SUTD PhD Programme

Our fluid, stimulating and open setting creates an environment which places a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary and collaborative research and provides opportunities for industry internships, overseas research attachments and teaching experience.

The SUTD PhD Programme also features:

• Access to multiple world-class faculty with co-supervision flexibility
• Leading-edge research experience through potential overseas research attachments at top universities worldwide
• Close research collaboration and exposure to industry through local or overseas internships
  • PhD Industry Internships:  PhD students can embark on an Industry Internship Programme (of up to 6 months). This will expose them to have a hands-on experience with industry projects,  a broader research scope to supplement their PhD research, network with other research industries and attain course credits for their candidature
• Participation in a multi-disciplinary design experience
  • PhD Big-D Project: A task-based, self-driven entrepreneurial programme that aims to transform ideas, inventions and scientific understandings into tangible products, systems and/or services
• Professional development programme and teaching experience
• Attractive scholarship funding

Curriculum Overview

• Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD) focusing on sustainable architectural and urban solutions to meet the present and future needs of buildings and cities
• Engineering Product Development (EPD) focusing on innovative technology-intensive products that span multiple disciplines
• Engineering Systems and Design (ESD) focusing on large-scale complex systems whose performance and function depend on their technology and socio-economic context
• Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD) focusing on information systems that interact with the physical world, humans and machines

Students who successfully complete the programme will graduate with a Doctor of Philosophy degree under the same academic pillar.
 

Course Duration
3 years (Full-time)

Next Intake: Sep 2017

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