Fully-Funded PhD Scholarship in Integrative Sciences and Engineering in NUS

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Nonprofit organization

The National University of Singapore

Area

Asia-Pacific

Host Country

Singapore

Deadline

15 Dec 2019

Study level

Undergraduate

Specialities

Engineering , Information technology and computer science , Medicine

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

Algeria , Comoros , Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , Mauritania , Oman , Qatar , Somalia , Syria , United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Djibouti , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Morocco , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Tunisia , Yemen

Eligible Region

All Regions

The National University of Singapore NUS is offering NGS Scholarship for talented students with an aptitude for innovative, high caliber PhD, research, in the field of Integrative Sciences and Engineering.

Eligibility Criteria:

All students, domestic and international
Graduates with a passion for cross-disciplinary research in science, engineering, computing, and related aspects of medicine.
Graduates with at least 2nd Upper Honors, or equivalent qualifications.
Graduate Record Examinations Gre is compulsory for all applicants, and NUS and NTU Masters students and graduates. And note it cannot be substituted by GATE.
Gre is only waived for NUS, NTU and SUTD Bachelor degree holders and final-year undergraduates.
TOEFL / IELTS (either can be used) is only compulsory for applicants whose native tongue or medium of undergraduate instruction is not in English.

Conditions:

Students are not eligible for the President's Graduate Fellowship (PGF).
The award is renewable, subject to the satisfactory academic performance of CAP ≥ 3.8 at the end of every semester.
Applicants doing a Masters program at the point of application before matriculating in NGS for PhD at NGS must have officially completed the Master's program and must have been conferred the Master's degree
Applicants who have submitted their Master's thesis only, but who have not officially graduated from the Master's program, and have not been conferred the Master's degree must, therefore, defer their admission (from matriculation to registration) into NGS, until the Master's degree has been officially awarded.
Applicants required to serve any bond after graduation from existing (be it Bachelor / Master’s) program, and who intend to commence their NGS’ PhD immediately after official graduation and/or serving any bond at the point of application to NGS’ PhD should declare such information in the Questionnaire section of the application form.

Funding:

Monthly stipend, up to 4 years of the PhD studies, OR up to date of graduation, whichever is earlier, of:
- S$3,500 for Singapore Citizens, plus Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions at a rate pegged to the prevailing employer's contribution rate set by CPF.
- S$3,200 for Singapore Permanent Residents.
- S$3,000 for International students.
Full tuition fee subsidy for 4 years.
Other allowances include:
- computer allowance.
- book allowance.
- conference allowance.
A student must commit to PhD from the outset, cannot exit with MSc.

About NUS:

The National University of Singapore is a world-leading comprehensive research university, offering a global approach to its education and research programs with a focus on Asian contexts. The university offers a wide range of disciplines from sciences to music in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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