Behaviour
    • Human Resource Management/Human Capital Development
    • Learning Organisations
    • Women in Management and Business
    • Entrepreneurship and Enterprising Culture
    • Ethics and Social Responsibility
    • Sustainable Leadership 

    Internationalisation

    • Internationalisation of Enterprises
    • International Entrepreneurship
    • Global Strategies and Competitiveness
    • Cross Cultural Management
    • Export Markets
    • Global Strategic Management
    • Strategies and Practices in MNCs
    • Expatriation and Repatriation

     Marketing

    • International Marketing
    • Strategic Marketing
    • Consumer Behaviour
    • Advertising and Marketing Communications
    • Retailing
    • Brand Management
    • Service Marketing
    • Environmental Marketing
    • Wellness Marketing
    • Technology Marketing
    • Experiential Marketing

     Operations and Production

    • Productivity and Quality
    • Technology Management
    • Management Sciences
    • Managing Information Resources
    • Operations Strategies
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Operations Management
    • Logistics Management

     Research Thrust Areas:

    Finance

    • Asset Pricing
    • Behavioural Finance
    • Corporate Finance
    • Derivative Market
    • Financial Market and Institutions
    • International Finance
    • Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
    • Islamic Finance
    • Merger and Acquisition
    • Applied Mathematic in Finance

    Research Thrust Areas:

    Accounting

    • Goods and Services Tax and Taxation Issues
    • Auditing
    • Management Accounting and Control
    • Financial Reporting
    • Accounting Information System
    • Management Accounting Practices
    • Behavioural Accounting Finance
    • Legal Environment of Business & Accounting
    • Market Based Accounting Research
    • Corporate Governance
    • Islamic Accounting
    • Public Sector Accounting
    • Accounting Education
    • Social and Environmental Accounting/Corporate Social Responsibility


    Expertise available in the following School:
    School of Management

  • ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

    Applicants should possess the following:

    A. Bachelor's degree in related area

    1. CGPA of at least 2.75 / 4.00; or

    2. CGPA between 2.50 - 2.74 with the following additional conditions: or

    a) Research experience for at least one year; or
    b) Work experience in related field for at least one year; or
    c) At least one (1) academic publication in the relevant field; or
    d) Grade B for major / elective courses; or
    e) Grade B+ for final year project

    3. CGPA between 2.00 - 2.49 (Bachelor's Degree with Honours) with the following additional conditions: or

    a) Research experience for at least five (5) years; or
    b) Work experience in related field for at least five (5) years; AND
    c) At least one (1) academic publication in the relevant field; or
    d) Grade B for major / elective courses; or
    e) Grade B+ for final year project

  • LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

    (Applicable for International Applicants Only)

    The minimum score for each programme can be vary from the below list, candidates are required to check for each programme requirements.

    • A minimum of Band 5 for IELTS; or
    • A minimum score of 40 for TOEFL (Internet-based); or
    • A minimum of Band 7.5 for TOEFL Essentials (Online); or
    • A minimum score of 154 for Cambridge English: Advance (CAE)/Proficiency (CPE) /Preliminary (PET) /First (FCE)/ Linguaskill Online min. score 154; or
    • A minimum score of 47 for Pearson Test of English (PTE); or
    • A minimum of Band 107 for CIEP Level (ELS); or
    • A minimum of Band 3.5 for Malaysian University English Test (MUET)

    Exemption is given to candidate if:

    • English is the candidate’s mother tongue or National Language; or
    • Candidate graduated from an Institution of Higher Learning in which the medium of instruction at Bachelor and/or Master degree level is English (statement of proof required)
  • DURATION

    • Full-time: Min 2 semesters / Max 6 semesters
    • Part-time: Min 4 semesters / Max 12 semesters
  • FEES

    Malaysian (MYR)
    Full Time Part Time
    • Registration Fee : 330.00
    • Tuition Fee (Semester) : 3,400.00
    • Thesis Evaluation Fee : 800.00
    • Convocation Fee : 200.00
    • Research Methodology : 320.00
    • Registration Fee : 330.00
    • Tuition Fee (Semester) : 2,865.00
    • Thesis Evaluation Fee: 800.00
    • Convocation Fee : 200.00
    • Research Methodology : 320.00

     

    International (USD)*
    Full Time Part Time
    • Registration Fee : 225.00
    • Personal Bond : 1,000.00
    • Tuition Fee (Semester) : 1,400.00
    • Thesis Evaluation Fee: 250.00
    • Convocation Fee : 50.00
    • Research Methodology : 80.00
    • Registration Fee : 225.00
    • Personal Bond : 1,000.00
    • Tuition Fee (Semester) : 1,190.00
    • Thesis Evaluation Fee : 250.00
    • Convocation Fee : 50.00
    • Research Methodology : 80.00
    *Not inclusive 6% Sales and Service Tax (SST) imposed by Government of Malaysia
    ** Fees are subject to change

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