NGS - The home of cutting-edge, cross-disciplinary Ph.D. research and graduate education.

The NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS) was established in 2003 to promote integrative research –

Ph.D. research projects, and coursework programmes that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Our multi‐disciplinary environment affords exceptionally gifted, motivated students tremendous flexibility. If they choose to, students

can explore the possibility of dipping into fields of study and research entirely different from the disciplines they originate from.

Our students have access to a world‐class infrastructure, and receive supervision from distinguished academics from two or more

different fields of their choosing and interests, if their research needs require it. And, the curriculum is tailor‐made to each individual

student’s needs and interests, and affords opportunities for integrative learning. Such a totality in research and education effectively

enhances their critical thinking skills, and help them to design their Ph.D. projects in interesting ways. NGS has tight links with the relevant Faculties/Schools at NUS, and the various research institutes of the Agency for Science, Technology

and Research (A*STAR). NGS has also built synergistic, complementary partnerships with a select number of world‐leading overseas

research institutes and knowledge organisations in the USA, the UK, Continental Europe, Japan, China and Australia. Thus, NGS is able to

offer gifted students the opportunity to engage in globally progressive research in superb research facilities both within Singapore and

further afield.

NGS Philosophy

NGS recognises that raising and solving many of the most challenging problems in science, engineering, and related aspects of medicine, require integrative research approaches. Students are encouraged to transcend traditional discipline boundaries in their Ph.D. research projects to elevate progress to new levels. For example, the skills sets of computational scientists, mathematicians or physicists can be deployed to model complex biological systems, engineers can draw on their specialist knowledge to devise novel methods for wound-healing or drug delivery, and life scientists can apply their knowledge of cell structures and functions to the study of artificial membranes.

NGS Mission

Our mission is to provide world-leading integrative graduate education and research in science, engineering, computing, and related aspects of medicine.

NGS is a talent programme with two thrusts:

• NGS offers top-quality students opportunities for inter-disciplinary research with eminent researchers, leading to breakthroughs at the intersection of disciplines.
• NGS provides a cross-disciplinary, broad-based graduate education which is tailored to individual needs and interests.

NGS Vision

NGS aspires to be a leading graduate school, developing creative thinkers with excellent communication skills and strong ethics, who will go on to be leaders in their respective fields, and in society.