Master of Engineering (MEng) & Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Administrative Structure
Students will be administrated by the National University of Singapore through the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. It is envisaged that Department will have its own administrative set-up to administer its research students, similar to that of the other departments in Engineering.
Admission Requirements
The prevailing requirements for admission to research degrees shall apply. The minimum requirement for admission is a Bachelor’s degree with honours (at least 2nd Class Lower) or its equivalent. Candidates applying for direct admission to the PhD programme are expected to obtain at least a Bachelor’s degree with honours (at least 2nd Class Upper) or its equivalent.
From AY2023/2024 onwards, all applicants applying to the PhD programme are required to submit their GRE scores. Minimum requirement: 320 (Verbal & Quantitative total), 3.5 (Analytical)
For more information on application, fees, graduate scholarship, please refer to NUS Graduate (https://cde.nus.edu.sg/graduate).
Programme Requirements
| PhD | MEng | |
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| Coursework |
At least 24 Units, equivalent to six courses of 4 Units each. – Three core courses are compulsory (12 Units) – The remaining three courses can be all from the Elective courses list (12 Units) OR Two from the Elective course list (8 Units) plus maximum one Non-Core Non-Elective (NCE) course (4 Units) |
At least 16 Units, equivalent to four courses of 4 Units each.
Four courses: – Three core courses are compulsory (12 Units) – The remaining one course can be from the Elective course list (4 Units) OR Maximum one Non-Core Non-Elective |
| English Courses (if applicable) |
Obtain ≥ ‘C’ grade for all required courses. Based on DET results, Band 1 – ES5000, ES5001A Band 2 – ES5001A Band 3 – Exempted |
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For AY17/18 Intake onwards: ES5101 Technical Communication for Engineers** |
Obtain ≥ ‘C’ grade Taken from second semester onwards |
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EG5911R Information Literacy Skills for Research |
Satisfactory grade (‘CS’ grade) Compulsory, to be completed in first semester |
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Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) course |
Complete | |
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Graduate Seminar Course |
MLE6999 (‘C’ Grade) | MLE5999 (‘C’ Grade) |
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Comprehensive Qualifying Examination |
Pass | |
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Oral Qualifying Examination |
Pass | |
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Thesis Examination |
Pass |
Pass |
| Oral Defense |
Pass |
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| Minimum GPA | 3.5 (Average ‘B’ grade) | 3.0 (Average ‘B-‘ Grade) |
**Students admitted from AY2022/2023 Sem 1 onwards are required to take NG5001 Academic Communication for Graduate Researchers instead of ES5101.
List of Courses:
| Core (Compulsory) | ||
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| MLE5104 | Physical Properties of Materials | |
| MLE6101 | Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials | |
| MLE6103 | Structure of Materials | |
| ELECTIVE | |
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| MLE courses | |
| MLE5102 | Mechanical Behaviours of Materials |
| MLE5210* | Modelling and Simulation of Materials |
| MLE5211 | Nanomaterials |
| MLE5212 | Energy Conversion & Storage |
| MLE5213* | Magnetic Materials |
| MLE5214 | Advances in Polymeric Materials |
| MLE5215/CN5215 | Atomistic modelling of Molecules and Materials |
| MLE5216 | Introduction to Microscopy for Material Research |
| MLE6103 | Structure of Materials |
| MLE5220 | Computation of Macroscopic Materials Behaviours |
| MLE5221 | Designing Materials for Renewable Fuels and Clean Water |
| MLE5222 | Nano and 2D Materials for Energy Applications |
| MLE5223 | Rational Materials Design for Sustainability |
| MLE5224 | Degradation of Materials for Sustainability |
| MLE5228 | Superconductivity and Superconducting Devices |
| MLE5303 (2 Units)* | Failure Analysis in Electronic Device |
| MLE5304 (2 Units)* | Introduction to Electron Microscopy of Materials |
| MLE6207* | Advanced Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy |
| MLE6208 | Practical Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| MLE courses | |
| BN5201 | Advanced Biomaterials |
| CE5604 | Advanced Concrete Technology |
| CM5212 | Crystal Engineering |
| CM5237 | Advanced Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging |
| CM5262 | Contemporary Materials Chemistry |
| CM5268 | Advanced Organic Materials |
| CN5161 | Polymer Processing Engineering |
| CN5162 | Advanced Polymeric Materials |
| CN5251 | Membrane Science and Technology |
| CN6163 | Inorganic Nanomaterials for Sustainability |
| EE54311 | Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics |
| EE54341 | Microelectronic Processes and Integration |
| EE55021 | MOS Devices |
| EE55081 | Semiconductor Fundamentals |
| EE55171 | Optical Engineering |
| EE64352 | Advanced Concepts in Nanoelectronic |
| EE64372 | Advanced Semiconductor Devices |
| EE64382 | Magnetic Materials and Devices |
| ME5161 | Optical Techniques in Experimental Stress Analysis |
| ME5506 | Corrosion of Materials |
| ME5513 | Fracture and Fatigue of Materials |
| ME5516 | Emerging Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies |
| ME5611 | Sustainable Product Design & Manufacturing |
| ME6303 | Advanced Fluid Dynamics |
| ME6504 | Defects and Dislocations in Solids |
| ME6505 | Engineering Materials in Medicine |
| ME6604 | Modeling of Machining Processes |
| PC5204 | Magnetism and Spintronics |
| PC5204A | Soft Materials and Flexible Devices |
| PC5204B | Selected Topics in Physics: Analytic Approximations |
| PC5205 | Topics in Surface Physics |
| PC5212 | Physics of Nanostructures |
1Only open to MEng students; not for PhD students
2Only open to PhD students; not for MEng students
*Not offered until further notice
| Non-Core Non-Elective (NCE) |
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| Level 5000 and Level 6000 courses within Engineering departments and Faculty of Science |
Notes:
1. All courses are 4 Units unless otherwise stated.
2. Not all courses are necessarily available in both Semester 1 and 2. Students may refer to NUSMods for more information and availability.
3. Courses offered are up to date as of July 2022. May be subjected to changes from time to time.
To find out more on how you can give, please get in touch with us.
Useful Resources
Handbook for current students, useful information and application forms needs available at MyPortal@ NUS (https://myportal.nus.edu.sg/studentportal/cde/gd/).
Registration for English course and test, DET/ES5000/ES5001A/ES5101 is directly at Centre for English Language Communication (CELC) (https://www.nus.edu.sg/celc/programmes/det.html)
Course materials for each course upon successful registration available at LumiNUS system (https://luminus.edu.sg). Previous site, Integrated Virtual Learning Environment (IVLE) will cease operation from AY2019/20 Semester 1.
Academic Records available at Education Records System:
https://myedurec.nus.edu.sg/ (for current students)