Research Programmes (August 2026 Intake)

Besides referring to this schedule, you MUST read and FOLLOW the procedures given below. Your admission to the programme may be delayed if any of the steps and submission of documents are missing.

Please register your acceptance of our offer here. If you do not matriculate by the deadline as furnished in the above schedule, we shall assume that you will not be accepting this offer and the offer will automatically lapse.

You are also required to prepare in advance and furnish the following details of your Next-Of-Kin in the e-Matriculation system:

1. Title & Full name
2. Your relationship with him/her
3. Phone number
4. E-mail address
5. Mailing address

Please take note that you will be asked to declare in the e-matriculation system that you have obtained consent from your Next-Of-Kin to furnish his/her personal data to NIE as part of the NIE Crisis Response Plan.

Login access rights to Intelligent Launchpad and issuance of NTU Email Account: In about 2 weeks’ time after you have completed your e-matriculation successfully, you will receive an NIE welcome email with information about your NIE login account and NTU email address. Please refer to the NIE welcome email for NIE login account setup and instructions to retrieve your NTU email address.

The NTU Pass app holds your digital NTU ID card. You can download the NTU Pass app 3 days after you have obtained the NTU email account. Please click here to download the NTU Pass app.

If you have any questions about the NTU Pass app, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for more information. You can reach out to NIE Service Desk at [email protected] if you face any technical issues.

The AY2026-2027 fees have yet to be announced by the University. It is usually announced in June/July for the August intake exercises.

You may wish to refer to the AY2025-2026 fees information here as a gauge first.

Period of MOE Subsidy (Applicable to eligible Singaporean and Singapore Permanent Resident)

The tuition subsidy from the Government of Singapore comes in the form of a MOE subsidy which is administered by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and is offered to eligible students up to the maximum programme duration. Students need not apply for the MOE subsidy if they are eligible. These students will have to pay fees at the non-subsidised rates if they exceed the maximum candidature period as stated in the table below.

Candidature Periods

The degree by research is offered on both full-time and part-time basis. From AY2020, the candidature periods are as follows:

The fee items payable for August 2026 semester are as follows:

1. First Semester Tuition Fee
   
   
2. Miscellaneous Fees 
   

Note: The University reserves the right to alter fees at any time without prior notice.

The e-invoice for the August 2026 semester will be ready in September 2026.  Student will receive an e-mail trigger once the invoice is published. 

You can view your e-Invoice online and the mode of payment applicable to you.

If you wish to pay your fees via GIRO, the deduction will only be effected after the GIRO form has been approved by the bank.

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above will receive an opening credit of $500. These credits can be used to offset the fees payable (excluding miscellaneous fees).

Participants intending to use their SFC must adhere to all terms and conditions set by SkillsFuture SG.

Please click here for more information.

All matriculated students (including Singaporean and Singapore Permanent Residents) are mandated to participate in the verification of academic documents exercise. Students who withhold important information from the University may be refused admission.

The online VOD exercise will begin from 11 May to 25 May 2026.

If you are unable to provide the information mentioned at either (a), (b) or (c) below, please send an email to us at [email protected]

(a) University Link

If the university which you obtained your Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree(s) and transcripts has an electronic repository that stores official electronic documents containing a full record of your confirmed academic results and certificate(s), you are required to send the following to us via email [email protected]

• your full name as per NRIC/ passport

• the NIE programme applied/ Application Number

• your date of birth in DD/MM/YYYY format

(b) List of NIE/ NTU Approved Credential Verification Agencies

Applicants who are presenting overseas credentials/ degrees have to obtain an official verification report from an NIE/ NTU approved credential verification agency:

(c) Graduates of Singapore Autonomous Universities (Please refer to https://www.moe.gov.sg/post-secondary/overview/autonomous-universities for a list of Singapore Autonomous Universities)

• For SIT and SUTD:

Applicants who are presenting degrees from SIT and SUTD are to provide their Full name as per written on the Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree certificate(s), the University name and Date of Birth. Please email the information to [email protected] by 25 May 2026.

• For SMU:

Graduates of Singapore Management University (SMU) are to follow the instructions at https://www.smu.edu.sg/connect/contact/certificate-verification to find out about your digital certificates. Please email a copy of your Opencert to [email protected] by 25 May 2026.

If you do not have an opencert, please obtain a Degree Award letter from the University with the following required information: Full Name of Awardee, Degree Awarded and Year of Degree Awarded

• For SUSS

Graduates of Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) are to follow the instructions at https://www.suss.edu.sg/profile/alumni/opencerts-digital-certificates-and-transcripts to find out about your digital certificates. Please email a copy of your Opencert to [email protected] by 25 May 2026.

If you do not have an opencert, please obtain a Degree Award letter from the University with the following required information: Full Name of Awardee, Degree Awarded and Year of Degree Awarded

• For NUS:

Graduates of National University of Singapore (NUS) are to email a copy of your Opencert to [email protected] by 25 May 2026.

If you do not have an opencert, please obtain a Degree Award letter from the University with the following required information: Full Name of Awardee, Degree Awarded and Year of Degree Awarded

• For NTU and NIE:

For applicants who are presenting degrees from NTU and NIE, NIE will verify your academic records via the NTU Degree Verification Portal or NIE Online Verification of Educational Qualification System.

For enquiries relating to the verification / submission of documents, you may write to NIE Student Services Centre at [email protected] or call 6219-6081 / 6219-6082 to speak to our Customer Service Executive.

More information on the Orientation will be provided nearer the date. Updates will be posted at the Intelligent Launchpad > Student Services > Pages >Events > Graduate Student Orientation

[Note: The Login Account UserID and Password to access Intelligent Launchpad will be given to you after you have e-matriculated.]

For enquiries relating to the Orientation, you may write to the Office of Graduate Studies and Professional Learning at [email protected]

As a student at NTU/NIE, you will be subject to NTU’s “Intellectual Property Policy” (the “IP Policy”) as amended from time to time. A copy of the IP Policy can be obtained here.

Under the current IP Policy, NTU will generally claim ownership of the rights to the intellectual property (IP) created by a student under the following circumstances:

(a) If the student receives financial support (e.g. allowances, salary, stipend, grants) from or through NTU;

(b) If the IP is developed under a research collaboration between NTU and an external party;

(c) If the student substantially uses NTU’s resources to develop the IP. The mere use of the library, computers or storage servers at NTU (if not already ordinarily made available to the student) is not considered a substantial use of NTU’s resources.

All students are not to engage in dishonest practices such as plagiarism (copying and using another person's work without proper acknowledgement) and passing off an assignment, project or report completed by another person as their own. Students who are found guilty of these practices will be dealt with according to the University's disciplinary regulations. For more information, access the NTU Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedures via the Intelligent Launchpad > Student Services > Pages > Important Info / Related Forms.

Please note that all Graduate (Research) students are required to submit the Initial Target Setting Report to the Office of Graduate Studies & Professional Learning (GPL) within the first month of your candidature. The “Initial Target Setting Report” form can be obtained via the Intelligent Launchpad > Student Services > Forms 

Please be informed that from the January 2022 semester onwards, all PhD students will be required to attend a minimum of 5 seminars each semester (a total of 10 seminars per year). Please use the “Summary of Seminars Attended” form when recording the seminars that you have attended. This form should be submitted along with your Yearly Progress Report to your supervisor on an annual basis.

The “Summary of Seminars Attended” form can be obtained via the Intelligent Launchpad > Student Services > Pages > Important info/related forms > Research Programme (PhD and Master by Research) – Forms and Guidelines

Students are encouraged to attend mainly NIE or NTU hosted seminars, which can include the following:

• PhD Oral Examinations

• Confirmation Seminars

• Seminars and Lectures conducted by the Academic Departments

• Seminars and Lectures conducted by the GRAD Centre

• Seminars and Lectures conducted by other Schools of NTU   

• Seminars and Lectures conducted by the NIE/NTU libraries and the NTU Graduate College    

• Seminars held during special events such as the NIE Graduate Education Distinguished Lecture, NTU Nobel Laureate Public Lecture, NIE Quality Writing Day, NIE Graduate Student Conference, and so on

For changes to name, citizenship and identification card number, please complete the Update/Amend Student Particulars form and present the original and photocopy of the relevant document(s) for verification at NIE Student Services Centre (SSC) within 5 working days of the effective change.

If your mailing address, phone number or email address has changed, you need to keep us updated by changing them via the Intelligent Launchpad. This is the only mechanism to amend your contact information. When you change your mailing address/ phone number/ email address at the Intelligent Launchpad, it will automatically update our internal system.

It's quick and easy—just follow these 4 steps:

Step 1: Go to Intelligent Launchpad (https://launchpad.nie.edu.sg/) > Login with your o365 account (<username>@e.ntu.edu.sg)

Step 2: Upon Login, click on ‘Profile’ which is located at the menu.

Step 3: Click on the pencil at the Local Contact Details (Mailing Address). Click <Save> to update the information.

Step 4 : Enter your Singapore mobile number and/or mailing address and click on <Save Address>.

Additional information for school leaders with the Ministry of Education, Singapore (MOE):

If you participate in an NIE Leadership programme while in a Graduate programme, your NIE contact information (mailing address/ phone number/ email address) will be common for both the Graduate programme and the Leadership programme.

Your contact information submitted to NIE at the point of joining the Leadership programme or any updates you made via the Intelligent Launchpad, will be used by NIE to communicate with you for matters related to either of the programmes.

1. Student’s Pass (Applicable only to Full-time International students)

Full-time International Students are required to apply for Student's Pass from the Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA). Please refer to the NIE offer package for more details as soon as possible.

2. Valid pass to stay in Singapore (Applicable to International students doing Part-time programme)

The Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) does not issue Student’s Pass to student of part-time programmes. Hence, you may accept an offer of admission to the part-time programme only if you have a valid immigration pass issued by ICA or Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to study and reside in Singapore throughout the duration of your programme of study.

If the validity period of the immigration pass expires before you can complete the programme, the Institute may have to have your enrolment withdrawn from the programme.

3. Accommodation

International students are advised to seek off-campus accommodation as there are limited places for on-campus accommodation in NTU. Students seeking off-campus housing should begin their search before departing for Singapore. In fact, many students make it a practice to secure a room at a student hostel in the neighbourhoods near NTU/NIE before their arrival.

For possible accommodation alternatives, please visit https://www.ntu.edu.sg/life-at-ntu/accommodation.