Overview

A research programme leads to a Masters or a Doctoral degree.  It includes an element of coursework in the same or related fields to provide a graduate-level foundation and prepare the student for research.  To cultivate a strong research culture among our graduate students, the required coursework includes a “graduate research seminar” module in which faculty members, graduate students and visitors present current research.  With the appropriate foundation, students proceed to do research, study and experimental work, which culminates in the submission of a thesis.

Most of our coursework programmes lead to the Masters degree.  There is only one Graduate Diploma Programme.  Coursework programmes are meant to provide further specialist education beyond the undergraduate level for professional development.  Coursework students take modules which involve formal classes and seminars.  Some coursework programmes require students to undertake a project or practicum.

Programmes Available

The following table shows the list of Departments/Programmes which offer the research and/or coursework programmes:

Collaborations With Other Universities/Faculties

Apart from the single-degree research and coursework programmes, there are currently collaborations with a few other universities to provide joint/double-degree graduate programmes where students also get to study with our overseas partner universities.

The current degrees available are:

• Double-degree Masters research programme in Chinese Language between Peking University (Department of Chinese Language and Literature) and NUS (Department of Chinese Studies). Details on the programme are available here.
  
  
• Joint-degree Masters coursework programme in Southeast Asian Studies between the Australian National University (Faculty of Asian Studies) and NUS (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences). Details on the programme are available here.
  
  
• Joint-degree Masters coursework programme in Clinical Psychology between NUS (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) and University of Melbourne. Details on the programme are available here.
  
  
• Joint-degree PhD programme between NUS (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences) and King's College London. Details on the programme are available here.
  
  
• Master of Science (Speech & Language Pathology) programme offered jointly by the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. More information on the programme can be found here.
  
  
• Collaborative Exchange PhD in Pathways to Cosmopolitanism between the University of Manchester and NUS (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences). Details on the programme are available here.

The Faculty is working on more collaborations to expand the learning experiences for our students.