Graduate Admission for School of Computing Students in the French DDP

Upon returning from two-year study in France, students from the School of Computing in the French DDP (hereafter called “Computing students”) will be enrolled in the final year of their undergraduate studies. They (Computing students) are encouraged to have planned for their Honours year projects before their return to Singapore, and are expected to complete their Honours year project within one or two semesters after their return. Students have to seek approval from the School of Computing Office of Undergraduate Studies (UG Office) (COM1 #02-19) if they wish to complete their Honours project within one semester by 15 September of the same year since project spans over 2 regular semesters.

• During the first semester after their return, Computing students must begin to apply for admission to the graduate programme within the School. The UG Office will provide recommendations to support their application for Graduate Studies’ Office (GD Office) to make offers to deserving candidates. Students can contact School of Computing Graduate Studies’ Office for the necessary instructions for such applications.

• Once admitted, Computing students can begin their graduate programme in the second semester after their return. In addition, they can “pre-take” some of the graduate courses during their undergraduate studies if they have not embarked on graduate studies candidature. The rule for such “pre-taking” of courses has been laid down by the University. Students must inform FDDP administrator (UG Office) of pre-taking Graduate level courses to be excluded from UG GPA computation during CourseReg exercise.

• The UG Office will provide stipend and tuition waiver for Computing students after their return to NUS (subject to satisfactory performance and funds available) and before they are accepted to the graduate programme. Once in the graduate programme, they will be offered research scholarship by the GD Office for a year, and up to a maximum of one and a half years and subject to satisfactory performance. Policy and guidelines for scholarship for graduate students are subject to changes and can be found in the NUS Graduate School’s website.

• Computing students will be conferred the Diplome d’Ingenieur (from French Grandes Ecoles), and thus completing their pursuit in French DDP, by taking one of the following routes:

• They fulfill the requirements for Master of Science (4 courses, one lab rotation and an MSc thesis) and graduate with the MSc degree from School of Computing
• They pass the qualifying examination plus 4 graduate courses and officially accept the offer to the PhD programme. Upon accepting the PhD programme, they are considered as completed their French DDP degree, and they will be subjected to the rules and regulation governed by the PhD programme. 

Graduate Admission for French Students in the French DDP 

French students in the French DDP (hereafter called “French students”) will apply for admission to MSc programme offered by the School of Computing.

• Application for admission to our graduate programme by French students will be closed on either on 15 December for August intake or 15 June for January intake annually. Applicants are required to submit proof of their English proficiency, such as TOEFL or GRE. They must submit their applications via the online application portal to the Graduate Studies’ Office, School of Computing.

• Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications by end February/August for the respective intakes. While French students are among the best in France and it is preferably that their applications being considered favourably, School of Computing Graduate Studies’ Office has the authority to set its own selection criteria for these applications.

• French students will be conferred Diplome d’Ingenieur (from French Grandes Ecoles), and thus completing their pursuit in French DDP, by taking one of the following routes:

• They fulfill the requirements for Master of Science (4 courses, one lab rotation and an MSc thesis) and graduate with an MSc degree from the School.
• They pass the qualifying examination and officially accept the offer to the PhD programme. Upon accepting to the PhD programme, they are considered as completed their French DDP programme, and they will be subjected to the rules and regulation governed by the PhD programme