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Student Matters
Course Registration and Examination
- Please note that not all courses are offered in every semester or academic year. Students are responsible in ensuring that they do not register for courses with any timetable clashes and are able to attend classes and sit for examinations as scheduled.
- Students will follow the same course registration procedure as the other graduate students in NUS Business School.
- For students who are required to complete the graduate English course, please note the registration procedure at the CELC’s website.
- Students may use the NUSMODS Builder to find out the courses (and class timetables) offered in each semester. Please note that the information listed is subject to change without notice.
- For exam timetable, please refer to the Examination Directory.
GPA for Continuation and Graduation
- All courses taken on graded basis are counted towards your Grade Point Average (GPA).
- All students must maintain a minimum GPA of 4.0 throughout the programme.
- Students who fail to maintain the GPA of 4.0 at the end of second year, or have GPA below 4.0 for two consecutive semesters, will be terminated from the programme.
Maximum Period of Candidature
The maximum candidature for PhD study is 5 years.
Thesis Supervision
The institute requires students to confirm a thesis advisor by the end of their first year in NUS. Students should take initiative to find out the research areas/ interests of the IORA faculty and explore research opportunities.
Research Progress Report
- All students are required to submit a bi-annual research progress report online. Students need to provide a summary of the work that they have done in the previous semester.
- For research scholars, the scholarship renewal will be tied in with the semestral progress report. For research scholars who are required to fulfill the requirements of the Graduate Assistantship Programme (GAP), they must report on the number of hours they have completed during the reporting semester.
- Students who are in their first semester of study are not required to submit the research progress report.
Graduate Assistantship Programme
International students who are recipients of MOE scholarships (e.g. NUS Research Scholarship) must fulfil the requirements of Graduate Assistantship Programme (GAP) by clocking a certain number of work hours as specified under the terms and conditions of the scholarship. Students must ensure that the total hours required under the GAP is completed before thesis submission.
Leave Matters
- Students who are holding scholarships are required to apply for leave in advance if they have to be away at any time during their candidature (either for personal or academic reasons). They can only be away after their leave applications have been approved.
- Students who are not scholarship holders are required to apply for Leave of Absence if they have to be away during their candidature.
- Students who are absent without leave are subject to disciplinary actions.
Useful Links
- myPortal@NUS
- Education Records System
- Acceptance Record
- Responsibility for Notices, Circulars and Updates of Personal Particularse absent without leave are subject to disciplinary actions.
- Discipline
- Full-time Students and Employment
- Leave of Absence
- NUS Academic Calendar
- NUS Bulletin (Course Catalogue)
- Course Registration
- NUSMODS (List of courses)
- Examination Directory
- Student Records
