China SUSTech and MSE PhD Programme

During this special PhD program, students will spend equal number of years in SUSTech in China and NUS Materials Science and Engineering department, respectively.

Students admitted before AY2019/20 have the option to study at NUS for the first 1.5 year first before returning to SUSTech, and be back to NUS for the last semester.

Students admitted from academic year 2019/2010 onwards will have to follow schedule as shown in table below. Student will only study at NUS during the first and last year. Students may be required to come back to NUS during their Year 2 and 3 in SUSTech to complete PhD Qualifying Examinations (QEs), if the QEs are not completed within the first year of study.

Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Semester 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Location NUS NUS SUSTech SUSTech SUSTech SUSTech NUS NUS

Course Requirements:

The course requirements are same as that for students under PhD programme of Department of Materials Science and Engineering.