
About Us
UCSI University’s Office of Postgraduate Studies (OPS) is entrusted with the responsibility of coordinating, promoting and managing all activities pertaining to postgraduate learning. The office supports the postgraduate community in every level for students to pursue academic excellence. The unparalleled experience provided to our postgraduate students includes allowing them the opportunity to work with leading academics and professionals in the industries. If this is your calling, we want you here.

Scholarships Available.Offered to qualified candidates enrolled in any of the Master’s degree or Doctorate programmes at UCSI University.
Postgraduate Supervisors
- Applied Sciences
- Architecture And Built Environment
- Business and Management
- Computer Science and Digital Innovation
- Creative Arts and Design
- Engineering
- Hospitality & Tourism Management
- Medicine & Health Sciences
- Music
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Social Sciences & Liberal Arts
Applied Sciences

Professor Dr. Phang Siew Moi, FASc
Research Expertise:
Algae and Seaweeds Biotechnology, Algae for Renewable Energy, Algae in Bioremediation

Associate Professor Dr. Lionel In Lian Aun
Research Expertise:
Cancer vaccines, Antibody engineering, Immunotoxins, Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy

Associate Professor Dr. Crystale Lim Siew Ying
Research Expertise:
Antibiotic resistance and biological responses, Gene expression profiling

Associate Professor Dr. Nyam Kar Lin

Associate Professor Dr. Yim Hip Seng
Research Expertise:
Recovery and Functionality of Natural Products, Functional Food Developments

Associate Professor Dr. Grrace Ng Hui Suan
Research Expertise:
Fermentation Technology, Biofuel and Biorefinery, Bioseparation Technology
Architecture And Built Environment

Professor Dr. Mohd. Tajuddin Bin Mohd. Rasdi
Research Expertise:
Islamic architecture, Malaysian architecture, Mosque architecture, Housing and community

Assistant Professor Ar. Chia Lin Lin
Research Expertise:
Environmental Waste, Demolition Waste: Reference to Masonry, Timber and Metal Elements

Assistant Professor Teoh Chee Keong

Dr. Ng Keng Khoon
Research Expertise:
Architecture design, Urban studies in Asia/Southeast Asia, The politics of urban transformation

Dr. Taki Eddine Seghier
Research Expertise:
Building Information Modelling (BIM), Sustainable Architecture, Passive Buildings
Business and Management

Professor Ts. Dr. Ooi Keng Boon
Research Expertise:
Information Systems, Industrial Management, Quality Management, Mobile Technology

Professor Dr. Ong Seng Huat
Research Expertise:
Discrete distribution theory and mixture modelling, Simulation and Computation

Associate Professor Dr. Ganeshsree A/P Selvachandran
Research Expertise:
Fuzzy mathematics and fuzzy computing, Artificial intelligence, Evolutionary computing

Associate Professor Dr. Pek Chuen Khee

Associate Professor Dr. Garry Tan Wei Han
Research Expertise:
Mobile Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Learning, Mobile Payment, Mobile Broadband

Associate Professor Dr. Abdullah Al Mamun
Computer Science and Digital Innovation

Professor Dr. Kurunathan A/L Ratnavelu
Research Expertise:
Complex & Social Network Analysis, Optimal Theory, Theoretical Atomic Collision Processes

Professor Dr. Raveendran A/L Paramesran
Research Expertise:
Image and Video Analysis and Applications, Machine Learning based Applications

Associate Professor Dr. Abdul Samad Bin Shibghatullah
Research Expertise:
Modelling and simulation, Schedulling, Optimization, Artificial intelligence

Assistant Professor Dr. Chloe Thong Chee Ling
Research Expertise:
Information system in education, IT orgranizational transformation, M-commerce

Assistant Professor Dr. Shayla Islam
Research Expertise:
Network Mobility Management, Neural network, Heterogeneous Wireless Network

Dr. Abdurrahman Bin Jalil
Research Expertise:
Mobile learning application, Java Android Application, Amazon Web Services
Creative Arts and Design

Assistant Professor Dr. Khairul Azril Bin Ismail
Research Expertise:
Visual Culture, Prison Studies, Photography Historical Processes, Early photography culture in Asia

Assistant Professor Dennis Wong Chee De
Research Expertise:
Model Design & Sculpture, Applied knowledge in ancient and traditional Bow-making

Assistant Professor Shahfida Abd Manap
Research Expertise:
Retail Design and visual construction, Contemporary Visual Design, Multimedia & Practise

Assistant Professor Nur Mashita Binti Kamalun Ariffin

Alan Ong Tee Chuan
Research Expertise:
Gamification Theory, Participatory Action Research for Multimedia Application
Engineering

Professor Dato' Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohd Rizon Bin Mohamed Juhari
Research Expertise:
Signal & Image Processing, Artificial Life and Robotics, Intelligent Systems

Professor Ir. Dr. Barkawi Bin Sahari
Research Expertise:
Stress Analysis, Crashworthiness and Injury Analysis, Automotive Body Structure

Assistant Professor Ir. Dr. Mahmud Iwan Solihin
Research Expertise:
Artificial Intelligence-Machine learning, Robotic and automation, Control engineering

Assistant Professor Dr. Elango Natarajan
Research Expertise:
Soft Robotics, Spine Analysis, Optimization of Machining Parameters, Reinforced Composite

Assistant Professor Ts. Dr. Lim Wei Hong
Research Expertise:
Computational Intelligence, Energy Manageent Optimization, Digital Image Processing
Hospitality & Tourism Management

Associate Professor Dr. Hiram Ting

Assistant Professor Dr. Leong Quee Ling

Assistant Professor Hanafi Bin Hamzah
Research Expertise:
Tourism Planning and Development, Hospitality Management and Sustainability

Assistant Professor Mohamad Fadzly Bin Che Omar

Assistant Professor Dr. Mark Edmund Kasa
Research Expertise:
Human Resource and Rooms Division, Hospitality Management, Hospitality Education

Assistant Professor Christopher Wan Sageng
Research Expertise:
Gastronomy Tourism, Hospitality Education, Lifelong Learning, Heritage Tourism
Medicine & Health Sciences

Academician Senior Professor Dato' Dr Khalid Yusoff, FASc

Professor Dr. Hoh Boon Peng
Research Expertise:
Population Genetics, Genetics of complex diseases, Archaic human genome analysis

Associate Professor Dr. Cheah Shiau Chuen
Research Expertise:
Cancer Biology, Angiogenesis, Drug screening & Bioassays, Tumour Microenvironment

Associate Professor Dr. Farahnaz Amini

Assistant Professor Dr. Eugenie Tan Sin Sing
Research Expertise:
Ecopharmacology, Environmental factors for Health, Emerging pollutants in Environment

Assistant Professor Dr. Tan Chung Keat
Music

Professor Dr. P’ng Tean Hwa
Research Expertise:
Piano Performance, Chamber Music, Performance Practice, Piano Literature

Assistant Professor Dr. Jeremy Leong
Research Expertise:
Western/German Influences in Music Education of China, Music and Migration

Assistant Professor Dr. Joyce Wang Chiao Su
Research Expertise:
Music Education K-12 instrumental/general music, Piano Pedagogy, Chamber Music

Assistant Professor Dr. Cheong Yew Choong
Research Expertise:
Piano Performance, Performance practice, Historical musicology, Piano literature

Assistant Professor Dr. Christine Tan Yunn Bing
Pharmaceutical Sciences

Associate Professor Dr. Mogana Sundari A/P Rajagopal
Research Expertise:
Antimicrobial natural products research to address antibiotic resistance (AMR)

Associate Professor Dr. Palanirajan Vijayaraj Kumar
Research Expertise:
Pharmaceutical Technology, Nanotechnology, Protein and Polypeptide Deliver

Associate Professor Dr. Gabriel Akyirem Akowuah

Assistant Professor Dr. Ashok Kumar Janakiraman
Research Expertise:
Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Self-microemulsion drug delivery, Transdermal patches

Assistant Professor Dr. Chew Yik Ling
Research Expertise:
Bioactivity of tropical plants specifically on anticancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory

Assistant Professor Dr. Ashok Kumar Balaraman
Social Sciences & Liberal Arts

Assistant Professor Dr. Ravindran Latha
Research Expertise:
ESL Policy and Implementation, Teacher Professional Development, English Language Teaching

Assistant Professor Dr. Vimala A/P Govindasamy
Research Expertise:
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Corporate Communications, Public Relations

Assistant Professor Dr. Ghayth Kamel Shaker Al-Shaibani
Research Expertise:
Critical Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Media Studies, Anthropological Linguistics

Assistant Professor Dr. Mansour Amini
Research Expertise:
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), Translation and Interpretation

Assistant Professor Dr. Mohtaram Rabbani
Research Expertise:
Parenting, Child development, Mental Health, Child abuse, Personality, Stress

Dr. Tan Yen Teng
What Makes Us Unique?

Over 30 Years of Track Record
It has a three decade-long history of shaping the lives of thousands through education.

A Leader in Higher Education
It’s currently ranked in the top 400 among the world’s universities and the only Malaysian private university to emerge as the best private university in the country for two years in a row, namely in 2019 and 2020.

A Leader in Graduate Employability
It's ranked as one of Malaysia's best for producing top quality graduates.

7 Fellows
of Academy of Sciences Malaysia are at UCSI University.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (PDRF)
The appointment of Post-Doctoral Research Fellows (PDRF) provides faculties and institutes the opportunity to enhance R&D activities for the purpose of increasing research output. We invite both, domestic and international applicants, to this fraternity to drive the growth of research at UCSI University. PDRFs are fundamentally the contributors to the research environment at the University and their chosen field. In doing so, they raise the profile of themselves and UCSI University. They work under the supervision of a faculty member and may assist with the supervision of graduate students.
This fellowship is directed to candidates who have recently received their PhD (must be within 5 years of being awarded a PhD) to support the development of a research project at any of the faculties and institutes.
Awards & Recognitions

QS World University Rankings 2021
Rank 391 - Top 1.3% of all universities in the world
QS World University Rankings By Subject 2020
Faculty of Business and Information Science is one of the world’s top 400 schools in the world
Third time best for performing arts
Institute of Music (IMus) emerged as one of top 100 schools for performing arts in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020
2021 QS Top 50 under 50
Rank 51-60: Made it to top 60 universities under 50 years old.
RCE Kuching
Acknowledged as a Regional Centre of Expertise Kuching (RCE Kuching) by United Nations University (2018).Postgraduate Student Resources
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Contact Us
Office of Postgraduate Studies (OPS),
10th Floor, Block G, UCSI University, No. 1, Jalan Menara Gading, UCSI Heights (Taman Connaught) 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Telephone
(+603) 9101 8880
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