{"id":38,"date":"2019-02-19T08:03:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T00:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T07:41:10","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/descholars\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview &amp; Key Features"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-overview-key-features\"><li id=\"menu-item-13643\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/overview\/\">Overview &amp; Key Features<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13644\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/overview\/overseas-experience\/\">Overseas Experience<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14420\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/overview\/eligibility-criteria\/\">Eligibility Criteria<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14439\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/overview\/scholarship-benefits\/\">Scholarship Benefits<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14438\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/overview\/terms-conditions\/\">Terms &amp; Conditions<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14437\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/overview\/application-shortlisting-process-2\/\">Application &amp; Shortlisting Process<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\n\t<h2>\n\t\tOverview\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The D&amp;E-Scholars Programme is a premier programme designed to attract the very best students to read any branch of design or engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Students with exceptional potential will be provided with an enhanced educational experience with the objective of capitalising on academic abilities and personal aspirations to train well-rounded leaders and innovators.<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-Scholars Programme Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3 yrs BEng + 1 yr MSc or 4 yrs BEng\/DDP.\u00a0<\/strong>E-Scholars will be provided with an accelerated pathway that leads to completion of the chosen Bachelor of Engineering degree in 3 years. During the 4<sup>th<\/sup> year, students will pursue a Master degree (3+1). It is also possible to pursue your undergraduate studies in 4 years and obtain a double degree programme (DDP) instead, or embark on other approved academic pursuits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose your Masters degree.\u00a0<\/strong>E-Scholars will have the ability to read a Master programme (M.Sc) or Masters of Engineering (M.Eng) of their choice among those offered by any of the CDE Engineering departments. Students will need to seek admission to the Master programme they wish to pursue. Tuition fees of the NUS Master programme that E-Scholars are admitted to will be covered by the scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<strong>D-Scholars Programme <\/strong><strong>Structure<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--EndFragment -->\n<p><strong>Architecture<\/strong>: Complete your Bachelor&#8217;s degree in four years and pursue a Master of Architecture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Industrial Design<\/strong>: Complete your Bachelor&#8217;s degree in four years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Landscape Architecture<\/strong>: Complete your Bachelor&#8217;s degree in four years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grow with dedicated mentors<\/strong>. D&amp;E-Scholars will enjoy close supervision and mentoring by a select pool of Faculty staff, with one mentor assigned to each student. The D&amp;E-Scholar shall meet the mentor regularly to discuss on any matters related to his\/her study. The mentor shall also provide advice on matters related to enhancement programmes such as the Student Exchange Programme (SEP) or the NUS Overseas College Programme (NOC).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Live &amp; Learn on campus.<\/strong> D&amp;E-Scholars will enjoy the unique living and learning experience at NUS residential colleges. D&amp;E-Scholars will have the opportunity to stay at\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/rc4.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Residential College 4<\/a> (RC4), <a href=\"https:\/\/capt.nus.edu.sg\/\">College of Alice &amp; Peter Tan<\/a> (CAPT), <a href=\"https:\/\/tembusu.nus.edu.sg\/\">Tembusu College<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/rvrc.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ridgeview Residential College<\/a>, our partner residential colleges. Students can also choose to apply to <a href=\"https:\/\/nuscollege.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nuscollege.nus.edu.sg\/\">NUS College<\/a> or other on-campus accommodation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Develop global perspectives.<\/strong> D&amp;E-Scholars will have priority admission to the Student Exchange Programme (SEP). E-Scholars will enjoy priority admission to one of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.nus.edu.sg\/educate\/nus-overseas-colleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NUS Overseas College Programmes<\/a> (NOC). NOC programme is designed to provide international industry exposure to students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow your aspirations.<\/strong> D&amp;E-Scholars will have access to exclusive modules that cater to their own aspirations and leadership. Sixteen units will specifically involve a project that is defined and carried out by the student based on his\/her aspirations to make an impact on society.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview &amp; Key Features Overseas Experience Eligibility Criteria Scholarship Benefits Terms &amp; Conditions Application &amp; Shortlisting Process Overview The D&amp;E-Scholars Programme is a premier programme designed to attract the very best students to read any branch of design or engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). 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