Background: The research and thesis writing are critical components of postgraduate
studies. Possible challenges affect the student's completion and attrition rate. In advocating
for improved postgraduate experience, many postgraduate students adopted effective
strategies in overcoming challenges encountered to be able to obtain their intended
postgraduate degree certificate Aim: to investigate challenges faced by postgraduate
nursing
students, developing strategies for overcoming these challenges and assess face and
content
validity of the developed strategies. Design: A methodological study design was
used at
faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. Sample: consisted of two categories,
namely
postgraduate nursing students (236 master and doctorate postgraduate students at their last
semester of studies) and Juries.Tools:1) A Self- administered questionnaire for students 2)
Opinionnaire sheet for Juries. Results: a majority of the postgraduate nursing students view
a number of factors really challenging them during their postgraduate studies, as 88.6 % of
students found time pressure for studying and working together followed by 81.4 found
library and internet facilities are the highest challenging .Conclusion: the student-related
challenges consider the most challenging for students in comparison with the institution and
supervisor – related challenges, Among the student-related challenges, the financial ones are
the most challenging, whereas the academic ones were the highest among the institution –
related challenges Recommendations: The developed strategies should be presented to and
discussed with postgraduate students in the study setting for the purpose of improvement and
for ensuring their acceptability.