Minor ยท Major ยท Re-Examination ยท Malaysia 2026

Viva Corrections Help in Malaysia โ€” Every Examiner Comment Answered, Located and Ready for Sign-Off

Viva corrections help is for the stretch after your viva voce, when the examiners' report lands and the clock on minor or major corrections starts. We work through every comment from each examiner, make the change in your thesis, and log it in the correction table your faculty asks for โ€” what changed, and the exact page where it now sits. This is a different job from pre-submission supervisor comment fixing: the reader now is an examiner checking whether each point was answered, not a penyelia still shaping the draft.

๐Ÿ“‹ Correction table filled ๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ Ready for SV sign-off ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ BM + EN pembetulan โฑ๏ธ Minor or major
๐Ÿ“ Get Your Free Correction Triage

Upload the examiners' report โ€” we reply with scope and a fixed price.

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Free
examiner report triage
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RM 640
minor round, table included
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BM + EN
pembetulan in either language
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Both
Master's and PhD
Proposal formats we work with
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Why Corrections Stall

Why Thesis Corrections After Viva Drag On

The viva itself went fine. The report afterwards is the hard part.

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Two Examiners, Two Directions

The external wants the framework cut back; the internal wants it expanded. Both comments sit in the same report and both need a reply. Quietly picking one reads as ignoring the other, so the table has to show the change made and why the second request was handled differently.

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Comments Without a Page Number

'Strengthen the discussion', with no section reference. Examiners write quickly around the viva, and many points arrive as a single line. Each one has to be pinned to a location in the thesis before anyone can show it was fixed โ€” otherwise the verifier has nothing to tick.

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Major Means Reanalysis

Major corrections often touch method or analysis, not wording. A request to rerun a test, justify the sample size or properly test a moderator means reopening SPSS or SmartPLS output months after you closed it, then rewriting Chapters 4 and 5 so they agree with the new numbers.

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The Window Is Short

The period allowed is set at the viva and starts running straight away, usually while you are back at full-time work. Minor corrections at some universities carry a one-month window. Losing the first two weeks to deciding where to start is common, and it is expensive.

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The Table Nobody Explained

Faculties want each correction listed against what was changed and where. Students often return a thesis with changes made but no record of them, or a table that says 'amended' forty times. Verifiers send those back, and the round starts again.

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Report in English, Thesis in BM

Examiners may comment in English on a thesis written in Bahasa Melayu, or mix both. The pembetulan has to be made in the thesis language while the table answers in terms the examiner will recognise, without the translation shifting what was asked.

Report sitting unopened in your inbox? Send it as it is โ€” we sort the comments by examiner and size before you lose another day.

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What Is Covered

What Our Examiner Corrections Service Covers

From the first read of the report to a thesis your verifier can check line by line.

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Comment-by-Comment Breakdown

We split the examiners' report into single numbered actions, grouped by examiner and chapter. Vague comments are matched to the passage they most likely target, and anything genuinely ambiguous is flagged for you to confirm with your supervisor before any work starts.

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Corrections Made in the Thesis

Changes go into your thesis file itself, with tracked changes so your supervisor can see exactly what moved. Wording fixes, added citations, rewritten sections, restructured chapters โ€” each tied back to its numbered comment in the report.

TrackedIn Your File
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Correction Report or Table

We complete the format your university uses: the required correction, what was done, and where it now sits by chapter and page. Where your faculty issues its own form, we fill that form rather than inventing a layout of our own.

Page RefsYour Form
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Reanalysis for Major Corrections

When an examiner asks for an extra test, a different treatment of outliers or a justified sample, we rerun the analysis on your data, update the tables and carry the change through findings and discussion so the chapters agree.

SPSSSmartPLS
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Conflicting Comments Handled

Where two examiners pull in opposite directions, we draft the change that meets the firmer requirement and a short, polite justification for the other โ€” wording your supervisor can forward to the committee if it is needed.

Both ExaminersJustified
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Citations Added and Checked

Requests for recent or stronger support are answered with real, peer-reviewed sources you can open. Each new reference is checked against the reference list and the citation style already in the thesis, APA 7th, Vancouver or otherwise.

Real SourcesStyle Matched
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Preliminaries Updated

Corrections ripple outwards. A new title from the viva, changed headings or added tables mean the abstract, abstrak, contents, lists of tables and page numbers all have to match the corrected text before it goes in.

AbstrakContents
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Re-Viva Preparation

If the verdict calls for re-examination, we prepare you for the second sitting: likely questions drawn from the first report, and short answers that point to the exact changes you made and why you made them.

Mock PanelQ&A

Not sure whether your corrections are minor or major in practice?The report usually tells us. Where corrections reach the core argument of a doctoral thesis, our PhD thesis help team works alongside the correction round.

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How It Works

Viva Corrections Help in Five Steps

Planned backwards from the deadline set at your viva.

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Send the Report
Upload the examiners' report, the thesis as examined and any correction form your faculty issued.
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Free Triage
We sort every comment by examiner and size, then reply with a fixed price and a dated plan.
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Corrections Made
Changes go into your thesis as tracked edits, each one tied to its numbered comment.
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Table Completed
The correction report lists every comment, the change made and its new chapter and page.
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You Review, Verifier Signs
You read it and ask questions, then take the table to your supervisor or examiner for sign-off.

Your corrections deadline was fixed at the viva.Tell us the date and we plan the work back from it.

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Inside the Paperwork

How Are Thesis Corrections After Viva Actually Checked?

What the forms ask for, who verifies, and what the verdicts mean โ€” taken from the universities' own documents.

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UM's Correction Report Form

Universiti Malaya's Dissertation/Thesis Correction Report asks you to list all corrections recommended by the Committee of Examiners, grouped under External Examiner 1, External Examiner 2, Internal Examiner and the Committee. Each row gives section, page and comment, then your change, with columns for supervisor and internal examiner confirmation.

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UTM's Three-Column Checklist

UTM's School of Graduate Studies asks for a checklist of the required corrections, the amendments made, and where each amendment sits in the corrected thesis. Your supervisor signs it, and the corrected and original theses go to SPS โ€” not straight to the examiners.

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Minor Versus Major, in Time

In UTM's guidelines for examiners, minor corrections โ€” typographic or factual errors โ€” are validated by the supervisor within one month. Amendments to methodology, analysis, discussion or structure are validated by the examiners, within three months for a Master's and six for a PhD.

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Who Signs Off Matters

Minor corrections usually go back through your supervisor; larger amendments go to the examiners who raised them. On UM's form, internal examiner confirmation applies where the Committee of Examiners requires it. Knowing who verifies changes how much reasoning each line of the table needs.

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Resubmission Is a Different Verdict

UTM lists a separate outcome where the degree is not yet awarded but a revised thesis may be resubmitted after further work โ€” once only, within six months for a Master's and twelve for a PhD. UM's form lists re-examination as its own recommendation, apart from major corrections.

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The Title Can Change at Viva

UTM's guideline says the corrected thesis must carry the title decided at the viva, as reported by the chairperson. A new title changes the cover, declarations, abstract and abstrak, which is why the preliminaries belong inside the correction round, not after it.

Is your university's form laid out differently?Send it with the report โ€” we fill the layout your faculty gave you.

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By Verdict

Examiner Corrections by Verdict: Minor, Major or Re-Examination

The label on the report sets the verifier, the window and the depth of the work.

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Report Just Arrived

You have the examiners' report and a date, but have not started. We triage it free: every comment numbered, sized and assigned to a chapter, plus a straight read of whether the work matches the verdict's label. Plenty of 'minor' reports hide one item that needs real analysis.

TriageFree
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Minor Corrections

Typographic and factual fixes, missing citations, clarified definitions, reformatted tables and a tidied reference list. Mostly wording and consistency, but the table has to be exact because a supervisor ticks it line by line. Usually the quickest round to close.

MinorFrom RM 640
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Major Corrections

Method justified or changed, analysis rerun, findings rewritten, chapters restructured. Examiners rather than only your supervisor check this work, so the table carries reasoning, not just 'amended'. Priced after triage, because scope varies most at this level.

MajorFrom RM 1,180
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Resubmission or Re-Examination

The thesis goes back for a second assessment. That usually means new data handling, a rebuilt literature base or a reframed contribution, then another sitting. We scope it chapter by chapter and prepare you for the re-viva with a mock panel.

Re-ExamFrom RM 1,900

Master's Corrections That Reach the Design

When examiner comments go back to the research design itself โ€” the sampling, the instrument, the framework โ€” the fix is bigger than a table. Our Master's thesis help writers see the whole dissertation, so a change in Chapter 3 is carried through every chapter that depends on it.

Formatting After the Content Settles

Added pages shift every number in the contents, lists of figures and appendices. Once the corrections are agreed we run a final pass to your faculty's manual through our thesis formatting service, so the corrected copy is not returned for margins or pagination.

Verdict unclear from the wording?We read the report with you and say what we think it requires.

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Before You Send

What to Send for Viva Corrections Help

The report alone is enough for triage. The rest speeds up the work.

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Every Examiner's Report
All reports from each examiner and the committee, plus any handwritten notes scanned from the copy you took into the viva room.
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Thesis as Examined
The exact version the examiners read, ideally in Word, so the page numbers in their comments still line up with your file.
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Your Viva Notes
Anything you wrote down during the viva. The chairperson's spoken summary of corrections often adds detail that the written report leaves out.
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Faculty Correction Form
The correction report template your faculty or institute issued, so we complete that exact layout instead of building a new one from scratch.
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Deadline From the Viva
The submission date for corrections as given at or after your viva, so the plan works backwards from a real date rather than a guess.
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Data and Output Files
For major corrections, your SPSS, SmartPLS or NVivo files and raw data, so any reanalysis uses your real numbers and nothing else.
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Your Supervisor's Reading
Any email or note from your supervisor on how they read the comments. It tells us how the person verifying the table will judge it.

Missing some of these?Send what you have now and add the rest as you find it.

Start With the Report โ†’
Free
examiner report triage
RM 640
minor round starting price
3 Columns
correction, change, location
Who You Work With

Who Handles Your Corrections? Postgraduate Writers Who Have Read Examiner Reports

Matched by field, method and thesis language.

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Dr. Ganesh Rajendran
Science, Engineering & Mixed Mode
โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…4.8ยท 470+ postgraduate writers

๐ŸŽ“Doctorate in applied science, external examiner

๐Ÿ•Examines dissertations and theses across faculties

Our Writers
  • โœ“Document type settled from the registered mode
  • โœ“Mixed-mode candidatures, where confusion is commonest
  • โœ“Method and results chapters at doctoral level
  • โœ“Viva rehearsal with an examiner's questions

"Mixed mode catches people out. They count their taught modules and assume the document must be lighter too."

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Dr. Zulaikha Mansor Rahim
Thesis by Publications & Journal Work
โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…4.9ยท 480+ postgraduate writers

๐ŸŽ“Doctorate in engineering management, journal reviewer

๐Ÿ•Has examined publication-format doctorates

Our Writers
  • โœ“Format chosen from an actual publication record
  • โœ“Article chapters framed against the objectives
  • โœ“A final chapter that makes one contribution, not three
  • โœ“Papers under review counted realistically

"Three good papers do not make a thesis by themselves. Chapter 6 is where they stop being three separate studies."

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Dr. Devan Muniandy
Engineering, Computing & Conventional Format
โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…4.8ยท 440+ postgraduate writers

๐ŸŽ“Doctorate in mechanical engineering, external examiner

๐Ÿ•Sits on engineering examination boards

Our Writers
  • โœ“Six-chapter conventional structures built properly
  • โœ“Results kept separate from discussion
  • โœ“Method chapters written to be repeatable
  • โœ“Viva rehearsed with examination-board questions

"A conventional thesis has six chapters with six jobs. Merging two of them is the fastest way to lose a chapter's worth of marks."

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The Difference

Why Candidates Use Us for Corrections After Viva

A correction round is judged by whoever signs it. We write for that person.

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Written for the Verifier

The table is drafted for the person who signs it. A supervisor checking minor corrections wants page numbers and nothing extra; an examiner checking major ones wants to see the reasoning. We write to whichever verifier your verdict names.

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Nothing Marked Done Without Proof

Every line in the table points to a chapter and page where the change can be seen. If a comment was answered by explanation rather than an edit, the table says so plainly and gives the reason, instead of hiding it.

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Reanalysis by People Who Run Stats

Major corrections that touch the analysis go to writers who work in SPSS, SmartPLS or NVivo every week, not to an editor guessing at numbers. Tables, text and appendices are updated together so nothing contradicts.

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Bahasa Melayu Theses Handled

Pembetulan tesis selepas viva in Bahasa Melayu is done by BM-fluent writers, with the table in whichever language your faculty expects. Istilah stays consistent with the rest of the thesis, so the corrected sections do not read as foreign.

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You Can Still Defend It

Every change comes with a short note on why it was made, so you can answer your supervisor, an examiner or a re-viva panel in your own words rather than reading from a script.

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No Contact With Examiners

We never contact your supervisor, examiners or faculty. Everything goes through you, and the submission to SPS or IPS stays yours to make, on your timeline.

Real Outcome

Case Study: Major Corrections on a Master's Thesis Written in BM

CandidateR.A.
LevelMaster's (research mode)
AreaOccupational safety, survey with a moderator
Caught AtPost-viva, major corrections
โœ“ Table verified, submitted in time
๐Ÿ”ด The Problem

R.A. passed the viva for a Master's thesis written in Bahasa Melayu on whether social support moderated the link between workload and safety performance among rail workers. The verdict was major corrections, with comments in English from two examiners. The external examiner questioned how the moderation had been tested and wanted the interaction effect shown properly, not inferred from separate correlations. The internal examiner wanted the literature review tightened and recent Malaysian studies added. Several comments had no page reference at all. R.A. was back in a full-time job, had not opened the SPSS file since submission, and had spent the first weeks of the correction window rereading the report without starting. The faculty's form asked for each comment, the change made and its location.

๐Ÿ”ต What We Did

We split the report into numbered actions by examiner and chapter, and flagged the ambiguous ones for R.A. to confirm with the supervisor. The moderation was rerun as a proper interaction test on R.A.'s own data, and the new table and interpretation were carried through Bab 4 and Bab 5. Recent Malaysian sources were added to Bab 2, each one checked. The form was completed in English against the BM thesis, every row pointing to a chapter and page.

๐ŸŸข The Result

R.A. took the table to the supervisor, who passed it to the examiners for verification. The corrected thesis went to the graduate school inside the window set at the viva, and R.A. could explain each change in their own words at the follow-up meeting.

Major corrections on top of a full-time job?Send the report โ€” we will tell you how many weeks it realistically needs.

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Sample Work

Viva Correction Rounds We Have Handled

Case 01 ยท PhD
Citations and Arguments Strengthened Across Three Chapters
Health sciences ยท Vancouver ยท minor corrections
Arrived With

A PhD candidate whose examiners asked for stronger support in the introduction, literature review and discussion, with several comments simply reading 'needs citation' beside claims.

What Was Done

Each flagged claim was matched to a current peer-reviewed source or softened where no evidence existed, and the discussion was rewritten to compare findings against those sources directly.

Why It Worked

Every 'needs citation' line ended with a real reference and a page.

Case 02 ยท Master's
Examiners Disagreed on the Framework
Business ยท SmartPLS ยท major corrections
Arrived With

A Master's candidate whose external examiner wanted two constructs dropped while the internal asked for them to be better justified โ€” both requests in the same report.

What Was Done

Kept the constructs with fuller theoretical grounding, added a short sensitivity check, and drafted a reasoned reply to the external's point for the supervisor to forward.

Why It Worked

Both examiners saw their comment taken seriously, with reasons on record.

Case 03 ยท Master's
New Title, New Preliminaries
Education ยท BM thesis ยท minor corrections
Arrived With

A candidate whose viva panel changed the thesis title and asked for the abstrak to reflect the narrower scope, plus formatting fixes throughout the thesis.

What Was Done

Updated the title on every preliminary page, rewrote the abstract and abstrak to match, regenerated contents and lists, and fixed pagination after the added pages.

Why It Worked

The corrected copy carried the viva-approved title on every page.

See your situation in one of these?Tell us which is closest and send the report.

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Student Reviews

Real Reviews From Malaysian Postgraduates After Their Viva

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"Secondary data study, no respondents at all. They built a variable construction table with every formula and source, which is exactly what my examiner checked."

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Wai C. MBA Finance ยท KL
โœ“ Variable Table Delivered
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"The thematic map was what convinced my examiner the themes came out of the data. She said it was the first one she had seen that semester."

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Lai P. PhD Communication ยท KL
โœ“ Thematic Map Accepted
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"Tables came formatted properly instead of SPSS screenshots. My examiner said the findings chapter was the cleanest one she read that intake."

CW
Chan W. MSc Accounting ยท Melaka
โœ“ APA Tables Delivered
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"I had used CASP on four randomised trials. RoB 2 was the right tool and my examiner would have known that immediately."

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Farhan N. MSc Public Health ยท Johor
โœ“ Right Tool Per Design
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"Every appendix came from a real log โ€” search hits, dates, exclusions, appraisal scores. My examiner asked for two of them at the viva."

DT
Daniel T. PhD Education ยท Melaka
โœ“ Appendices From Logs
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"After my viva I made the corrections and refreshed the contents page myself in thirty seconds. That was the whole point."

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Thanesh A. PhD Education ยท Penang
โœ“ Maintained It Myself
Pricing

Viva Corrections Help Pricing โ€” Minor Round From RM 640

Fixed after free triage. The price follows the verdict and the size of the report, not how close the deadline sounds.

ServiceScopeStarting FromTypical Turnaround
Report triage Every comment numbered, sized and mapped to chapters Free Same Day
Correction table only You made the edits; we write and reference the table RM 280 1โ€“2 Days
Examiner disagreement reply Change plus reasoned response where examiners conflict RM 390 2โ€“3 Days
Minor corrections round All minor comments fixed in the thesis, table completed RM 640 1โ€“3 Weeks
Re-viva preparation Mock panel built from your first examiners' report RM 790 3โ€“5 Days
Major corrections round Reanalysis, rewritten chapters, reasoned table RM 1,180 2โ€“6 Weeks
Resubmission Revised thesis for re-examination, scoped by chapter RM 1,900 Quoted

These are starting prices, fixed after triage; a major round that needs fresh data collection is quoted on its own. The minor round sits in line with the post-viva rates on our Universiti Malaya thesis page and UTM thesis page. We do not promise that examiners will accept the corrections โ€” the verifier decides โ€” but every comment will be answered and located, and an AI detector or Turnitin report is not something we can control.

โœ“ Free triage before you pay โœ“ Tracked changes in your own file โœ“ Correction table with page references โœ“ Real, checkable citations โœ“ BM or English โœ“ Fixes if the verifier queries a line
FAQ

Viva Corrections Help Questions: What Candidates Ask

Triage of the examiners' report is free. A correction table for edits you have already made is RM 280, a reasoned reply where examiners disagree is RM 390, and a full minor corrections round with the table starts at RM 640. Re-viva preparation is RM 790, a major corrections round starts at RM 1,180, and resubmission for re-examination starts at RM 1,900. The fixed price comes after triage.

Yes. Send the examiners' report and the thesis as examined. We number every comment, make the changes in your file with tracked edits, and complete the correction report or table your faculty uses. If any comment needs reanalysis of your data, we tell you at triage so the timeline and price reflect it from the start.

Wording differs by university, so read your own report first. In UTM's guidelines for examiners, minor corrections are typographic or factual errors validated by the supervisor, while larger amendments to methodology, analysis, discussion or structure are validated by the examiners. In practice, major usually means some chapters are rewritten or results rerun, not just polished.

The period is set at your viva and stated in the report, so check that first. As one example, UTM's guidelines for examiners give one month for minor corrections, and three months for a Master's or six for a PhD where examiners validate amendments. UTM also states the degree is not awarded if corrections miss the set period.

Do not quietly pick one. We draft the change that meets the firmer requirement and a short, respectful justification for how the other comment was handled, so both appear answered in the table. Your supervisor should see that reasoning before it goes to the examiners, and can raise it with the committee if needed.

Yes, and this is one of the most common requests in a correction round. Each flagged claim is matched to a real, recent peer-reviewed source you can open, or the claim is softened where the evidence is not there. New references are added in the thesis's existing style, whether APA 7th, Vancouver or Gaya UKM.

Ya. BM theses are corrected by BM-fluent writers, using the istilah already established in your chapters. When examiners comment in English on a BM thesis, the changes are made in BM and the correction table is written in the language your faculty expects, so nothing is lost between the two.

Yes. Universiti Malaya's form groups comments by External Examiner 1, External Examiner 2, Internal Examiner and the Committee, with section, page and comment for each, then your correction and space for supervisor and internal examiner confirmation. We complete it row by row from the report. Other universities' forms are handled the same way.

No. We work only with you. You review the corrections and the table, take them to your supervisor or the verifying examiner, and make the submission to SPS or IPS yourself. If a verifier queries a line, send us the query and we revise that line.

Yes. Send the report, your partly corrected thesis and whatever table you have started. We check what is done against each comment, finish the remainder, and rebuild the table so every row has a location. If something you changed does not quite answer the comment, we point it out rather than leave it.

Yes. We build a mock panel from the first examiners' report: the questions they are likely to return to, and short answers that point to what changed in the revised thesis. Preparation is RM 790. If the revised thesis itself needs work first, that is scoped as a resubmission.

No. SV comment fixing is for feedback from your supervisor before the thesis is submitted for examination. Viva corrections happen after examination, are judged by the examiners or a verifier, and need a formal correction table. If your comments are still from your penyelia before submission, use the supervisor comment service instead.

Corrections can raise similarity when new text borrows heavily from sources. We write added material in our own words with proper citations, and we can check a Turnitin report you share. We do not promise a particular percentage, and AI detectors can misfire on human writing, so we will not claim any score is guaranteed.

Question not answered here?Send your report and ask โ€” triage costs nothing.

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๐Ÿšจ Deadline Close

Correction Window Closing and Nothing Started?

Send the examiners' report today. We triage it the same day, tell you which comments to tackle first, and give a dated plan that fits the time left โ€” including what to discuss with your supervisor if the window looks too short.