Scholarships

The AGS is a collaboration between A*STAR Graduate Academy (A*GA) and NTU. It offers a "4+2" scholarship - comprising a four-year Ph.D. study tenable at NTU, and a two-year post-doctoral fellowship (PDF) in one of the top overseas universities or research laboratories in the scholar's chosen field. The Ph.D. degree is awarded by NTU. Areas include Biomedical Sciences, Engineering and Physical Sciences. There are also opportunities for overseas attachment of up to 12 months during the Ph.D. studies.

Who is eligible?

Singaporeans, Singapore Permanent Residents, citizens of ASEAN countries and other international students seeking admission as full-time Ph.D. research candidates in NTU.

Successful applicants have to take up Singapore Citizenship.

Eligibility criteria

• Graduates with (1) 1st Class Honours or (2) 2nd Upper Honours and good 'A' Level result or polytechnic diploma with merit
• Open to graduates from NTU, NUS or top overseas universities.
• Candidates must not concurrently hold any other scholarships or fellowships
• All candidates are encouraged to apply with their GRE scores.  Applications without GRE test scores will still be considered but successful applicants will have to satisfy the GRE requirement before embarking on their PhD studies.  The average scores of successful awardees for the combined Verbal and Quantitative components for the batches of 2005 and 2006 were 1370 with a standard deviation of 100 with at least 4.5 for the Analytical Writing Components.

Award details**

• Support for up to four years of academic pursuit, leading to a Ph.D.
• Monthly allowance, full tuition, and other allowances (such as computer allowance, thesis allowance, book allowance, conference allowance).
• Successful candidates can take up a two-year post-doctoral fellowship (PDF) in one of the top overseas universities or research laboratories in the scholar's chosen field.

**Rates/allowances are subject to adjustments by A*STAR from time to time.

Bond

Upon completion of the post doctoral fellowship, candidates will return to contribute to A*STAR Research Institutes (RIs) for a service commitment period of up to 3 years

Period of application

August semester: Application will open in January

January semester: Application will open in July

Application procedure

• This AGS scholarship application must be accompanied by a separate set of application materials to NTU for higher degree admission. Thus, the following 2 sets of application forms must be completed.
• Application for higher degree admission by research to NTU
• Application for AGS
• Supporting Documents. Please have the following documents in the 2 sets of applications:
• NTU higher degree admission application: with its supporting materials
• AGS application: with supporting documents as indicated by A*STAR Graduate Academy
• The completed forms and accompanying materials must be sent by post to the following address:

Graduate Studies Office (AGS)
Nanyang Technological University
42 Nanyang Avenue
Student Services Centre, Level 3
Singapore 639815

Enquiries

Please contact Ms Tay Bee Lay (email: TAY_Bee_Leng@a-star.edu.sg) and Ms Victoria Poon (email: victoria_POON@a-star.edu.sg) of A*STAR. Further information is available at A*STAR's website.

Research supervisors

A*STAR RESEARCH INSTITUTES

Science & Engineering Research Council

• Data Storage Institute (DSI)
• Institute for Infocommunication Research (I2R)
• Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC)
• Institute of Microelectronics (IME)
• Institute of Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE)
• Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech)
• Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences (ICES)

Biomedical Research Council

• Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology (IMCB)
• Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)
• Bioinformatics Institute (BII)
• Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI)
• Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN)

Please refer to the websites of A*STAR research institutes for information about their supervisors and research areas.