1. With effect from July 2000, all successful
applicants will be admitted into the Graduate Programme leading to
a MSc degree. Applicants who wish to upgrade to the PhD candidature
will have to apply for upgrading during the Graduate Programme candidature.
2. The normal minimum entry qualifications
for admission to the Graduate Programme is a good relevant bachelor's
degree (applicants who are NUS graduates should have bachelor's degree
with honours at least at second class level) and/or master's degree
and the ability to pursue research in the candidate's proposed field
of advanced study.
3. All applicants must submit either GRE or
GATE test score. The minimum requirement is 1800 or 90 percentile
respectively. Under the new format the minimum score for GRE should
be Verbal Ability: 500 , Quantitative Ability: 700 and Analytical
Writing: 3.5.
4. As the medium of instruction at NUS is in
English, applicants whose native tongue or medium of undergraduate
instruction is not English, should submit TOEFL/IELTS scores as evidence
of their proficiency in the English Language. The minimum TOEFL score
is 580 (Paper-based Test) and 260 (Computer-based Test). The minimum
IELTS score is 6. Applicants are encouraged to take the TSE (Test
of Spoken English) and TWE (Test of Written English).
5. Applicants who are not residing in Singapore
or would like to do their research in overseas institutions, must
spend a period in residence in Singapore for a minimum of 6 months
(master's degree) or 1 year (doctoral degree) during his/her candidature.
6.The minimum and maximum period of candidature
is as follows:-
Graduate Programme (leading to)
Master's: 1 year(min) 3yrs(max)
Doctoral: 2 years(min) 5 yrs(max)
Research candidates may be admitted as full-time
or part-time students. The minimum and maximum periods of candidature
are the same.
7. There are two intakes per academic year
: one in January and the other in August. Application forms can be
obtained from the respective departments. Please note that applications
must be submitted to the departments by: 15 May for the January intake,
and by 15 November for the August intake respectively.
