NUS Research Scholarship 2027/2028

About this scholarship

A scholarship for PhD and research master's students at the National University of Singapore, for the August 2027 intake. You ask for it inside your admission application, and each faculty sets its own deadline.

Funding type

Covers: a full tuition fee waiver, and a monthly stipend for international students of SGD 3,000 for the PhD and SGD 2,900 for the research master's. These are the rates published from January 2026, and no 2027 rate is published. SGD 500 a month is added after the PhD qualifying exam. It lasts one year and is renewed each semester with satisfactory progress, up to 4 years for the PhD and 2 for the master's. There is no specific bond. International students take part in the Graduate Assistantship Programme.

Tuition fees

Covered

Living costs

Covered

Travel

Not specified

Insurance

Not specified

Eligibility requirements

Nationalities

All nationalities

Residence condition

No residence condition

At least Second Class Honours (Upper division) or Honours (Distinction), or equivalent A PhD or a research master's at the university Open to all international students You may not take a job or another scholarship during the award without the university's approval

Minimum grade

Not stated

Work experience asked for

Not stated

Return condition

No return condition

How to apply

Straight to the provider

Language requirements and exemptions

Language test required IELTS TOEFL iBT Waiver not mentioned

A TOEFL or IELTS result if English is not your first language. The score depends on the faculty, so check your faculty page.

University admission details

Admission included in application?

Apply for a research programme through the NUS graduate application portal and say in the application that you want the scholarship. The portal may ask for extra scholarship information. There is no single deadline, and the scholarship page itself says to check each faculty website. For the August 2027 intake each faculty sets its own date. Dates we checked: Law PhD 15 September to 31 October 2026 at 23:59 Singapore time, Public Health 1 November 2026, Arts and Social Sciences 1 November (Economics 1 December; the page shows no year), Science 15 November 2026, Business PhD 15 December 2026, Computing 15 December (the page does not show the year), Medicine 31 December (the page does not show the year), and Design and Engineering 15 January 2027 for international applicants. Other faculties and departments have their own dates, so check your faculty page. Times of day are not stated except where we wrote them. The application fee is SGD 50 on the Computing, Business and Law pages. Design and Engineering gives results on a rolling basis from February to May 2027, and Law gives PhD results by mid-March 2027. Shortlisted applicants may have two interviews.

Required documents

Bachelor's and master's certificates and transcripts, with English translations if needed The passport page with your details Two referee reports Statement of purpose and CV, and a research proposal if the faculty asks for one TOEFL or IELTS result if needed GRE score if you have one, which is optional

Application steps

Choose the faculty and the research programme, then choose a proposed advisor and contact them. Open the NUS application portal, apply for the programme and say that you want the scholarship. Upload the documents and enter your referees' details. Apply before your faculty's deadline.

Requirement checklist

Scholarship contacts

Scholarship provider: NUS Graduate School: [email protected]Copy

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