National University of Singapore PhD Scholarship for International Students 2020 - 2021

Published: 03 Sep 2019

 

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National University of Singapore PhD Scholarship

Application Deadline	December 15, 2019
Funding Type	Partially Funded
Country to study	Singapore
School to study	National University of Singapore
Type	Ph.D
Sponsor	National University of Singapore
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of National University of Singapore PhD Scholarship

1. Monthly stipend, up to 4 years of the PhD studies, OR up to date of graduation, whichever is earlier, of
   1. 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
   2. S$3,200 for Singapore Permanent Residents
   3. S$3,000 for International students
2. Full tuition fee subsidy for 4 years.
3. Other allowances include
   1. computer allowance
   2. book allowance
   3. conference allowance.

• Student must commit to PhD from the outset, cannot exit with MSc.

Requirements for National University of Singapore PhD Scholarship

1. Opens worldwide.
2. Graduates with a passion for cross-disciplinary research in science, engineering, computing, and related aspects of medicine.
3. Graduates with at least 2nd Upper Honours, or equivalent qualifications.
4. GRE is
   1. compulsory for all applicants, Please note it cannot be substituted by GATE.
   2. compulsory for NUS and NTU Masters students and graduates.
   • 1. compulsory for NUS and NTU Masters students and graduates.
     2. only waived for NUS, NTU and SUTD Bachelor degree holders and final-year undergraduates.
   1. TOEFL / IELTS (either can be used) is only compulsory for applicants whose
      1. native tongue
      2. medium of undergraduate instruction
      3. is not in English

Selection Process

Conditions

1. Students are not eligible for the President's Graduate Fellowship (PGF).
2. Award is renewable, subject to satisfactory academic performance of CAP ≥ 3.8 at the end of every semester.
3. Applicants doing a Masters programme at the point of application Applicants who have submitted their Masters thesis only, but whomust therefore defer their admission (from matriculation to registration) into NGS, until the Masters degree has been officially awarded.
   1. before matriculating in NGS for PhD at NGS.
   2. must have officially completed the Masters programme, and
   3. must have been conferred the Masters degree
   4. have not officially graduated from the Masters programme, and
   5. have not been conferred the Masters degree
4. Applicants should declare such information in the Questionnaire section of the application form.
   1. required to serve any bond after graduation from existing (be it Bachelor / Master’s) programme,  and who intend to commence their NGS’ PhD immediately after official graduation
   2. and/or
   3. serving any bond at the point of application to NGS’ PhD
5. Successful applicants should automatically, in their own initiative, apply for deferment of serving of the bond.  The official memo documenting the approval of deferment of bond service should be submitted to NGS at least one month before matriculation into NGS’ PhD.

Application Deadline

December 15, 2019

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to National University of Singapore on inetapps.nus.edu.sg to apply