PhD Programme in Future Healthcare @ NTU Nanyang Institute of Technology in Health (NITHM)

PhD Programme in Future Healthcare @ NTU Nanyang Institute of Technology in Health (NITHM)

The Interdisciplinary Graduate School Them​atic PhD Research Programmes in Future Healthcare at NITHM offers Doctor of Philosophy in the following research areas:

• Sensing and Diagnostics
• Therapeutic Medical Devices
• Nanomedicine
• Tissue Engineering
• Systems Biology and Medicine
• Medical Imaging and Signal Analysis
• Chemical Biology
• Health Systems Complexity
• Skin Research 

Eligibility:

• Opens worldwide
• Graduates with a Bachelor’s degree of at least Second Class Upper Honours or equivalent qualifications from a recognised university
• Graduates with a passion for interdisciplinary research in science, engineering, and related aspects of medicine
• Good GRE scores for applicants with grades from overseas universities
• Good TOEFL or IELTS scores for applicants whose native language or medium of undergraduate instruction is not in English

Tenure

 

The scholarship is tenable up to four years of the PhD studies, or up to the date of graduation, whichever is earlier.

 
 

Benefits of the Scholarship Award:

• Full tuition fees worth S$200,000
• Monthly stipend up to $3600 (for Singapore citizens)
  Note: The actual stipend will depend on the class of honours obtained for the Bachelor’s degree. Singapore permanent residents and international students will have slightly lower stipends at competitive rates. 
• Conference allowance

The scholarship award will be reviewed annually and its renewal is subjected to satisfactory performance and academic results.

PhD scholarship opportunities in the area of health information systems and health informatics are available.

The applicant should have some health/medical academic background or work experience, and interested in health information systems, human computer interaction or user studies. The PhD scholarships are offered by the NTU Nanyang Institute of Technology in Health and Medicine, and is quite generous.

For international applicants, GRE is preferred, but our school can administer a “Technical Proficiency Test” instead. TOEFL or IELTS scores are needed for applicants whose medium of undergraduate instruction is not in English.