Doctor of Philosophy

Candidates will undertake research under the supervision of staff members from NUS Nursing during their period of candidature.

At the end of their candidature, candidates to submit a thesis to be examined by a Board of Examiners as follows:

• PhD programme: 80,000-word thesis

In addition, they are required to fulfil a coursework component comprising of the following to graduate a PhD degree. Coursework courses include core research skills, as well as research development courses:

A total of 28 units comprising of three core courses + three elective courses (at Level-5000 & 6000)

All candidates should also complete a mandatory online Responsible Conduct in Research course within four months of their enrolment.

Candidates deemed weak in English by the School would also have to sit for the Diagnostic English Test and take additional English Language courses conducted by the Centre for English Language Communication.