{"id":5334,"date":"2026-06-15T17:52:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/undergraduate-research\/nusurop\/?p=5334"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:51:16","slug":"special-programme-in-undergraduate-research-spur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/undergraduate-research\/special-programme-in-undergraduate-research-spur\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Programme in Undergraduate Research (SPUR)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5334\" class=\"elementor elementor-5334\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1e3e16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1e3e16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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var(--bs-body-text-align);\">&nbsp;Special Honours programme, starting in the first or third semester o<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bs-body-font-size); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);\">f study for a selected group of high-performing students who show early p<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bs-body-font-size); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);\">romise in undergraduate research.SPUR aggregates existing u<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bs-body-font-size); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);\">ndergraduate research activities, including the UROP and REx programmes, a<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bs-body-font-size); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);\">s 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elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"77647f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/undergraduate-research\/spur-faqs\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">FAQs<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3204bba elementor-section-boxed 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