Doctoral Programme For Entrepreneurial Scientists And Engineers – Singapore
Doctoral Programme For Entrepreneurial Scientists Offered A Generous Stipend For Living Expenses At Singapore In 2010
Description:
Students in the NUS programme work on a PhD in science, engineering or medicine and an MBA concurrently. Successful applicants will be offered a scholarship covering the tuition fees for both the PhD and the MBA. They will also be offered a generous stipend for living expenses of S$ 3,200 per month, as well as allowances for books, a computer and for conferences. In the 1st year students typically do course work related to their PhD, completing 6-8 courses for 24 to 32 modular credits (MCs).
They can choose among a wide variety of courses across the NUS campus with very few restrictions. In the 2nd year, students complete a first internship lasting around 3 months, for example in the summer between year 1 and year 2. Students also finish course work and sit their PhD Qualifying Examination, as well as selecting two advisers, one of which should be from NGS, the other may be in any NUS department or even external to NUS. Students then start their MBA in the 1st semster of the 3rd year of study. They do this as full time students in the NUS Business School, along with all other full-time MBA students. From the 2nd semster of the 3rd year onward, students continue their PhD research full-time and finish course work related to their MBA in part time mode. The course load for the MBA is somewhat reduced for PhD-MBA students, enabling them to finish the degree requirements in good time. A second internship is taken at any time during years 3 to 5. Upon successful defense of a thesis and the fullfillment of the requirements for the MBA, students are conferred a PhD and an MBA degree. Students may graduate with only a PhD, but not with only an MBA. The PhD-MBA is designed to take students between 4 and 5 years to complete. A flyer for the programme can be found here.
Terms:
- 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
Who Should Apply:
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, previously awarded or expected in 2011, are eligible to apply.
Application Process:
Applications for the August 2011 intake are currently open. The application website will be available soon, please check back here regularly. We require the GRE (Institution code: 0677, Department code: 000), if the native language or the language used in undergraduate instruction is not English then either the TOEFL (Institution code: 3720, Department code: 000) or the IELTS (Institution code: 0677) and the GMAT (Institution code: DRT-MK-35). The GMAT may be taken later in the application process. Applicants will also be asked to write a number of essays on business and entrepreneurship related topics. Equiries can be sent to this email address, please put “NUS PhD-MBA enquiry” in the subject line. A one page CV and a one page cover letter, bound together in one pdf document entitled “NUS-PhD-MBA-2011-enquiry-lastname-firstname.pdf” may be sent along with the enquiry. The application deadline for the August 2011 intake is 7th January 2011.
Last Date To Apply:7th January 2011
Source:http://www.phd-mba.nus.edu/programme.html
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