Program Overview

PhD Programme

The PhD Programme in the Department of Chemistry at the National University of Singapore offers various scholarships and awards to support students in their research endeavors.

PhD Scholarships

• NUS Research Scholarship
• President’s Graduate Fellowship (PGF)
• NUS Industry-Relevant PhD Scholarship (NUS-IRP)
• A*STAR Graduate Scholarship
• NUS Suzhou Research Institute Scholarship
• NUS Chongqing Research Institute Scholarship
• AI Singapore Scholarship
• PhD Scholarship under research grant

Application Information

Admission Requirements

• A Bachelor’s (Honours) degree or a 4-year Bachelor’s degree
• Candidates applying for Research Scholarships must have obtained a bachelor’s degree with at least a 2nd Class Upper Honours, or its equivalent.
• For all PhD programmes, a candidate whose medium of undergraduate instruction is not English is required to submit TOEFL (with the minimum score 85 for the internet-based test) or IELTS (with the minimum score 6.0) scores.
• TOEFL/ IELTS scores and score reports, if required for the PhD and MbR applications, must be valid.
• Applicants must submit the English-translated versions of required documents (e.g., degree scroll, transcript), as well as their original versions, in their applications.
• For all PhD programmes, candidates are strongly encouraged to submit GRE (minimum score of 320 [Verbal+ Quantitative] and 3.5 [Analytical Writing]).

Awards

Dean Graduate Fellowship (DGF)

• Selected from those with RSB, SINGA, IRP in admission per AY (top 20%)
• There is no need for students to apply for DGF. Selection is done by FOS.
• GAP hours remain unchanged – total 416 hours (for IS)
• Stipends in years 1-4, increase by 600 S$ per month
• SC: S$3,400 +CPF 578; SPR: S$3,000; IS: S$2,800

FoS PhD Conference Award (FPCA)

• Support PhD students at FoS to attend conferences to present their research
• Each PhD can only be awarded once during his/her PhD candidature
• To be decided by FoS Graduate EXCO
• Up to S$3,500 per award by claim for attending a conference
• Usually for year-3 and year-4 PhD students

Application Rounds

• Two rounds of application per AY
• For January intake: 1 January to 15 May (of the previous year)
• For August intake: 16 May to 15 November (of the previous year)

Best Poster Awards

• Selection is done during the Graduate e-Poster Symposium for year-3 students.
• Best Poster Awardees will get a monetary prize.