Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship, Singapore

The Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship (NPGS) is a competitive and prestigious scholarship scheme designed to encourage outstanding graduates or final-year students to take their first step towards a leading research career by studying for a PhD at NTU.

Who is eligible?
There is no restriction as to the nationality of candidates but all things being equal, preference will be given to Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents.

Eligibility criteria

• You must have a First Class Honours degree or equivalent at Bachelor's level 
• If you have not yet completed your undergraduate degree programme, you will need to furnish documentation from your university that you are on track to get a First Class Honours degree or equivalent

BondThere is no bond attached to the scholarship.

Coverage and award terms

• Full tuition fees
• Monthly stipend of $3,200 * 
• Conference allowance for two major overseas conferences in the 4-year period
• One-time IT allowance of $1500
• Annual grant of $500 for journal subscription or book purchase
• Thesis preparation allowance
• Priority will be given for subsidised campus accommodation

* With effect from August 2012, the newly admitted students will receive the following monthly stipend:

• Singapore Citizens - $3,300
• Singapore Permanent Residents - $3,200
• International students - $3,000

For those under scholarships, the terms for the Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship are being reviewed. Revised terms of the scholarships will be implemented from the January 2013 intake onwards.

Application procedure

Please refer to the NPGS website for more details.

For applicants to School of Biological Sciences (SBS) and the School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences (SPMS), please click here to apply as you will be using a paperless system that combines application for admission and application for NPGS. SBS' and SPMS' applicants will submit online applications with scanned copies of supporting documents (for eg, degree certificates and transcripts, TOEFL, GRE, etc). After your online submission, the system will contact your academic referees to submit their reports to the University via an online programme.  

For applicants to all the other Schools, please apply via the NPGS website for this scholarship.  

NPGS with DSO Augmentation

This is a top-up provided by DSO to successful applicants of the Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship. Recipients must be Singapore Citizens who will work on DSO projects and will be co-supervised by a DSO researcher and a faculty member from the University. For details about this augmentation scheme, please click here.

If you have enquiries about the Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship, please email to Admissions Research (Admission_Research@ntu.edu.sg).

For further information about this scholarship, please visit the official website at http://admissions.ntu.edu.sg/graduate/scholarships/Pages/NPGS.aspx