The NGS Scholarship is awarded to talented students with an
aptitude for innovative, high calibre PhD research.
Scholarship Terms
- 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.
- 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, Please note it cannot be substituted by GATE.
- compulsory
for NUS and NTU Masters students and graduates.
- only
waived for NUS and NTU 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).
- 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, and
- must
have been conferred the Masters degree
before matriculating in NGS for PhD at NGS.
Applicants who have submitted their Masters thesis only, but who
Applicants who have submitted their Masters thesis only, but who
- have
not officially graduated from the Masters programme, and
- have
not been conferred the Masters degree
must 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 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.
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.
