Overview

The PhD students at the Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme at Nanyang Technological University will be required to complete two out of their six graduate courses in a second discipline, as compared to a regular PhD student that does all six courses in the core discipline.

Features

In addition to taking courses beyond one core discipline, the Graduate Programme’s PhD students can choose to complete one year of academic research in top universities overseas.

Programme Structure

Research Projects

Supporting positive mental health through museum artefacts, co-creation design and health communication: an interdisciplinary perspective

Understanding culture and creativity through computational social science

The impact of bi-/multilingualism and bi-/multiculturalism on attitudes to cultural diversity and social cohesion

Price Dynamics in NFT Markets

A User Perspective of Deepfakes: Identification and Impact

A study of telemedicine-supported doctor-patient interaction in Family Medicine

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-01-31 00:00:00
Starting 2026-01-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-07-31 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

105

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Education View 3 other PhDs in Education in Singapore

Academic requirements

GPA

First Class

GRE^®

153 _(verbal)

149 _{(quantitative)}

3.5 _(analytical)

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

105

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Other requirements

General requirements

Relevant Bachelor Degree with 1st Class Honours or equivalent

GRE (With validity of 5 years from date of application) Minimum Verbal Reasoning Measure (V) ≥ 153; Minimum Quantitative Reasoning Measure (Q) ≥ 149; Minimum Analytical Writing (AW) ≥ 3.5; Total V+Q ≥ 319

We strongly encourage all applicants to upload a short introductory video (< 3 mins) of themselves during application. Please provide the URL of your video in your application. Video link should be accessible for at least 9 months and not set to private. Priority assessment will be given to applicants who have prepared the video presentation. The video should include:

Your qualities, passion and motivation for pursuing a PhD in NTU

Your career ambitions

Demonstration of your research skills in key experimental/simulation/theoretical methods (Optional)

Tuition Fee

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International

22200 SGD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 11100 SGD per semester during 48 months.
National

19500 SGD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9750 SGD per semester during 48 months.

Living costs for Singapore

1878 - 3880 SGD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.