NTU PhD life at Asian School of the Environment !

9.3
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Academic
10.0
Accommodation
8.0
Faculty
10.0
Infrastructure
10.0
Social Life
10.0
Placement
8.0
Amit Gourav Ghosh
Nanyang Technological University, PhD Population Genetics
Reviewed on May 9, 2025(Enrolled 2019)

Required Exams for Admission

IELTS (8)
GRE (320)

Course Curriculum

10

  • In some cases you may need to take courses from other school if your own school lacks your favoured courses.
  • Good research experience.
  • Around 12 courses for PhD.
  • Varies from 2 to 100 pupils.

Admission Experience

  • Great PI.GenomeAsia100K project
  • Spent my undergraduate final year last semester here.
  • Direct PhD option
  • Exams-IELTS,GRE,TOEFL,GATE

  • Documents:- CV
    PhD Research Proposal 
    LOR
    Letter of Motivation 

Faculty

10

  • The faculty and staff are very approachable and incredibly well versed.
  • Lots of emphasis are given on practical knowledge and real life applications on the field.
  • All professors in Asian School of the Environment are good.

Campus Life

10

  • Plethora of clubs on campus. E.g. Birding, kayaking, different other sports.
  • For graduate students, there's Graduate Student Association organising lots of different events.
  • Great infrastructure on campus regarding research, sport centres.

Part Time Jobs

  • Generally PhD students don't do much part time. But it is still available as extra invigilation works which pays around 16 SGD per hour. Occasionally.
  • The jobs are advertised on specific portals on uni website.

Placement

8

  • 94% Depends on whether they take academic or non academic roles. It's is generally above 5K SGD

  • Academic jobs are found through adverts or through their PhD supervisor. Otherwise there's job fair.

Accommodation

Off Campus
8

  • My accommodation was on campus.
  • Rent ranged from 450 SGD for shared room to 675 SGD for single room with attached toiled. Aircon usage is around 150 dollars extra.

Exams

  • My GRE score 321 and IELTS 8. UG CGPA 8.9. Undergrad project from NTU, Singapore. 

Fees

  • If students get in, they are generally offered scholarship in my program