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Presented by: Ms Francisca SIOW Graduate Studies Office

21 May 2013

Singapore Day in Rome

About NTU

• Quantum leap of 27 places over two years – up

from 74th in 2010 to 47th in 2012

QS World University Rankings 2012

• Ranked 5th in international faculty

World’s young universities aged below 50

• Ranked 4th in QS Top 50 Under 50 in 2012
• Ranked 16th in Times Higher Top 100 Under 50 in

2012

NTU – Moving Fast

• Ranked 47th in QS World University Rankings 2012/2013

‒ Fastest rising university in Top-50 ‒ Youngest university in Top-100 ‒ Ranked 9th in Asia among Top-100

• Ranked 86th in Times Higher Education (THE) World

University Rankings 2012/2013 ‒ Quantum leap from 169th (2011)  Unprecedented jump of 83 places ‒ Ranked 11th in Asia among Top-100

• Ranked 71st-80th in THE World Reputation Rankings 2013, up

from 81st-90th band

About NTU

NTU – Moving Fast

Yunnan Garden Campus

About NTU

200 Hectares 400,000 m2 Academic Space 1.1 Mil m2 Build-up Space

NTU’s lush 200-hectare campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world’s first Youth Olympic Games in 2010

• NTU investing >S$1.2 billion in new infrastructure

– Halls of residence for students – Experimental Medicine building – Learning hubs – Academic block – Restaurants, cafes, etc – Plans for a MRT connection

Vibrant university “village” in a tropical garden

New Infrastructure @ NTU

• Total full-time student population: ~33,000

– ~23,500 undergraduates – ~9,500 graduate students

• International students:

– 18% of undergrads – 44% of grads (~51% excluding Graduate Diplomas) – 67% of PhDs

• Total staff strength: ~6,600

– ~1,700 faculty (including visiting faculty), with 935 international faculty  ~56% of faculty population – ~2,200 research staff

About NTU

Basic Facts & Figures

A Fast-rising University

College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine National Institute of Education RSIS College of Science

Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE)

Nanyang Business School

• World’s biggest

Engineering college

• Research-intensive

and interdisciplinary

About NTU

Earth Observatory

• f Singapore

(EOS)

Humanities & Social Sciences Art, Design & Media Information & Communi- cation

Nanyang Technoprenurship Centre (NTC)

College of Engineering

Institute on Asian Consumer Insight (ACI)

Making of a Top University

Some PhD programmes Partners

Summer Research Internship (SRI)

• A university-wide programme initiated to

stimulate a culture of research for overseas undergraduates.

• Overseas undergraduates selected to participate

in this programme will develop research interest, a strong sense of cross-cultural intelligence, gain a network of friends and a better understanding

• f our nation.
• Eligible candidates are expected to fulfil a 8-

week research attachment comprising project work at NTU (with waiver of research fee) and will be given a one-time allowance up to S$3,000.

Objectives

Summer Research Internship (SRI)

• Open to all nationalities who are currently full-time students in an
• verseas university.
• Have good academic track records.
• Must have completed a certain number of semesters in their
• verseas universities by the time they attend the SRI programme.

Refer to table below:

Programme Have Completed 3-year Bachelor 4 semesters 4-year Bachelor 6 - 8 semesters Direct Master 6 - 10 semesters

Eligibility Criteria

Graduate Programmes

General Admission Requirements (PhD programmes) Bachelor's degree

• minimum 2nd class honours upper

Test scores

• GRE/GMAT (5 years validity)
• IELTS/TOEFL (2 years validity)

Application period

• August intake

: by 31 January

• January intake

: by 30 June No application fee

Graduate Scholarships

Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA)

• Collaboration between the A*STAR, NTU and NUS.
• Research Areas

– Biomedical Sciences; and – Physical Science and Engineering

• Eligibility Criteria

– Open to all international students – Excellent academic results to be in the top 20% of your cohort – Graduate with a passion for research and excellent academic results – Good skills in written and spoken English – Good reports from two academic referees

Graduate Scholarships

Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA)

• Terms of Award

– Support for up to 4 years of academic pursuit – Full tuition fees – Monthly stipend of $2000 and will be increased to $2500 upon confirmation – One-time $1000 settling-in allowance – One-time airfare grant of $1500

Graduate Scholarships

NTU Research Scholarship

• Eligibility Criteria

– First Class Honours or Second Class (Upper Division) Honours or its equivalent – Students should not be on paid employment or accept paid employment or concurrently hold any other scholarship

• Terms of Award

– Support up for a maximum of your years; renewable subject to good progress – Monthly stipend of $2000 and will be increased to $2500 upon confirmation – Award covers annual tuition fee and annual computer fee

Graduate Scholarships

What our SINGA student says

“… I had the opportunity to learn many techniques and the use of sophisticated instruments. Beyond the laboratory, the university gave me the

• pportunity to attend a 2-days Immunology PhD

student retreat in Bintan, and supported me to attend a 4-days conference in Korea on the area of

• immunology. With the great support by my

supervisor, I am proud to share that I have published a first author paper….” “…Here in Singapore I have met students from all

• ver the world, found new friends, and initiated a

network of relations that might help me in future career.”

Piva Lucia, Italian, NTU School of Biological Sciences