MPhil/PhD in Occupational Safety and Health

Admission criteria

Candidates seeking admission to the first year of the PhD in Occupational Safety and Health must hold a Master’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Health or a related field. Those applying for MPhil should have a Bachelor of Science Degree or any related field with experience in conducting independent research. Additional admission requirements are outlined in the GPRH or the advertisement for postgraduate programs at MUBAS.

Programme structure

PhD is awarded to scholars who have carried out supervised original research work that has been judged to have significantly contributed to the body of knowledge in Occupational Safety and Health. The PhD student needs a thesis to be presented in a logical and scholarly manner and must convince their examiners that they have fully grasped all the concepts of Occupational Safety and Health within which the subject of their thesis falls. The candidate will develop the qualities and abilities to make informed judgments on intricate issues in Occupational Safety and Health and innovation in solving respective problems. This is a full research-based degree programme. All students are registered for PhD programme in the first year, and assigned first and second supervisors. The exact division of responsibility between the two supervisors is stipulated in the Postgraduate Handbook. In the first year, the student will take some modules including Research Methodology for self-academic enrichment that could help him/her in proposal development and the research stages. The thesis contributes 360 credits for the award of a PhD in Occupational Safety and Health. The research project stages are presented in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Research project stages

Preparation for the dissertation

The students are compelled to learn Research Methodology in the first year in preparations for their research work. The concepts learnt in Research Methodology culminate into a research proposal which is supposed to be defended prior to data collection. Refer to the guidelines in Postgraduate Handbook for details of thesis preparations.

Programme exits

On successful completion of the programme, students will be awarded a PhD in Occupational Safety and Health. A candidate has to accumulate a total of 360 credits. If the candidate has not completed the studies satisfactorily, due to various reasons, the candidate may be awarded an MPhil in Occupational Safety and Health upon satisfying conditions of the award.