Dear civitas FTI

The School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore offers the following Graduate Programme:

Graduate Programme by Research (Doctor of Philosophy)

• Pursue an independent and supervised research project. Required to complete a certain number of courses.
• All successful applicants are admitted as Research Student initially, and subsequently confirmed as PhD candidate after a confirmation exercise (known as Qualifying Examination).
• Full Scholarships are available to outstanding candidates.

NTU Research Scholarship

• NTU Research Scholarship is awarded to outstanding candidates pursuing PhD programme.
• The award covers the annual tuition fee and the annual computer fee. The maximum period of the award is up to four years.
• Stipend of S$2,000/month before Qualifying Examination and S$2,500/month after Qualifying Examination
• Support 1 local and 1 overseas conferences. This will be discussed in more detail during the talk.
• Scholarship details (http://admissions.ntu.edu.sg/graduate/scholarships/Pages/ResearchScholarship.aspx)

For more information on the programme and application procedures, please visit the following websites:

1. http://admissions.ntu.edu.sg/graduate/R-Programs/Pages/default.aspx
2. http://www.eee.ntu.edu.sg/ProspectiveStudents/MEngPhD/Pages/MEngPhD.aspx

General Admission Requirements

• A Bachelor degree with honors of at least a Second Class Upper level or equivalent (for example CGPA of 3.2 out of 4). A good Master degree (e.g. CGPA 3.2 out of 4) together with a Bachelor degree (Second Class Upper level or equivalent) will have an advantage.
• For international applicants whose mother tongue is not English, a good TOEFL score is required. Test dates must be within 2 years or less from the date of your application. IELTS can also be used in place of TOEFL.
• International applicants are also required to have GRE score. Test dates must be within 5 years or less from the date of your application. Applicants from India may use the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering [GATE] score of at least 90% in place of GRE. [You need to attach a photocopy of the TOEFL and GRE test scores to the online application. Official test scores are not required when you are sending in the application.]

For candidates who have not taken these scores, they may sit for English Proficiency Test (EPT) and Technical Proficiency Test (TPT) in lieu of TOEFL/IELTS and GRE/GATE scores respectively, which will be conducted during our visit. The test will be conducted as follow:.

Date : Wednesday, 28 Oct. 15
Venue : Multimedia Room STEI, Labtek V 4th floor.
Agenda : 9:00-10:00: Admission talk and introduction to the PhD programme at EEE/NTU.
10:00-12:00: Technical Proficiency Test (1 hr and 30 mins) and English Proficiency Test (30 mins).

The details of the tests:
English Proficiency Test (EPT)

• EPT is conducted for candidates interested in pursuing PhD programme but have not taken TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
• Duration of EPT is 30 minutes
• EPT requires the candidates to write an essay based on a given topic

Technical Proficiency Test (TPT)

• TPT is conducted for candidates interested in pursuing PhD programme but have not taken GRE (Graduate Record Examination) or GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering)
• Duration of TPT is 1 hour 30 minutes
• 2 Sections – Section A and Section B
• Section A consists of 25 Multiple Choice Questions of 2 marks each and modeled after GRE questions. Section B consists of 10 questions of 5 marks each, modeled after first year Engineering mathematics questions
• Calculator is not allowed during TPT

Please register online at http://goo.gl/forms/N5cUIYDslC
For administrative enquiry, please email eee_gpo@ntu.edu.sg<mailto:eee_gpo@ntu.edu.sg>.