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Usually, there should not be more than three supervisors. Supervisor(s) should have doctoral degree (especially for Ph.D. candidatures), but exceptions can be approved by the Faculty. The main supervisor is normally from the same Department that the student is registered with. Non-NUS staff may be appointed as co-supervisors. In situations where the main supervisor can only be an adjunct staff, an NUS staff has to be appointed as a co-supervisor for Master’s students. The thesis committee for such Ph.D. students should preferably be chaired by an NUS staff, and the committee should comprise of at least one NUS staff.
Request for change of supervisor(s) must be submitted using the Appointment of New/Change of Supervisor(s) Form. |
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Student to seek concurrent approval to be released from the current Department/Faculty as well as to be accepted to the new Department/Faculty. Appropriate persons (existing/new supervisors, Heads of Departments and Vice-Dean(s) of Faculty) have to agree to the transfer.
There is no prescribed application form. Request has to be made in writing through the relevant persons stated above in the preceding paragraph.
The start date of the candidature remains unchanged. |
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