The School of Distance Education at Universiti Sains Malaysia is a multi-disciplinary school offering postgraduate studies in the Sciences, Social Sciences, Management and Arts. We have over 80 academic staff with PhD qualifications from prestigious universities in various fields of expertise. Our academic staff hold competitive research grants and are keen to have local and international students join us in our research. We have students from Europe, Africa, South East Asia and the Middle East as well as Malaysia who are pursuing their Master’s and PhD degrees.

Geography

History

Literature

Management

Distance Education

Education

Educational Technology

TESL/ TESOL

Civilization Studies

Language

MA & PhD

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Mathematics

Environmental Science

Occupational Safety &

Health

Economics

Political Science

Anthropology/Sociology

Master: A Bachelor’s degree in a related field (minimum CGPA 2.75 or second class honours) from a recognized institution.

PhD : A Master’s degree in a related field (minimum CGPA 3.00) from a recognized institution.

In cases where the candidates do not meet the minimum CGPA requirements, research experience or journal publications may be used to support applications.

Applications are open throughout the year for postgraduate studies by research.

MasterFull time: Minimum 12 months (2 semesters); maximum 36 months (6 semesters)Part time: Minimum 24 months (4 semesters); maximum 72 months (12 semesters)

PhD Full time: Minimum 24 months (4 semesters); maximum 60 months (10 semesters)Part time: Minimum 36 months (6 semesters); maximum 90 months (15 semesters)

International StudentsArts Program: USD 1088Science Program: USD 1250

Malaysian StudentsArts Program: RM 2900Science Program: RM 3350

Other fees may apply. Fees subject to change.

Fees/ Semester

Dr. George Teoh Boon Sai Adult & Distance Educationgeorgeteoh@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zuraini Zakaria Distance Educationzuraini@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saw Kim Guan Physics in Distance Education, Interaction in virtual kgsaw@usm.my learning environment, Graduate employability

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Planning and Management of Distance Education, Hj. Mohamad Quality Assurance of DE Programs ahmadhaj@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faridah Ibrahim Modular Approach Teaching and Learning, Instructional Design and Technologyfaridah@usm.my

Prof. Dr. Hanafi Atan Open and Distance Education, Instructional Technology, ahanafi@usm.my e-Learning

Prof. Dr. Habibah Hj. Lateh Technology and Pedagogy in Distance Learning, habibah@usm.my Distance Education.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Issham Ismail Mobile Learning, Educational Technology,issham@usm.my Education Management, Distance Education

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khairiah Distance Education, Professional Development Salwa Hj. Mokhtar khairiah@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noresah Distance Education Hj. Mohd. Shariff noreshah@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Support System (Self-learning material) , Instructional Nazirah Ahmad Azli Design, ICT and e-Learning (e-Laboratory) nazirah@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lifelong Learning in National Development Mustafa Fadzil Farid Wajidi mfadzil@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noraida Distance Education Abd. Ghani noraida@usm.my

AreasDISTANCE EDUCATION

Dr. Nailul Murad Mohd. Nor Lifelong Learningnmnor@usm.my

Dr. Norziani Dahalan@Omar Distance Education, E-learning, E-mentoring norziani@usm.my

Dr. Puvaneswary a/p Murugaiah On-Line Learning, Distance Learningampuva@usm.my

Prof. Dr. Psychometrics, Measurement, Research MethodologyAbdul Rahman Othmanoarahman@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faridah Ibrahim Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency faridah Education, Physics Education@usm.my

Prof. Dr. Habibah Hj. Lateh habibah@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Biology Education, Environmental Education, Nazirah Ahmad Azli ICT in Biology Education nazirah @usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zuraini Zakaria Science Education zuraini @usm.my

Dr. A. Nagaletchimee a/p Online Community, Online Writing, ICT Tools Annamalainaga@usm.my

AreasEDUCATION

AreasDISTANCE EDUCATION

Geographical and Environmental Education, Geography Education (teaching methods/pedagogy), Online Learning.

Dr. A. Nagaletchimee a/p TESOL Collaboration, ICT Tools Annamalainaga@usm.my

Dr. Ku Boon Dar History of Southeast Asia, History of China, History of Vietnamkubd@usm.my

Dr. Azmah Abd. Manaf Malaysian History, History of Intellectual and Thought azmah@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noresah Mohd Shariff noreshah@usm.my

Geo-Spatial Modelling, Land use,Transportation, Travel Patterns and Behaviour, Geographic Information System (GIS)

Air Pollution & Hydrometeorology, Acid Rain, Resources, Tourism, Geography & Environment Studies

Dr. Shaik Abdullah Religious Education, Internalization of Islamic EducationHassan Mydin abdullah@usm.my

Dr. Puvaneswary a/p Murugaiah Teacher Professional Developmentampuva@usm.my

Dr. George Teoh Boon Sai Education Psychology (Emotional Intelligence)georgeteoh@usm.my

AreasGEOGRAPHY

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatimah Hassan Place Marketing, Rural Transformation, Urban and hfatimah@usm.my Regional Planning, Tourism Studies, Poverty Studies

Prof. Dr. Habibah Hj. Lateh habibah@usm.my

Dr. Izham Mohamad Yusoff 3D Geographic Information System, (3D GIS)

izham@usm.my Rainfall-Runoff Modelling, Cartography

AreasLITERATURE

Dr. Chow Sheat Fun Post-Colonial Literature, Trauma and Autobiographical sfchow@usm.my Writings, Feminism, Asian/Diasporic Women's Writings

Dr. Membunga @ Feminist Criticism, Comparative Literature Siti Meriam Yaacob membunga@usm.my

Dr. Nik Norliati Fitri Md Nor Population Geography, Demography Urban Geography

niktri@usm.my

AreasEDUCATION

Geomorphology, Hydrology, Climate change, Land Degradation.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Main Rindam, rmain@usm.my

AreasHISTORY & CIVILIZATION STUDIES

Madam Soijah Likin Social Anthropology, Migration, Cultural Studiessoijah@usm.my Ethnoarchaeology

AreasANTHROPOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY

Dr. Chua Hang Kuen Gender Studies, Sexuality, Identity, Cultural Studies and hkchua@usm.my Cultural Mapping

Dr. Bok Guat Im Identity, relationship, alienation, sociology of body guatim@usm.my

Dr. Siti Nor Awang Marriage, Kinship, Development and Change, Migrationsitinora@usm.my

Dr. Suresh Kumar N Vellymalay Family, School and Community Partnerships, suresh@usm.my Ethnicity, Minority Studies, Social Inequality

Dr. Zurina Mohd Radzi Migration, Gender Studies, Social Anthropology zurina_radzi@usm.my

AreasHISTORY & CIVILIZATION STUDIES

Dr. Low Choo Chin Comparative Citizenship, International Migration, lowc@usm.my Diaspora Studies

Dr. Sah Hadiyatan Ismail American Diplomatic History, sah.ismail@usm.my History of Modern Southeast Asia

Islamic thought in Nusantara, Political History in Malaysia and Indonesia, Comparative History

Medical Anthropology, Social Anthropology, Ethnography Studies, Urban Sociology, Culture and Heritage, Anthropology Tourism

Dr. Mohamad Muzammil Mohamad Noor muzammil@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatan Hamamah Yahaya hamamah@usm.my

Muslim History, Islamic Civilisation, Muslim SocietyDr. Shaik Abdullah Hassan Mydin abdullah@usm.my

Mr. Ahmad Dzulfahmi Muhamad dzulfahmi@usm.my

Dr. Khauthar Ismail khautharism@usm.my

History and Politics in Modern Western Asia, History of Intellectual and Political Movement, Malaysian History

Ethnicity (identity and inter-ethnic relationship), socio-history studies, socio-political studies, post-colonial studies, and youth development.

Malaysian History, Philippines HistoryDr. Norizan Kadir norizan.kadir@usm.my

Dr. Nailul Murad Mohd. Nor Agricultural Economics, Islamic Economicsnmnor@usm.my

Dr. Ku ‘Azam Tuan Lonik Public Economics, Public Finance, Macroeconomics kuadzam@usm.my Issues, International Finance, Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance, Tourism Economics

Money and Banking, Applied Econometrics, International Finance, Behavioral Economics, Macroeconomics

Dr. Radziah Adam International Economics (Technology transfer via FDI),radziah_adam@usm.my Applied Econometrics, Industrial Economics

Dr. See Kok Fong Production Economics, Energy Economics, kfsee@usm.my Industrial Economics

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yen Siew Hwa Macroeconomics, Health Economics, shyen@usm.my Behavioral Economics

Dr. Norhanishah Mohd Yunus Labour Economics, Development Economics, norhanishah@usm.my International Trade & FDI Spillovers

AreasPOLITICAL SCIENCE

Dr. Low Yong San Comparative Politics, Southeast Asian Politics, yslow@usm.my Politics of Ethnic Minorities

Dr. Wan Asna Wan Mohd. Nor Political Development, Malaysian Politics,wmnasna@usm.my Women and Politics, Policy Studies

Dr. Saiyid Radzuwan Syed Sopi Japanese Political Party, Japanese Culture and pbsaiyid@usm.my Language

Dr. Faridah Jaafar Malaysian and International Relations, Malaysian faridahjaafar@usm.my Foreign Policy , Comparative Study of Foreign Policy, Personality and Political Thought

Assoc. Prof. Public Administration, Public Policy, e-Government, Dr. Khairiah Salwa New Public Management, Political Marketing, Hj. Mokhtar

khairiah@usm.my Women and Politics, Qualitative Research

Prof. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Political Islam in Southeast Asia, Political Economy of Abd. Hamid Malaysia, Islamic Political Thought, Civilizational and

afauzi@usm.my Interfaith Studies

Assoc. Prof. Norraihan Zakaria International Relations, Human Rights, Traditional Dr. raihan@usm.my and Non-Traditional Security Studies

AreasECONOMICS

Dr. Fazelina Sahul Hamid fazelina@usm.my

Prof. Dr. Shukri Sulaiman Computational Solid State Physicsshukri@usm.my

Prof. Dr. Hanafi Atan Radiation physics ahanafi@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Fadzil Genetics, Molecular Biology, Entomology Farid Wajidi mfadzil@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazirah Botany, Coastal Vegetation, Ecology, Ahmad Azli Environmental Physiology nazirah@usm.my

Prof. Dr. Nik Norulaini Tissue Culture, Supercritical Fluid Technology Nik Ab.Rahman norulain@usm.my

Dr. Lim Lee Sim Zoology, Conservation Genetics, Bats in Malaysialeesim.lim@usm.my

Dr. Norsuhana Abd Hamid Ethnozoology, Wild Life Animal Nutrition,norsuhana@usm.my Wild Life Tourism

Dr. Mohammed Tasyrid Che Omar Recombinant Antibody. Molecular Biologytasyriq@usm.my

Dr. Anita Talib Eco-Informatics/Modelling, Ecology, Microbiology anita@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zuraini Zakaria Plant Growth and Development, Plant Physiology,zuraini@usm.my Medicinal Plants

AreasPHYSICS

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faridah Ibrahim Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiencyfaridah@usm.my Material Science

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saw Kim Guan kgsaw@usm.my

Transparent conducting oxides, ZnO-based sensors, CVD diamond

Dr. Chuah Lee Siang Solid State Physicschuahleesiang@usm.my

Dr. Nor Zakiah Yahaya Microwave Sensors, Numerical Modeling, Microwave norzakiah@usm.my Instrumentation and Dielectric Measurement

Nurul Sabihah Zakaria, Mdm. Medical Instrumentation (Imaging Techniques), nurulsabihah@usm.my Medical Physics

AreasBIOLOGY

Anis Tasnim Md Yusof, Mdm. Polymer, Electrochemistry, Nanomaterialanistasnim@usm.my

Dr. Tan Wen Nee tanwn@usm.my

Organic Chemistry, Natural Product Chemistry

Dr. Gunasunderi a/p Raju rgunasunderi@usm.my

Polymer Chemistry, Material Science, Bio-composites and Rubber Chemistry

AreasMATHEMATICS

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noraida Facility Location Modelling, Stochastic Modelling, Abd. Ghani Risk Assessment, Operations Research, Forecasting, noraida@usm.my Applied Statistics

Prof. Dr. Robust Computational Statistics, Abdul Rahman Othman Statistics in Bioinformatics oarahman@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lok Yian Yian Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Modelling in Fluid

lokyy@usm.my Mechanics and Heat Transfer

Dr. Hazrul Abdul Hamid Applied Statistics, Time Serieshazrul@usm.my

Dr. Siti Ainor Mohd Yatim Numerical Analysis, Computational Mathematics, ainor@usm.my Mathematical Sciences

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ismail Synthesis and Characterization of Inorganic and Mohamed Ibrahim Coordination Compounds, Computational Studies mi-mi@usm.my on Structural and Electronic Properties of Materials

Dr. Sumiyyah Sabar Environmental Chemistry, Wastewater Treatment, sumiyyah@usm.my and Biopolymer

Assoc. Prof. Atomic Spectroscopy, Hyphenated Techniques (ICP-Dr. Ahmad Hj. Mohamad OES, ICP-MS, GC-MS), Chromatography ahmadhaj@usm.my

Prof. Datuk Organometallic Chemistry, X-Ray Crystallography, Dr. Omar Shawkataly Homogeneous Catalysis omarsa@usm.my

AreasCHEMISTRY

Nurul Syafiqah Rezali, Mdm. Organic Synthesis: Nitrogen Heterocycles,nsyafiqah@usm.my Natural Product Chemistry

Dr. Muhammad Hasmi Leadership, Individual Performance, Abu Hassan Asaari Strategic Managementhasmi@usm.my

Organizational Behaviour (Organizational Commitment, Spirituality, Leadership Style and Positive Work Values), Human Resource Management

Dr. Meor Azli Ayub Marketing Communication, Consumer behaviour, azli@usm.my Social Marketing, Political marketing

Dr. Mohd Faiz Hilmi Innovation & Technology Managementfaiz@usm.my

Dr. Rafisah Mat Radzi Corporate Finance, Bond Market, Islamic Finance rafisah@usm.my

Dr. Norziani Dahalan@Omar Organizational Behavior, Learning Organization,norziani@usm.my Entrepreneurship, Rural Entrepreneur

Dr. Wan Afezah Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Wan Abdul Rahman Human Resources, Organizational Behavior afezah@usm.my

Dr. Zarina Md Nor Women Studies in Economics and Finance zarina.nor@usm.my

Dr. Che Supian Mohamad Nor Microcredit/Microfinance, Poverty Studies, supian@usm.my Psychological Contract

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Issham Ismail issham@usm.my

Finance, Investment, Performance Measurement,GLC, International Business, Corporate Governance, Behavioral Finance, Accounting

Dr. Foong Swee Sim Firm Ownership, Cost of Equityfoongss@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zulnaidi Yaacob Management Accounting, Quality Management,zulnaidi@usm.my SME Business Management

Dr. Siti Haslina Md Harizansitihaslina@usm.my

AreasMANAGEMENT

Dr. Nasina Mat Desa nasina@usm.my

Sustainable Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability in Distance Education

AreasENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khairiah Environmental Policy Salwa Hj. Mokhtar khairiah@usm.my

Prof. Dr. Nik Norulaini Environmental Management and Audit Nik Ab Rahman norulain@usm.my

Prof. Datuk Environmental Chemistry, Heavy Metal Pollution, Dr. Omar Shawkataly Water Chemistry omarsa@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazirah Plant Salt and Water Stress, Coastal Ecosystems, Ahmad Azli Environmental Physiology nazirah@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Main Rindam Environmental Studies rmain@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Geo-spatial Modelling Noresah Mohd Shariff noreshah@usm.my

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zuraini Zakaria Floral Heritage and Diversityzuraini@usm.my

Dr. Izham Mohamad Yusoff Environmental Sciencesizham@usm.my

Dr. George Teoh Boon Sai TESL, Educational Psychology, georgeteoh@usm.my Teaching English in Distance Education

Dr. Puvaneswary a/p Murugaiah English (TESOL)ampuva@usm.my

Dr. A. Nagaletchimee a/p TESOL, ICT Annamalainaga@usm.my

Dr. Sumiyyah Sabar Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Chemistrysumiyyahs@usm.my

Dr. Anita Talib Eco-Informatics/Modelling, Ecology, anita@usm.my Environmental Biology, Microbiology

AreasLANGUAGE

Prof. Dr. Habibah Hj. Lateh habibah@usm.my

Landslides, Disaster Management (Natural Disaster such as ood, etc.), Soil Erosion, Environmental studies.

Dr. Hazrul Abdul Hamid Air Pollutionhazrul@usm.my

Workplace Safety for Disabled People Dr. Mohamad Muzammil Mohamad Noor muzammil@usm.my

Dr. Tan Wen Nee tanwn@usm.my

Dr. Sumiyyah Sabar Chemical Safetysumiyyahs@usm.my

Prof. Datuk Laboratory and Chemical Safety, Occupational Safety & Dr. Omar Shawkataly Health Management, Fire Safety omarsa@usm.my

Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman Othman Occupational Safety Surveys aorahman@usm.my

Chemical Safety and Laboratory SafetyDr. Gunasunderi a/p Raju rgunasunderi@usm.my

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