Admission Criteria & Application

To apply to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme, applicants need to meet these minimum requirements:

  • A master’s degree from a recognized institution which is relevant to the proposed areas of research.
  • A bachelor's degree with minimum of 3.5 out of 4.0 or its equivalent in a field of study that is relevant to the proposed research topic from a recognized university.
  • The standard technical proficiency tests (GRE/GMAT/GATE) are strongly encouraged and not mandatory for admission to our postgraduate programmes.

  • Applicants whose native language is not English must meet the University’s English language proficiency requirement. A minimum IELTS score of 7.0 or TOEFL score of 105, obtained within the last two years, is required at the time of application. This requirement may be waived if the applicant has completed at least three years of tertiary education with English as the medium of instruction.

  • Include a research proposal, artistic portfolio (if applicable), samples of academic writing and a personal statement to demonstrate their ability to pursue academic research.

  • For applicants whose master’s degrees are completed in 1 year or less, scholarly/academic writing samples in the English language should be submitted to demonstrate the level of English proficiency.

For more information about admission procedures (including the list of required supporting documents and application fees), please visit NTU Graduate Admissions.

 

 

NTU’s academic year runs from August through the following July. There are two application windows each year, with deadlines as follows:

IntakeApplication Period
AugustBetween 1 October and 15 November
JanuaryBetween 1 June and 31 July

Applicants are selected for interviews on the basis of their academic record, portfolio, and research proposal. Your research proposal must show that you are ready to write a PhD thesis that can be supervised at the NTU, School of Art, Design and Media.

Application Instructions

Applicants are requested to upload electronic copies of the following supporting documents via NTU’s on-line Graduate Application System. Documents uploaded must be in English language. Otherwise, they must be accompanied by certified translations in English language.

The code for ADM's PhD programme is [184].

  • Academic transcripts and certificate for bachelor's degree (in English language and original language if applicable)

  • Academic transcripts and certificate for master's degree (in English language and original language if applicable)

  • A research proposal, with bibliography
    Click to download the research proposal template in Word

  • Artistic Portfolio
    An original and creative piece of work related to the proposed research area. It could be a drawing, computer animations, short films, etc. It could be an undergraduate essay or a published / unpublished article.

  • Scholarly writing sample  
    It could be an undergraduate essay, Master thesis, or a published / unpublished article.

  • Report from 2 academic referees
    Before you provide the name and official institutional email address of your referees, please ensure that they have already agreed to fill out the online referee report form for your NTU application.

  • Personal statement
    A short essay on your aspirations and why you have identified ADM as the place to pursue your PhD.

  • IELTS, if applicable (Please ensure validity date within 2 years for the IELTS score).

  • Personal Particulars page of passport / Identification card

  • One recent passport-sized colour photograph​

  • A short introductory video (3 mins)
    Applicants can talk about their personal qualities, passion, motivation to pursue postgraduate study at NTU ADM, proposed research interests. Provide a URL of the video in the online application form or email adm_graduateprog@ntu.edu.sg


Application Fee

There will be an application fee of $53.50 per programme.

The system accepts online payments via VISA or MasterCard only.


How to Apply

Applications are to be submitted online at:
http://venus.wis.ntu.edu.sg/GOAL/OnlineApplicationModule/frmOnlineApplication.aspx​​​​​​​​​​​​​​