Panji Hidayat MazhishamAbdul Rahim ZumrahAbdullah Shahir Arifin Ahmad FadzilAmin Al Haadi SyafieKamaluddin Nurdin Marjuni2024-05-282024-05-2820152289-9855https://www.jesoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/EDU-15.pdfhttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/7023BACKGROUND: The title of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is the third tier in the academic education. It is also becoming vital and crucial especially in the academician perspective. OBJECTIVE: This paper attempts to highlight and proposed a doctoral training needs assessment model for PhD Candidate in the Malaysian context. METHODS: Qualitative face to face in-depth interviews were conducted among the Doctoral Candidate (n = 19) at the Malaysian Public Universities, by focusing on those who pursue their study in the field of Science and Technology. A framework analysis was conducted by using ATLAS.ti software version 7. RESULTS: The researchers identified 10 major themes related to the training needs fundamental model for a PhD candidate; the training of (1) research methodology, (2) motivation, (3) financial, (4) religious knowledge, (5) health, (6) supervision, (7) sharing experience, (8) foreign language courses, (9) writing and publishing journal, and (10) spouse training. The implication of this study showed that all of those training model above are higly suggested by them especially before their are pursuing doctorate study. CONCLUSIONS: A proposed specific training needs assessment by the PhD candidate can be managed, practiced and implemented in consistently for developing a PhD holder to become well prepared and enable to finish ‘on-time’ in their study. Therefore, several recommendation also has been discussed in this research.en-USPhD candidate, Doctoral training, Public UniversitiesArticle11212