Study of Directorial Role and Relationship of Supervisor and Student from Graduate Student's Perspectives

The overall goal of the present research was to study the graduate students’ views regarding the role of supervisor and students in the process of writing up the dissertation، extent of understanding and satisfaction level about supervision relationship with supervisor، and effective factors affecting the choice of supervisor. A quantitative research approach and a descriptive survey method are used. The research populations were all the graduate students at University of Kurdistan and sample of the study was 200 students. A stratified random sampling proportional to size is used. In this study، three normalized questionnaires are applied. Results showed that professor’s interaction style their and their social behavior with students have the highest ranks for selecting a supervisor. Results also indicated that most students are demanding a structural guidance style from their supervisors. Also، most students report a high satisfaction level about skills، personality and experience of their teachers. But، they believe that professors tend to have less structural style and therefore، call for a greater involvement of them in completing the thesis. Furthermore، significant differences in opinions were observed between the student’s opinions concerning the relationship of regulatory supervisor and factors involved in choosing supervisors considering the type of schools and their gender. Holding workshops for professors and students and providing a clear description is suggested.