Latest Ph.D

Congratulations to Dr. Muhammad Nizam Awang for conferment of Doctor of Philosophy (Law) from Brunel University, United Kingdom.

Alhamdulillah!

Congratulations to Dr Che Zuhaida Saari from FSU  for obtaining Ph.D recently.

Heartiest congratulations to Che Zuhaida Saari from the Faculty of Syariah and Law, USIM who successfully defended her Ph.D thesis on national space legislation at  Leiden University, the Netherlands on 21st October 2014. With this success, Dr. Che Zuhaida has made her mark as the first Malaysian to obtain a doctorate in space law from the International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL), the Leiden Law School. In accordance with the prestigious Leiden Law School doctorate requirements, Dr. Che Zuhaida published her thesis entitled ‘National Space Legislation: Future Perspectives for Malaysian Space Law’ and defended her thesis in an open presentation attended by professors, students and the public. Among those attended were Professor Dr. Stephan Hobe, Director of Institute of Air and Space Law, Cologne University, Germany, Assistant Professor Dr Tanja Mason-Zwaan, President of the International Institute of Space Law, Paris and Prof. Dr. Pablo Mendes de Leon, Director of International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University. Dr. Che Zuhaida was supervised by Prof. Dr. P.P.C Haanappel, Emeritus Professor of Air and Space Law at Leiden University.

Leiden University is the oldest university in the Netherlands and has produced many great thinkers and renowned world leaders. The Law School itself is one of the most respected and prestigious institutions worldwide. Dr. Che Zuhaida’s success endued her with the right to sign her name on the wall of the so-called ‘Sweat Room’, a Leiden academic tradition, along with the signatures of Sir Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and Her Royal Highness Beatrix van Oranje-Nassau, Queen of the Netherlands.

Her Ph.D thesis is a huge contribution for the Malaysian space development as it analyses the legal frameworks of selected national space legislations, namely United Kingdom, Australia and United States of America and proposes a draft of Malaysian Outer Space Act with a number of significant clauses. 

Her courage, endeavour and achievement should be highly lauded for setting a precedent for Malaysians to undertake challenges in academia.