“…Recent years have seen a drive for excellence and efficiency, the strengthening of expertise and the emergence of research regarding postgraduate training in Malaysia. Prior literature has studied the following: the supervisor-supervisee experience (Krauss and Ismail, 2010;Sidhu et al, 2013;Sidhu et al, 2014); postgraduate students' attitudes on technology (Kian- Sam and Cheng Lee, 2008;Abdul Rahman et al, 2011;Abedalaziz et al, 2013); postgraduate students' learning experiences (Kaur and Sidhu, 2009;Memon et al, 2014); learning strategies (Majid et al, 2010;Shaari et al, 2011); students' adjustment and quality of life while studying in a foreign environment (Mohd Yusoff and Chelliah, 2010;al Horany and Hassan, 2011;Vakili et al, 2012;Desa et al, 2012;Mustaffa and Ilias, 2013;Sam et al, 2013;Abdullah and Sulaiman, 2014); research knowledge and skills (Huwari and Abd Aziz, 2011;Mohd Meerah et al, 2012;Singh, 2013;Salehuddin, 2016;Jeyaraj, 2018); the doctoral journey (Amran and Ibrahim, 2012); factors attracting international students and recruitment strategies (Awang et al, 2012;Singh et al, 2014;Md Isa et al, 2016); and managing time and stress (Md Yusof and Azman, 2013).…”