Deadline: June 1, 2024.

The Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) is a collaboration between the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and the Singapore Management University (SMU).

SINGA supports PhD studies in Biomedical Sciences, Computing and Information Sciences, Engineering and Technology, and Physical Sciences.

More information on:

A*STAR Supervisors and Projects (Aug intake only)

NTU Colleges and Schools (Jan and Aug Intakes)

NUS Graduate School (Aug intake only)

SMU School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS) (Aug intake only)

SUTD Pillars/Clusters and Research Centres (Aug intake only)

Please note that you will be required to indicate your choices of supervisor in the application form.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Open for application to all international graduates with a passion for research and excellent academic results
  Note: SINGA is intended primarily for international students studying for the first time in Singapore. Singaporeans, Singapore Permanent Residents and International students studying/who have studied in Singapore tertiary institutions are not eligible.
• Good skills in written and spoken English
• Good reports from academic referees

BENEFITS

The award provides support for up to 4 years of PhD studies including:

• Tuition fees
• Monthly stipend of S$2,200 which will be increased to S$2,700 after the passing of the Qualifying Examination
• One-time airfare grant of up to S$1,500
• One-time settling-in allowance of S$1,000

APPLICATION

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s academic transcripts.
• Bachelor’s Degree certificate(s) / scroll(s) or a letter of certification from the university on your candidature if your degree certificate / scroll has not yet been conferred.
• 2 recommendation reports (to be completed and submitted online by the referees).
• Applicants applying to NUS supervisors/projects are required to submit your GRE scores in your SINGA application form.
• For all other applicants, you may be requested by the university to submit satisfactory GRE scores as part of the university admission requirement.
• The submission of IELTS / TOEFL / SAT I & II / GATE results is optional and may be requested later by the university for admission.

Apply through the OFFICIAL LINK