GENERAL
Admission
1. All applications for postgraduate study must go before the Board of Graduate Studies and Research, through the Faculty Sub-Committee.
2. (a) An applicant may be
- admitted without a Qualifying Examination
- required to pass a Qualifying Examination before being fully registered for post graduate studies, or
- refused admission.
(b) The nature of the Qualifying Examination shall be determined by the
Department to which the candidate required admission but shall be subject to the approval of the Faculty Sub-Committee on Graduate Studies.
(c) A candidate who fails a required Qualifying Examination will not normally be permitted to resit the examination.
3. All postgraduate students seeking a research degree are normally required to register first for the M.Phil degree.
4. Later transfer to the Ph.D. may be made if the student’s Supervisor and the depart-mental Graduate Supervision Committee recommend it, and if the recommendation is supported by the Faculty’s Sub-Committee on Graduate Studies and approved by the Board for Graduate Studies.
Part-Time Studies
5. Students may be registered for full-time or part-time studies. No student may be registered for full-time studies if he spends an average of nine or more hours a week in paid employment.
6. Regulations concerning the length of periods of study for the award of postgraduate degrees to part-time students are given in the relevant sections below. In every other respect, e.g. qualifications for admission, attendance at seminars, conditions of award of the degree etc., part-time students are subject to the same regulations as full-time students.
Supervision
7. Postgraduate students are required to consult with their supervisor(s) in person, at intervals to be specified by the Supervisor(s) but normally once a term. However, a candidate not resident in the same territory as his supervisor(s) may be permitted to report in writing, except that a candidate who does not already hold a degree from the University is required to reside in one of the territories for the first year of registration.
Thesis
8. Dissertation and theses presented for a postgraduate degree must be written
according to the stylistic conventions as set out in a separate leaflet.
Oral Examination
9. The oral examination of the candidate presenting a thesis will be chaired by the Chairman of the Faculty Sub-Committee for Graduate Studies, or nominee, who will also be responsible for seeing that a report on the examination is drawn up. The report shall be signed by all the Examiners present and by the Chairman of the Examination and forwarded to the Board for Graduate Studies.
Application Procedure
10. Candidates for admission to the M.Phil and Ph.D Degrees must submit their applications to the appropriate Campus Registry not later than January 31.
11. Subject to Faculty Regulations, the following are eligible to apply for registration
for the Ph.D:
(a) Holders of approved higher degrees;
(b) persons possessing such other qualifications and experience as Senate may approve;
(c) persons registered in Master’s degree programmes of the U.W.I. who have met
the requirements for upgrading of their registration, as stipulated by the Board
for Graduate Studies.
12. The direct admission of applicants to the Ph.D. must be approved by the Board for Graduate Studies.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE Ph.D. DEGREE
1. (a) A candidate may be required to attend courses during the period of registration. He/she may be required to write examinations. Such requirements must be approved by the Faculty Sub-Committee at the time of registration of the
student.
(b) Thesis (EDRS 7050)
A candidate registered for full-time studies will be required to present a thesis on an approved subject not less than 6 semesters, and not more than six calendar years after full registration.
(c) Part-time candidates will be required to present their thesis on an approved subject not less than 8 semesters, and not more than eight calendar years after
full registration.
2. Candidates must present a thesis of not more than 80,000 words excluding footnotes and appendices. The Board for Graduate Studies may in special circumstances give permission for its limit to be exceeded.
3. A thesis will not be deemed adequate unless:
(a) it is judged to be a new contribution to knowledge;
(b) it shows clear evidence of original research;
(c) it is worthy of publication.
4. A candidate for the Ph.D. will be required to take an oral examination on the thesis submitted. Wherever possible the External Examiner should be present at the oral examination. In his/her absence, his/her written report shall be made available to the examiners present.
5. A candidate, after consideration of the thesis by the Examiners and after oral examination may be:
1. recommended to the Senate for the award of the Degree;
2. required to re-submit the thesis within 18 months;
3. required to re-submit the thesis and repeat the oral examinaton on one
subsequent occasion within eighteen (18) months from the decision of the Board for Graduate Studies.
4. required to make corrections to the thesis within six (6) months from the
decision of the Board for Graduate Studies.
5. failed outright.
