Abstract

It is a general objective of an educational institution to facilitate the needs of the students. Considering research to be a critical component of postgraduate education, this qualitative inquiry sought to ascertain the benefits and difficulties associated with conducting research by postgraduate students. These elements have an effect on their contentment and motivation, which in turn has an effect on the success of the research program's efforts. Ten postgraduate students who had taken Thesis 1 and 2 courses at a private university in Northern Mindanao were chosen for the study via a purposive sample technique. Findings revealed that undertaking research enables researchers to grow personally and professionally. The majority of postgraduate students asserted that conducting research enabled them to discover new information and allowed them to solve problems. On the other hand, the students' challenges highlighted areas of the research process where student-researchers require further direction and assistance. Concerning the impacts of conducting research on an individual's physical, intellectual, social, and emotional well-being, the study discovered that research has a positive or negative effect on an individual's well-being, depending on how they deal with the experience. This study disclosed that research students must understand the value of effective time management and must learn to create and apply it when conducting research in order to work around time restrictions. Research programs may place a greater emphasis on guiding and aiding students with the formulation of research questions, the examination of literature, the collection and analysis of data, as these were perceived as difficult steps in the research process by student-researchers.