IIUM TRACER STUDY 2016

The main aim of IIUM Tracer Study 2016 is to complement the study conducted by the Ministry of Higher Education (or IIUM Tracer Study 2016: First Degree and Post Graduates). It aims to study the perception of IIUM graduates 2016 towards graduates towards advantages and disadvantages of Studying at IIUM. Besides that, it also includes the IIUM graduates’ suggestions for Departments, Kulliyyah, Mahallah, and University level. Based on the suggestion, it highlighted several issues that need to be improved at all management in IIUM. The IIUM TS 2016 also present graduates’ suggestion to improve the quality of teaching and learning. The suggestions include for quality improvement of programmes pursued, increasing relevance of programmes to industrial needs, and producing competent and more employable graduates. This Tracer Study report maintains particular methodological procedures in obtaining the information about the graduates (Class of 2016). Below are some elaborations about the procedures. A total of 4493 graduates responded to this study that comprised both of first degree graduates and postgraduates. Their responses were received within one month prior to their convocation. The IIUM Tracer Study questionnaire was made up of two sections assessing various dimensions. Section A contains open ended questions, measuring graduates’ views on the advantages and disadvantages while studying at IIUM. Likewise, Section B allows graduates to write their suggestions to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the institution. Both section A and B uses combined questions of dichotomies and adopts open-ended questions.