Program Concept
AUN/SEED-Net and National University of Singapore (NUS) / Nanyang Technological University (NTU) jointly provides scholarships for highly qualified young faculty staff / prospective young faculty staff of Member Institutions to pursue direct doctoral degrees in engineering at NUS and NTU under the following field of Engineering.
NUS:
• Bioengineering
• Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
• Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Engineering & Technology Management
• Industrial & Systems Engineering
• Materials Science & Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
NTU:
• Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Eligibility
- At least a bachelor’s degree with honours (at least 2nd Class Upper) or its equivalent or master’s degree, and should be ranked within top 10% of the class for bachelor’s degree, in principle, (a certified document of class rank is required), or have a Grade Point Average (GPA) of more than 3 in the 4-scale grading system or more than 7.5 in the 10-scale grading system.
- Applicants are expected to submit their TOEFL and GRE scores in support of their applications. Average scores for NTU admission are TOEFL 580 (88 in internet-based/230 in computer-based test) or GRE 1,250 with 3.5 in writing or equivalent. Average scores for NUS admission are TOEFL 580-600 (85 in internet-based / 237-250 in computer-based test) ,or GRE minimum scores ranges from 1200 – 1400 for the verbal & quantitative sections and 3.5 – 4.0 for the analytical section. Applicants without English test score may be requested to sit for administered test or placement test. Exemption of English test score may be applied to applicants studying in or graduating from English-speaking environment.
- Applicants must be either young teaching staff of Member Institutions, or young graduates of Member Institutions who are strongly motivated to have a professional career as teaching staff at Member Institutions.
- Applicants must be under the age of 35 at the time of enrolment and capable of carrying out independent research.
- Applicants who have already received another equivalent major award, scholarship or a salary to undertake a proposed course are not eligible for scholarships.
Target Number of Scholarships
Up to ten (10) scholarships to each Host Institution for the Japanese fiscal year 2013.
Coverage of the Scholarships
The scholarships cover tuition fees, living expenses, health insurance, visa fee and airport tax, and a round-trip air ticket, in accordance with Host Institution’s and AUN/SEED-Net regulations.
Procedure and Document Requirement
Please refer to www.seed-net.org/application_form.html
Deadline
Please submit hardcopy and softcopy of your applications to:
Unit Pengembangan Hubungan Internasional (UPHI) Fakultas Teknik UGM
Jl. Grafika no. 2
Yogyakarta 55281
and uphi_ft@yahoo.com
before January 24th, 2013
Further informations and questions
www.seed-net.org
or
Ms. Aci/Ms. Alvi
Email: uphi_ft@yahoo.com
Phone: +62-274-513665
or visit our office at 3rd Floor, Kantor Pusat Fakultas Teknik UGM