HOW TO APPLY FOR PH.D.
If you are interested in joining the group, admission to the group is straightforward, assuming you are a qualified, hardworking and highly motivated student.
Please email me your CV and application letter. Please try to emphasis in your email why you would like to do a Ph.D. specifically in my group that would be most helpful. Note that generally speaking all Ph.D. students admitted into the program will be automatically awarded a full Ph.D. scholarship for 4 years, and unlike the United States, do not require any financial support from the professor. There are at least 4 scholarships you are eligible for which vary in terms of requirement and prestige. The most basic scholarship is the NUS research scholarship through which almost of the student are funded.The most prestigous one is the NGS scholarship.
For a full list, please see below with links to the respective webpages listing details and requirements.
- NUS Research Scholarship — Accessible to all
- Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) — Neither GRE nor the subject are required. However, the physics subject test is recommended for faster processing of application within the department.
- NGS Scholarship (NGSS) — Prestigious scholarship that opens all year but a high GRE score or good publications is preferred.
- Candidates applying to MSE graduate programmes are also welcomed to join Barbaros Group to achieve your professional goals.
For a complete guide on the scholarships and their exact details, please look through the Ultimate Guide for PhD Application that is prepared for incoming PhD students joining our group. Once you are accepted into NUS, opening in our research group will be offered. If you have specific enquires, please email Prof. Özyilmaz, with your CV.
The NUS PhD-MBA
The new NUS PhD-MBA, Asia’s first PhD-MBA, aims to attract and train talented science and engineering students who have the potential to create and lead technology companies. The programme is jointly hosted by the NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering and the NUS Business School. Students develop their research skills by doing a PhD in any scientific or engineering discipline, choosing among a wide range of subjects, projects, departments and advisers. Concurrently they develop their business acumen by working on an MBA. Internships in technology companies provide practical technology business training.
- Concurrent PhD and MBA degrees in a short period of time
- Choice of any subject for the PhD, from the life and physical sciences to engineering and IT
- Generous monthly stipend
- Full scholarship covering tuition fees for the PhD
- Full MBA tuition fee waiver
- No bond
A keen, open and independent mind, common sense, appreciation for the importance of science, technology and business, the ability to act and get things done alone and in a team are hallmarks of students suitable for the NUS PhD-MBA. Valuing the wide range of backgrounds of potential students, factors that the recruitment committee will weigh when making decisions on admissions into the NUS PhD-MBA are: very good academic records, good results in standardized tests, research experience, industry experience, completed internships, involvement in startups and other business and entrepreneurial experience, as well as good English.
Women and men of all nationalities, with an undergraduate or Masters degree in any scientific, engineering, maths or IT discipline are eligible to apply.