Overview
SIMTech offers various student attachment schemes for undergraduate and postgraduate students to participate in research projects at SIMTech and gain greater exposure to industry.
Postgraduate Programmes
- A*STAR Graduate Scholarships (AGS)
This is a four-year PhD programme open to local undergraduates who are going to start their career in R&D in local industries and research institutes. It provides PhD students the opportunity to carry out their thesis research in the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). The research areas covered include biomedical sciences, physical sciences, and engineering, where scholars are co-supervised by researchers from A*STAR and local or overseas prestigious universities.
The AGS is tenable at the following partner universities:- National University of Singapore
- Nanyang Technological University
- Imperial College London
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Karolinska Institutet
- University of Dundee
- Carnegie Mellon University
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Student Attachment Programmes
- SIMTech-Undergraduate Research on Campus (SIMTech-Ureca) and SIMTech-Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (SIMTech-UROP)
This programme is designed for year-2 and year-3 undergraduate students who have an interest in doing research. It is in cooperation with the URECA programmes available in NTU and the UROP programme in NUS. The proposed projects are based on the project list announced by the respective universities.
- Industry Attachment (IA)
This programme provides a venue for year-3 undergraduate students to gain exposure and pre-training in industries. Students interested in the industry attachment programme can contact SIMTech_RDO_admin@a-star.edu.sg for details.
- Final Year Project (FYP)
This programme is designed for year-4 undergraduate students to carry out their Final Year Projects (FYPs) by participating in the research projects in SIMTech. The proposed projects are included in the FYP project list announced by the respective universities in due course.
- Research Interns
This programme provides a short-term attachment from one month to one year for graduate students awaiting their AGS results or for students/personnel who are involved in collaborative research projects in SIMTech. For the application for a position as a research intern, please contact SIMTech_RDO_admin@a-star.edu.sg.