What is a VIVA PRESENTATION?
-An oral exam in which you defend your thesis either Master or PhD.
-It’s a focused discussion giving you the opportunity to present your Master/PhD thesis and and then defend it in front of a panel of academic experts.
-After the thesis is defended, it’s discussed by a small panel. Among those present are the examining professors, but there may also be research assistants, members of the relevant department or even fellow students. Usually VIVA session is a closed session that conducted within a small group of academicians (examiners, PhD/Master candidate, chair, assistant chair, technical team etc.) but for some countries example in majority universities in Japan, VIVA session is an opened session that involve anyone that interested to join as listeners.
-The purpose of this defense is to show examiners how knowledgeable you are on your research topic, that you have internalized what you have learned and know how to apply it. In effect, it shows that you are well prepared to enter into academic discussion.
