UROP Registration for Supervisor and Student

A. Registration of UROP Projects by Supervisor

NUS Medicine Supervisors must register their available projects in the UROP portal first before their students can select these projects. 

Staff with an appointment under NUS Medicine (e.g. Clinical Faculty Scheme (CFS) etc) may also apply as Supervisors. CFS Supervisors must login to the UROP portal using their NUS-ID.

Link for supervisor to register UROP projects: UROP portal

B. Registration of UROP Projects by Student

After the Supervisor has lodged the project in the UROP portal, student can select that UROP project using this link: UROP portal.

Once you have registered for the UROP project, please go to ‘Reports’, then click on ‘Projects Registered by Students’ to view your UROP registration.

C. Withdrawal of UROP Project

Student(s) who wish to withdraw from UROP are required to seek approval from their supervisor.

Please state the project title, name of supervisor, reason(s) for withdrawal, and send the supervisor’s email approval on the withdrawal to the following staff:

Mr Cheng Woon Tien- woontien@nus.edu.sg

Ms Sherline Tay- medtgss@nus.edu.sg

D. Record of UROP participation (for M5 students)

Undergraduate students who wish to participate in the UROP programme must register online before commencement of the project(s).

Please note that there should be no back-dating of projects as only work done from the date of registration will be considered.

All UROP projects have to be registered, latest by end-March, in the M4 academic year.

UROP Deliverables for M5 students:

– Oral Presentation (Aug to Oct of M5 academic year). M5 UROP Oral Presentation Judging Criterion

– Final Report (Nov to Dec of M5 academic year). Template of final report here: M5 UROP Final Report template

Students who have participated successfully (at least 16 weeks of project work, completion of the UROP oral presentation and submission of a final report) in UROP will have their participation inscribed in their final year academic transcripts. 

Participation with Pass, Merit and Distinction will be recorded.

Undergraduate students who wish to participate in the programme must register online before commencement of the project(s). Please note that there should be no back-dating of projects as only work done from the date of registration will be considered. Each research project must be certified by the supervisor, who may be an academic teaching staff member or a research scientist. 

Students will be assessed on the following:

• Literature research
• Project work
• Number of hours
• Commitment
• Quality of work
• Project report
• Scientific publication
• Conference/seminar participation
• Awards

Students who have participated successfully (at least 16 weeks of project work, completion of the UROP oral presentation and submission of a final report) in UROP will have their participation inscribed in their final year academic transcripts. 

Participation with Pass, Merit and Distinction will be recorded.

Copyright and Patents

All copyrights and patents from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) are governed by the University rules.

Detailed information may be obtained from the Rules and Regulations handbook of NUS.