STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF THE SUPERVISORY PROCESS: A CASE STUDY AT A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN MALAYSIA

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present undergraduate students’ perception of the Final Year Project’s supervisory process. A survey was carried out to elicit the students’ views to gain an insight into their experience of the supervision process. The sample consisted of 100 students in a private university in Malaysia. The participants’ responses were analyzed according to the research questions and recurring themes. It was found that the supervisor’s area of expertise, timely feedback, duration of the research project and the number of meetings with supervisors were the only factors affected according to gender of students. The findings resulted in a number of implications which can be extended further in future research to add to the literature in this area.