NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering

NGS Scholarship (NGSS)

The NGS Scholarship is awarded to talented students with an aptitude for innovative, high calibre PhD research.

Terms

Monthly stipend, up to 4 years of the PhD studies, OR up to date of graduation, whichever is earlier, ofS$3,500 for Singapore Citizens, plus Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions at a rate pegged to the prevailing employer's contribution rate set by CPFS$3,200 for Singapore Permanent ResidentsS$3,000 for International studentsFull tuition fee subsidy for 4 years.
Other allowances includecomputer allowancebook allowanceconference allowance.Student must commit to PhD from the outset, cannot exit with MSc.

 

Eligibility

Opens worldwide.Graduates with a passion for cross-disciplinary research in science, engineering, computing, and related aspects of medicine.Graduates with at least 2nd Upper Honours, or equivalent qualifications.GRE is compulsory for all applicants, except NUS and NTU Bachelor degree holders and final-year undergraduates. Please note it cannot be substituted by GATE.TOEFL / IELTS (either can be used) is only compulsory for applicants whosenative 
ORundergraduate instructionis not in English

 

Conditions

Students are not eligible for the President's Graduate Fellowship (PGF).Award is renewable, subject to satisfactory academic performance of CAP ≥ 3.8 at the end of every semester.Applicants doing a Masters programme at the point of application 
must have officially completed the Masters programme, andmust have been conferred the Masters degreebefore matriculating in NGS for PhD at NGS. 
Applicants who have submitted their Masters thesis only, but who
have not officially graduated from the Masters programme, andhave not been conferred the Masters degreemust therefore defer their admission (from matriculation to registration) into NGS, until the Masters degree has been officially awarded.Applicants 
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 graduationand/or
serving any bond at the point of application to NGS’ PhDshould declare such information in the Questionnaire section of the application form.
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.

 

Supervisors

NGS members in NUS and Duke-NUS in integrated research programmes.

 

Application

Click here to apply online*. All supporting documents, together with a printed copy of the application form are to be submitted by post to:

NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences & Engineering (NGS)
Centre For Life Sciences (CeLS)
28 Medical Drive, #05-01
Singapore 117456

* ONLY Online Applications are accepted. For instructions and application procedures, please click here. 

For further queries about the NGS Scholarship, please contact Ms Anu at +65-6516 1480. Her email address is ngsack@nus.edu.sg .

 

Closing Date for Application (Applicable to BOTH PDF softcopy and hardcopy package)

If you have submitted the completed application (with all the required documents) before the application closing date, your application will be processed, and you will be informed officially of the outcome of your application.

Completed / Incomplete application received after the application closing date will be considered for the next Intake.

 

Intake

Closing Date

January 2018
( AY2017/18 
Semester 2)

Application 
opens on 30 March 2017closes on 15 May 2017