I'm in my final semester for Engineering Management.



In a nutshell for me at least, it's like degree course, classes plus research/projects.
Of course difficulty level increased la

This I have to disagree.
For me, no distinction between level of difficulties as it depends on your topic, supervisor attitude, & uni requirements.

I'm doing coursework, my supervisor was an Iranian. Damn painful to work with because he wants it to done HIS way.

So, after 1 year of trying to make it work, I changed topic & supervisor (after appeal because he objected to Dean).
Now happily doing my thesis with new supervisor who's very supportive and expected to publish next month.


I'm in Uniten Bangi, my classes all after working hours which is why I took it, I hate weekend classes


I took full time, 2 years.
Research can start anytime, up to you, if you think you can finish in 1 semester, then good la, but my colleagues who did that all zombie 

Hi Riena,

Care to tell us your engineering field? You don't go straightaway into the research. You are likely to receive training on how to think like a Scientist and set the Research Goals & Objectives with your academic advisor. Before you carry out your first experiment in the lab, you would be well advised to spend some time in the library and subscribed databases doing a thorough literature search of your research topic. The following courses are commonly provided to graduate students at the beginning of the program.

(1) Research Design and Methodology - How to design experiments or study how things work

(2) A Scientific Approach to Writing for Engineers - How to write and publish research papers

(3) Statistical Methods & Data Analysis - condensing a large number of observations into a summary set of statistics

(4) Computational Modeling & Simulation - conducting experiments on the model of a large-scale or complex system

(5) Engineering Mathematics - refreshing Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Numerical Methods, Optimization

(6) Mechanics of <engineering field of research> - the science of things in your field of research

Hi Riena,

Care to tell us your engineering field? You don't go straightaway into the research. You are likely to receive training on how to think like a Scientist and set the Research Goals & Objectives with your academic advisor. Before you carry out your first experiment in the lab, you would be well advised to spend some time in the library and subscribed databases doing a thorough literature search of your research topic. The following courses are commonly provided to graduate students at the beginning of the program.

(1) Research Design and Methodology - How to design experiments or study how things work

(2) A Scientific Approach to Writing for Engineers - How to write and publish research papers

(3) Statistical Methods & Data Analysis - condensing a large number of observations into a summary set of statistics

(4) Computational Modeling & Simulation - conducting experiments on the model of a large-scale or complex system

(5) Engineering Mathematics - refreshing Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Numerical Methods, Optimization

(6) Mechanics of <engineering field of research> - the science of things in your field of research