The River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre (REDAC) offers a graduate programme encompassing several areas pertaining to River Management at the Doctor of Philosophy levels. These areas are River Management, Urban Drainage Management, Hydro informatics and Environmental Hydraulics Management. This programme is open to all students of USM or other universities, local or international, who are qualified to pursue their graduate studies through research mode.
Research Thrust Areas:
River Management
River Morphology
Sediment Transport
Stream Conservation and Restoration
Flood Plain Management
Stream Bank Control Using Bio-engineering
Riparian Vegetation Management
Biological Impacts of River Canalisation
River Modelling
Integrated River Basin Management
Urban Drainage Management
Runoff Quality Control (Constructed Detention/Retention)
Source Control Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Treatment Control BMPs (Gross Pollutant Trap, Constructed Ponds & Wetlands)
Subsoil Drainage
Storm Water Modelling
Stochastic Modelling
To be confirmed
Engineering Campus
Transkrian,
NIBONG TEBAL,
Penang,
14300, Malaysia
Applicants should possess one of the following:
A Master's degree in research mode; or
A Master’s degree in related area with CGPA 3.00/4; or
A Master’s degree in related area with CGPA 2.50-2.99/4 with additional requirements; or
Bachelor’s degree in related area with minimum CGPA 3.67/4 (fast-track to PhD)
A minimum score of 35 in Internet-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language); or
A minimum of Band 5 in IELTS (International English Language Testing System); or
A minimum score of 154 in Cambridge English Advance (CAE); or
A minimum score of 154 in Cambridge Proficiency Advance (CPE); or
A minimum score of 36 in Pearson Test of English (PTE); or
A minimum of Band 2 in MUET (Malaysian University English Test)
